Interesting study on Huck Finn from a “Lutheran perspective.” Whether exclusively Lutheran or not, it appears to me that the character of Huck Finn reflects Mark Twain’s worldview that hypocrisy abounds and midwestern social and moral values require real life decisions proceeding from the spirit and intent of God’s word, not entrenched legalistic positions firmly held. Twain poked his finger straight into the faces of those, who like the Pharisees of Jesus’ day, applied the law without mercy. Using his typical and not so subtle sledge hammer wit, Twain forces the reader to see how Jesus would a moral duty. I do not know if Twain was saved or lost, but without using the word “grace” he seemed as close to referring to it as any of the great writers of his day. Soli Deo Gloria