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“All conflict in literature is, in its simplest form, a struggle between good and evil.” This quote illustrates a conflict between what is wrong and what is right. Making a wrong decision sometimes makes an individual an outcast. Both Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and Nathaniel Hawthorne The Scarlet Letter, show that one person with his or her own views may contradict a society. Huck's and Hester's moral struggles lead to a fight between conscience vs. civilization. It’s ironic, but conscience in these cases is right, and civilization is evil and cruel. The author uses the fight between conscience, good, and civilization, evil, to develop the characters, and the theme of this novel. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is set in St. Petersburg, Missouri. In this novel, Huck overcomes the bigotry that society preached. He goes against society's rules and