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Conflicts of the Heart and Mind Comparing civilization today to that of two hundred years ago, many differences are apparent. However, basic instinct never changes. People of this generation have been bred into a natural civilization, and do not often find conflicts between instinct and civilization for this reason. In the nineteenth century, instinct and civilization had almost nothing in common. There are the people who were raised “properly,” spending their time in Sunday school …

…instinct and civilization through the character Huckleberry Finn. He creates innocence in Huck’s character that shows the distinct differences between the two extremes and also demonstrates how conflicts can arise from these differences. He gives the reader an interesting view into the corruption that society can breed, while presenting the reader with a very humanistic approach to basic human instinct and the goodness that can come from following the heart rather than the head.