So we were told to be "creative"

As our topic, Ms. Nagi instructed everyone in 11 AP to "be creative" on our next blog post. Today I wanna talk about creativity, what it means and how I see it in Huck Finn.

The dictionary definition of creativity is involving any new idea.



This photo is one of the first things I found when I google image searched "creativity." This photo, like every other picture involves colors. Colors aren't something that is new, but colors are thought of as exciting. Using different colors allows there to be more difference. Also, these colors contrast a simple black and white suit, which is probably work clothing. When people think about the opposite of creativity you think of boring stuff where everything is the same. In the picture specifically we think of, work, cubicles, grayness, and most of all conformity. What does this have to do with anything we're learning you ask? Well, I am glad you said that because I'm not sure. Just kidding.



In the novel Huckleberry Finn, Huck plays a very interesting role as a character. He is seen throughout the novel struggling with an internal conflict concerning slavery. The two decisions Huck struggles with are giving up Jim but suffering the guilt of betraying a friend who trusts him, or keeping Jim but suffering the consequences of helping a slave runaway. Around Ch 31, Huck chooses his decision when he states "All right then, I'll go to hell." This choice is clearly helping Jim escape to freedom because Southern society has taught Huck to view helping runaway slaves as a terrible crime that can deem anyone worthy of going to hell.



Huck in making this decision is not only courageous, but he is also creative. Going back to the denotation of creativity, freeing slaves wasn't a new idea at the time obviously because of abolitionists and all that stuff, but it may be if you view it from a different angle. Remember conformity and all that being the opposite of creativity? Well that is what the Southern society imposes on everyone in the South. When Huck encounters some problems where people ask if he is helping a slave escape, Huck knows full well what will happen if he honest, so at some points he is forced to act like he is a conformist to succeed in being different. Since Huck is going against a conformist society, and thinking for himself, in a sense, he is being creative.





Anyway, I think that the we can all apply this instance of knowledge within Huckleberry Finn in our lives by thinking for ourselves. Being different and original is the only way things will change, and is the only way we can improve the world, so don't be afraid to take a risk.