Therefore, Mark Twain recognized the double standard and addresses it in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huck was not raised in accordance with the accepted ways of civilization at the time. many aspects of society that ultimately make him choose his own individuality over civilization. In a sense, he rises. He relies on his instincts and the skills he learns from others to guide him throughout his life. Twain describes how the civilization and ethics of a society can come into conflict with individuality. Huck is a social outcast because he lived alone and was raised by a drunken, motherless father. Huck finds that social conventions hinder personal growth. Typically, society has accepted the depravity and immorality of some of its members while rejecting others due to their type of depravity and immorality. Huckleberry Finn didn't have a father to care for him, so he didn't have all the knowledge he needed. he was supposed to do it for the real world. Instead, he lived with the Widow Douglas. “The Widow Douglas took me for her son and allowed her to debase me. I found my old rage and my sugar craze, and I was free and content” (Twain 1). Huck feels like he doesn't fit in and that Widow Douglas is always trying to change him to make him like everyone else. Huckleberry is more of an independent person: "Don't you stray and stretch yourself like that, Huckleberry...Why don't you try to behave" (Twain 3). Huck didn't know what to do or how to act. He was his own person and he had his own motivations because he had no role model, no one to look up to. “He was very free – and who is to blame? Why, me. I couldn't get this out of my conscience, or how or any way... it's... middle of paper... the loyalty of some of its members while rejecting others because of their brand of depravity and immorality. . Huck shows how the double standards didn't get him in trouble and that he was going to stand up for what he believed in. He tries his best to escape civilization because he didn't want to be like everyone else. Huck is an independent person and he didn't want to be like them. Works Cited Cohen, Ralph. "Games: a key to understanding Huckleberry Finn. "Games and Growing Up (1965): Rpt. In Readings on the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Ed. Katie de Koster. San Diego: Greenhaven Press, 1994: 95-104. Printed. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn New York: Sterling, 2006. Print. Martin, Jay. “American civilization threatens to destroy Huck.” Harvests of Change: American Literature, 1865-1914: Greenharen Press, 1994. Print. .