The great American writer Samuel L. Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, once stated, “Independence... is loyalty to one's best self and principles, and this is often disloyalty to the general idols and fetishes” (Schmidt). Twain portrays many of his beliefs and attitudes of life and society among his many compositions, particularly within one of his most influential novels—The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Throughout this narrative, the concept of resisting the biased and hypocritical …showed first 75 words of 1881 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1881 total…perspectives of life have indeed modified. Amongst these adjustments involve the development of his thoughts on not only slavery, but on persons as a whole, including the genuine worth of friendship. Through the course of numerous confrontations, Huck gains the knowledge to institute his unique ethics of life, whether it was in accord to the views of civilization or not. Huckleberry Finn exemplifies the illustration of individuality and distinctiveness, evading the hypocritical standpoints of society.