1. Huck Finn is a thirteen-year-old boy. Why does Twain use a child as the center of consciousness in this book?

[Jen]

1 Huck Finn is a thirteen-year-old boy. Why does Twain use a child as the center of consciousness in this book?

[Lynn]

Twain would use a child because of the innocence that a child can believably portray.

[John]

Children are open to having their world views shifted in ways adults generally are not. Or at least a lot less so.

[Kristel]

I agree that Huck as a youth has the freedom to change. His world view is not fixed yet. His attitudes are still developing.