Out of the many themes our hashtags describe, social defiance should be added to the group as #antisivilized. Huck Finn, unintentionally defys society by running away with a fugitive slave. Most people in the south then and many today might consider him uncivilized. This theme becomes more prevalient throughout the novel. We can easily idenitfy his uncivilized actions and expose them.
Huck is, in essence, a non-conformist. He believes that the luxuries of life back in the 19th Century are overrated and unnecessary. Thus, his attraction to being #antisivilized deals with not accepting the norms and various restrictions that keep him from living his life. This notion has nothing to do with educational standards, because despite the fact that Huck doesn’t regularly attend school, he is quite clever and witty on his own. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the theme of #antisivilized is prevalent through many parts of the novel. The one part that all readers have probably familiarized themselves with is the period in which he lives a life of convenience and cleanliness with the Grangerfords as they take him in. Huck detests this type of living and, inevitably, runs back to his old lifestyle. Here we find that he has peace of mind in the woods and wilderness surrounded by nothing more than the raft, which he calls his home, and his rags that he feels very comfortable wearing. #antisivilized encompasses the actions, words, and occurrences that do not conform to society, but more or less shows the comfort experience when having nothing but bare essentials.
First, Huck simply doesn’t like the way that widow told him to do. I think, maybe because Widow Douglas pushed him too hard and he realized that he’d prefer sleeping in the gutter than wearing nice clothes. To Huck, civilization is far too restrictive to live in; he can’t do what he wants without some sort of rule defining his behavior. Secondly, in chapter 18, Huck says: there is no home like a raft. Because the raft represents a retreat from the outside world, Huck can enjoy his own life on a raft without considering any annoying things. Thirdly, Huck doesn’t want to change who he is. He prefers a life of adventure. This last line is Twain’s way of telling the readers that he is not going to lead an uneventful life with Sally (Tom’s aunt’s name). He is going to have more adventures and will never settle down.
Mohammad Jahan, Ayoub Gur, Saphira Hu, Eric Hse
This is quite interesting because as I was reading it, I seemed to connect it to the modern day version of it, yolo and hipsters. Although it probably wasn’t what you were going for, I thought the two similar concepts were amusing.
The raft doesn’t see like a home, but it is the warmest place for Huck and Jim.
Based on what you have written, it seems that Huck enjoys the simpler things in life and is content with the raft itself. You four brought up a great point, but I also see how one could see this as being like a “hipster” of some sort.