In the same way, Huck from Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn thrives in the wilderness. Huck valued his freedom on the raft in contrast to "rough living- (Twain 1) in a house. ... Huck longs for the freedom to be himself, to wear "old rags and [be] free and satisfied,"" (Twain 1) and relax on the raft while smoking and fishing without having to worry about becoming educated and fitting a mold formed by society (Twain 27). ... The King and the Duke came and took control of Huck and Jim's raft causing tension and it was "miserable business to have any unfriendliness o...

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