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HUCK FINN

Why Huckleberry Finn Rejects Civilization
Why does Huckleberry Finn reject civilization? In Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain describes Huck Finn as a normal down to earth kid from the
1800's. Huck Finn rejects civilization because he has no reason for it. What has
civilization done for him? Nothing! It has only hurt him one way or another, time and
time again.
Why should Huck Finn like civilization? Civilization is on land. All that the land and
civilization has brought him was bad things. For example his father, Pap, beat him with a
hickory stick when he was drunk: " But by and by pap got too handy with his hick'ry, and
I couldn't stand it. I was welts all over"(page # 189). Another thing Pap did to Huck was
he locked him in the cabin, sometimes days at a time. "He got to going away so much, too,
and locking me in. Once he locked me in and was gone three days."(page # 193). No wonder
Huck hated the land and civilization!
Many of Huck's bad experiences are on land and involve civilization. Jim being sold and
that whole incident was almost really bad. Huck almost lost his best friend throughout
the trip. "I was a thinking and Jim was real good to me."(Mark Twain Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn). Huck called up Tom and they had a scheme to get Jim back. It worked
but just barely. Because of this reason, Huck is rejecting civilization. Most of these
things would make any of us reject civilization, too.
Huck had all the reason in the world to reject civilization. He proved that he didn't
need it. He was probably better without it. He was better without it. He was happy in the
raft. He doesn't really need money for anything so he could just be a drifter. 
Work Cited
Twain. Mark. Adventures Of Huckelberry Finn. USA
Bibliography
Twain. Mark. Adventures Of Huckelberry Finn. USA