Well, that is the nut of the book It's nurture vs. nature. And while I believe Twain is as most of us -- sympathetic to the nurture theory -- the book is so full of twists, twins and turns -- the reader really has to think about the book seriously for sometime afterward. Sure - it's internalization but still there is that little bit of nature theory knocking about. I believe that Twain uses it so that the reader will examine his own mind and heart. <br><br>One of the startling effects of this book to my mind -- is that although it deals with slavery/black/white -- it's also a story about class in any century -- even today. And about how labelling and social and economic forces will always be a part of history. That Twain makes it funny, ironic and a good read is well -- Mark Twain.
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