Zaleski, Christian February 6, 2002 English 222.22 Civilized Society Mark Twain’s, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, recounts the stories of Huck Finn’s adventures down the Mississippi River. The story is set in the town of St. Petersburg during the American pre civil war era, when slavery was legal and the heart of the south was the Mississippi River. Twain attempts to make this book appear as the simple narration of Huck as he recalls his adventures, …showed first 75 words of 943 total…

…showed last 75 words of 943 total…of the south and its “sivilized” society. It is Huck’s simplicity and good heart that leads him to decide what he feels is right, no matter what society may think. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark twain uses the common idea of adventures during childhood to project the indecencies and wrongs that an individual, Huck Finn, can decided his/her own set of morals; thus, showing societies flaws without directly pointing them out.