Critical Lens: Psychoanalytical
"A Sound Heart and Deformed Conscience" by Henry Nash Smith was an interpretation of what Mark Twain was writing in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. On pages 370-371 Smith states that Huckleberry Finn is realizing how he would find ways to justify slavery. "Thus although Huck is obviously remembering the bits of theological jargon from sermons justifying slavery, they have become a part of his vocabulary." Smith also mentions then that Twain was paraphrasing this part when originally it was in direct quotes. This was so Huck could be in more intimate contact with the King and to show them connect on a different level. This allowed Twain to compare the two societies between vernacular values and the dominant culture. This allowed us to see the difference between the world of slavery and the world of freedom through this, because he showed more than one side of it, where throughout the novel it seemed more one sided. Also Jim is actually not in this part of the book, so there could be a different view on slavery. Also Smith mentions that Pa would usually consider himself the more civilized one, but that would only be because he was a white male at the time, but really he is depicted as one of the sloppiest characters within the novel.
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