Thororeeau And Civil Disobedience By Mark Twain And Henry...

Often multiple authors share a common motif, including these two distinguished novelists, Mark Twain and Henry Thoreau, both very idealistic men. In both of these wordsmiths most famous works, Civil Disobedience by Thoreau and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain argues that going against civil law established by the government or worldly superiors is acceptable under certain conditions. Contrary to the anarchistic parts of all our thoughts, willingly disobeying civil law should be deliberately examined and executed moderately. Only under certain conditions, such as when there could be a personal calamity, others that are crucial in your life could be harmed, or the law contains an objection to freedom, whether physical or†¦show more content†¦In his revolutionary book Walden, Thoreau says, â€Å"Children, who play at life, discern its true law and relations more clearly than men, who fail to live it worthily, but who think they are wiser by experience, that is, by failure.† Huckleberry might be disobeying the civil law by running away from his legal guardians and assisting a runaway slave in his flight to freedom, but he does so with kindness and consideration for others, making his decisions the right ones. Sometimes called the true main character by literary critics, Jim, the runaway slave, needs help to escape from harm, both physical and emotional. So Huck, being a true friend, must disobey his cultural law to help Jim. In addition to being sold into field labor in New Orleans, Jim would be beaten severely, most likely, for running away, and also for the presumed murder of Huckleberry Finn. As mentioned before Jim does not want to be captured, flogged, and then sent to a foreign place to work until his dying breath in the hot sun. As a person deeply rooted in his culture Huck probably did not think of Jim’s situation like that, but he does have a subtle desire to not disappoint his friend and to see him safely to freedom in the northern states. Another motivation