The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

what theme does the last sentence of Huck Finn portray?

"But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before" (279).

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This speaks to the theme of freedom and the simple life. Huck can't stand the constraint's of society. He has matured to the point of rejecting the whole value system of "polite" Southern society. Huck needs to march to his own drum.

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