Civilized child (jamie taylor)
Huck battles with himself as whether or not he likes to be civilized or if he likes to be wild and free. Of course, it seems clear that Huck prefers the wild because he views civilization as "...rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied" (2). This quote explains that Huck dislikes being civilized and prefers to be in his old rags, being free and comfortable. Another example of Huck preceding the wild is when he said, "This shook me up considerable, because I didn't want to go back to the widow's any more and be so cramped up and sivilized, as they called it" (32). Huck only sees civilization as negative and views nature as positive. An example would be when he said, "I laid there in the grass and the cool shade thinking about things, and feeling rested and ruther comfortable and satisfied. I could see the sun out at one or two holes, but mostly it was big trees all about, and gloomy in there amongst them. There was freckled places on the ground where the light sifted down through the leaves, and the freckled places swapped about a little, showing there was a little breeze up there. A couple of squirrels set on a limb and jabbered at me very friendly" (42). Huck explains how he feels comfortable in the wild, and that he finds joy in being with nature.