The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huck says "A body would a thought he was Adam,he was just all mud." explain what Huck Mean

What is the Adam Reference in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

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Huck is describing his father after he returns home from laying drunk in a gutter the night before, "A body would have thought he was Adam, he was all mud" This is an allusion to the Bible story of Adam being created from mud.

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