Huckleberry Finn Adult Theme

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel full of very "adult" themes. By having a young boy narrate the story, it becomes easier to explore these themes in an unbiased and "innocent" way. Huckleberry fin hasn't really been raised to think or believe what another adult in his life chose, so he instead makes his choices based on very instinctive and natural thoughts and beliefs. Huck, while easily influenced, is very skeptical. He is able to identify hypocrisy easily. When he notices these human flaws and takes note of them, it causes the reader to evaluate themselves. In this quote, "Pretty soon I wanted to smoke, and asked the widow to let me. But she wouldn't. She said it was a mean practice and wasn't clean, and I must try to not do