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Huck's Attitudes Towards Christianity

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I don't think Huck rejects Christianity. I think he rejects the preachers of his society who have twisted it to defend slavery. Huck doesn't have the education to argue with the pro-slavery preachers logically, but he knows slavery is wrong and doesn't know how he knows it. I think Twain deliberately left religious and non-religious interpretations of Huck's decisions open.There's also that Tom was the only one that knew Jim had been freed - his family had no idea they were keeping a freeman locked up. So his elaborate escape that ends with him getting shot in the leg was purely for excitement, because at several points, Jim just walks out of his prison and walks right back in to satisfy Tom's need for a romantic escape. The one thing that
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