A Sound Heart Versus A Deformed Conscience

Mark Twain described The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as "a book of mine where a sound heart and a deformed conscience come into collision and conscience suffers defeat."

As we discussed in class, to Twain, the conscience represents the morality one ascertains from society; the heart represents an individual's moral voice, an instinct if you will.

Twain, an American writer, values individualism. Hopefully you see a connection here.

"Society! Society! Society!"

We have read The Crucible, Thoreau's transcendental writings, and watched a harrowing account of the last adventures of young Chris McCandless. Hopefully you have learned something about yourselves, America, literature, society, and writing.

Please reflect.

Peace, love, and bacon grease. It's been a pleasure, all.

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