Huck's Contradiction in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck was a boy
who thought very little of himself, but had a huge impact on others. His
moral standing was based on what is easier, right or wrong. He lived the
way he wanted to live, and no one told him otherwise. He had the
adventure of a lifetime, and yet he learned along the way. Although Huck
has certain beliefs about himself, his actions and decisions contradict
these beliefs.
Huck may consider himself lazy, but in reality, he is a very hard
worker. At one point, Huck wants to get away from his father so he comes
up with a scheme to fake his death and escape from his cabin: "I out with
my saw and went to work on that log again. I took the sack of corn meal
and took it to where the canoe was hid and shoved the vines and branches
apart and put it in. I had wore the ground a good deal, crawling out of
the hole and dragging out so many things. So I fixed that as good as I
could from the outside. Then I fixed the piece of log back into its place.
I took the ax and smashed in the door-I beat it and hacked it considerable,
a-doing it. I fetched the pig.and laid him down on the ground to bleed.
Well, last I pulled out some of my hair, and bloodied the ax good, and
stuck it on the back side, and slung the ax in the corner" (24). If Huck
were lazy, he would not have gone through all that trouble to escape, if he
escaped at all. A lazy person would have just stayed there and not worried
about what happened. At another point in the novel, Huck and a runaway
slave, Jim, are on an island where th...
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The first eleven chapters of Adventures establish Huck's character prior to his journey on the river with Jim. Dealing with external difficulty is easy for Huck, as he consistently adapts to his environments; however, his actions contradict his desires, revealing that Huck is conflicted.
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In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, you meet a rebellious young teen named Huck Finn. Huck is not your everyday hero, especially in the beginning of the novel, but slowly through the story his mature, responsible side comes out and he shows that he truly is the epitome of a hero. Huck is forced to make many crucial decisions, which could get him in serious trouble if not get him killed. Huck has natural intelligence, has street smarts, which are helpful along his adventures, and is assertive. Huck has always had to rely on himself to get through things because he is from the lowest levels of white society and his dad is known more or less as the "town drunk."
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I will. People would call me a low down Ablitionist and despise me for being mum—but that doesn’t make any difference. I ain’t going to tell” (Twain 103). In the chosen passage, it is very clear that Huck realizes what is happening there, and believes it to be wrong. Huck thinks to himself, “this is another one that I’m letting him rob her of her money.
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Pap - Huck’s father who comes back to town when he learns about the reward.
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