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Examples Of Archetypes In Huckleberry Finn

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Carl Jung, a Swiss psychologist and psychiatrist, composed many different ideas that explained the human brain’s psyche. He founded analytical psychology and was among the first experts in his field to explore the religious nature behind human psychology. Along with analytical psychology, he developed the introverted and extroverted analogies. One of his most famous archetypes is the narrative archetypes. The book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain represents Carl Jung’s narrative archetypes through Huck as the maiden, Tom Sawyer as the wise old man, and Pap Finn as the trickster.
Huck is a boy who belongs to the lowest level of white society. Huck is frequently homeless and dirty since his father is a selfish drunk who often dissapeard …show more content…

Tom Sawyer, Huck’s best friend, grew up in a different environment than Huck did. He grew up in comfort, however he didn't take it for granted. Tom observed the adults around him growing up, learning from them. He also learned his morals from reading romance and adventure novels. Tom is constantly teaching Huck the rules which helps him learn. The book states, “But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back.” Tom is showing Huck how to be respectable and forces him to fix humself up for his own good. Without Tom Sawyer’s help, Huck may have contined to rebel and act …show more content…

His main motivations are jealousy, greed, and alcoholism. Pap is jealous of Huck’s fourtune and wants to access that money so he can fuel his addiction to alcohol. Pap fits the trickster archetype through his drunkery and abusivness. The text states, “Pap he hadn’t been seen for more than a year, and that was comfortable for me; I didn’t want to see him no more. He used to always whale me when he was sober and could get his hands on me; though I used to take to the woods most of the time when he was around.” Pap caused loads of trauma for Huck after he left. He refuses to see him and is scarred thinking of all the memories of him getting beat. Pap Finn lived up to be a forever

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One of the last scene that we see Hucks maturation is when Tom Sawyer is in danger "Laws knows I wanted to go bad enough to see about Tom and was all intending to go; but after that, I wouldn't 'a' went, not for kingdoms. " page (283).Aunt Sally tells Huck not to go and he actually listens and cares what others have to say even though he wants to do the opposite. Now, Huck understands that his actions impact

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At the beginning of the story Huck has to endure the cruel and harsh environment that surrounds his entire life in order to transform into an archetypal hero.  Huck is faced with the challenge of his abusive and alcoholic father who is not pleased with Huck’s choices “You're educated,

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In the very first chapter, Huck reminds the reader that they were introduced to Tom Sawyer and himself in the previous novel stating that they were best friends (Twain 13). Although they may be friends the reader sees that they don’t always see eye to eye. Instead of finding new friends Huck chooses not to find another friend because he looks up to Tom. He desperately wants someone to look up to him thus he goes along with Tom’s ridiculous plans. At the end of the novel when Huck asks, “What would he do if the evasion worked all right?…he said he had planned in his head from the start” (Twain 275).

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As he and Jim grow closer, he uses an alias that is male and has had a family, George Jackson, which is closer to the real Huck. He goes by “Tom Sawyer” with Aunt Sally and her family towards the end of the novel. By this point, Huck has gone through many strange and moving experiences, and has developed his morals, confidence, and relationships with his companions. In the last chapter, he is revealed to be Huckleberry Finn and owns up to it. This represents the most stability and furthest development Huck has throughout his entire journey.

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His father hunts him relentlessly to acquire the money that has been recently placed in Huck’s possession. To bully Huck into stop growing his education and from leaving town with the money, Pap locks Huck in a cabin. “He got to going away so much, too, and locking me in” (Twain 24). At times Pap would leave Huck in the cabin alone for days. In these spans of time, Huck has to scavenge for food, water, and other necessities.

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Throughout the rest of Huck 's journey he continues to meet people along the way that believe themselves to be good civilized people but they all contradict that in some way. The Grangerford 's are in a murdering feud with another family, the Phelps own slaves and are trying to get a reward for Jim, the townspeople that feather and tar the Duke and King without a trial, the execution of Boggs, even the Widow tells Huck not to smoke but takes snuff herself. Huck spends a large amount of time in the book pondering over how to be good and do the right things, and at the end of the book when he decides to go West and leave it all behind he has finally realized that he 's not the one that 's bad, society is. Huck heads back out into the world not for more adventure, but to get away from

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