The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn: Huck Decides To Reject Civilization

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raft. It seemed that every time they
would go to shore, something negative involving civilization would arise.
The dark side of human nature and suffering would meet up with the two of
them. They always stumbled upon the under-belly of society.
The symbol of human suffering was the Grangerfords family. When
Huck found himself in front of their farm after the ship wreck, his first
impression was a positive one. He thought that the Grangerfords were a
pleasant, normal family. However the dark secrets that existed within the
family could make skin crawl. The paintings and writings made by Emmeline
Grangerford, who died when she was fourteen, are of rather morbid subjects.
She was a messed up child that came from a bizarre, disturbed family. They
had a feudal war going with another family where constant deaths and
suffering took place. Just before Huck leaves, his age equivalent and
friend Buck, gets shot in cold blood. Just another exemplary performance
of this so-called ...

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