John Locke's book, "An Essay Concerning Human Understanding," presents the concept of Tabula Rasa or blank slate, which states that the human mind receives knowledge through the experience without any pre-existing innate ideas when they were born. ... Tom is a middle-class boy who received religious teaching and was indoctrinated with social values. ... In the events that Huck and Jim continue their journey towards free states, there are times that they steal food from the nearby towns. ... The society's belief that the black people should be enslaved because they are inferior subspe...

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