6/1/2023 0 Comments The adventures huck finnHuck is also the character Mark Twain chose to shame his countrymen into recognizing the gap between their images of themselves and reality. Mark Twain portrays that racist society through the eyes of Huck who cannot judge society’s norms. His sharp developed sensibility, a feature of his character, helps him in seeking the right way and finally finding it. Through Huck we come to realize how race influences people’s way of acting. In the end, Huck is morally freed from Southern society’s hypocrisy and injustice by listening to his heart instead of his conscience. The quest for freedom from social constraints is the propelling force that makes Huck flee the racist society in which he is living. Huck’s character develops the more experience he gains which leads him to becoming aware of society’s falseness until he finally rebels against it by doing the right thing: freeing Jim even though that means going to hell and eternal punishment. Contrary to his natural father, Jim takes the role of the father that gives him moral courage, and seeks to love and protect him. In a sense, Jim serves as a substitute for Huck’s father. To a large extent, Huck’s growth is the result of spending time with Jim as he begins to view him as an equal human being and thus treats him with respect. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is often referred to as a bildungsroman because Huck, its hero, takes three major steps towards becoming a morally free man: to help Jim escape, not to turn him in, and to go to hell to save Jim (Shockley 2).
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