the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the main character, Huck Finn, leaves society to live on a raft with a runaway slave, who becomes his best friend and teaches him how to care for someone. Huck, originally raised by the town drunk of a father, never goes to school or wears clean clothes; however, when the widow, Mrs. Douglas, adopts him and seeks to “sivilize” him, Huck prefers life with this father. Forcing “sivilization” on Huck causes him to reject the Widow Douglas and…
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