Conscience In Huckleberry Finn

“A book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat.” -Mark Twain, author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck Finn is story that shows how cruel society can deform young people and lead them in the wrong direction. Huck is a 13 year old white boy, raised in the south. And Jim is one of Widow Douglas’ slaves. Widow Douglas takes care of Huck, because Huck’s Father, Pap, is an alcoholic, and he has no known mother. Over the span of Huck’s life, he had many elements that held him back. It exemplifies how the way he was raised is no way to raise a child. As Huck, and Widow Douglas’ runaway slave Jim spend time together on the Mississippi, Huck’s deformed conscience and Jim’s sound
He was exposed to tremendous amounts of slavery, awful parenting from his alcoholic father, and hypocrisy from Widow Douglas. It was very remarkable that slavery and discrimination was normal in southern society. The way Huck talked about the slaves easygoing is a distinct example. “By-and-by they fetched the n*****s in and had prayers, and then everybody was off to bed” (Twain 11). Unfortunately, he also had to put up with very substandard parenting. His father was not normally present in his life, and Huck only saw his father when he wanted Huck’s money. He also tried to convince Huck not to go to school, “And looky here-you drop that school, you hear?” (29). Most parents in today’s society are supportive of their children and their education. It is practically unheard of to hear such matters that Pap forces onto Huck in today’s society, and in the late 19th century. Whenever Huck rarely saw his father, he had to put up with Pap’s extreme cruelty. His dad would beat him, and Huck was actually scared of his own father, “I used to be scared of him all the time, he tanned me so much.” by beating Huck, Pap lost respect from Huck, and others (28). Since Pap only sees Huck occasionally, that made beating him even more crewel. This directly leads to Huck running away. Huck never overcame Widow Douglas’ hypocrisy, because he knew better than to stand up against her when she told
He had a pure heart, but since society taught him inappropriate beliefs, he had a deformed conscience. He started out innocent, but he was misguided by Pap’s fowl parenting. He also had to overcome a lot of adversity on the river, even though he was just a young boy. This was intensely vigorous because it showed how much someone's childhood reflects on their future character. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should be taught in schools. It has a very deep and meaningful message that all people should learn. It also challenges its readers look at life from a different perspective, which they would usually never pay any mind to. Usually, the only specific reason it would not be taught in schools is because of its explicit use of the N-word. This word was used for a reason. It was used to show the seriousness of the subject, and substituting it with negro or slave would take away a substantial amount of the meaning behind the word. Some people think that the word is discriminatory toward black people today. But it is not specifically being used toward them now, it is used to describe a slave in the mid- nineteenth century. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a book that was written when words such as the N-word were socially acceptable. With today’s polar opposite views on this issue, the word is not acceptable to use. The story was meant to inform, as well as point