Setting controls personal outlooks, which holds a strong influence on the outcome of individual’s lives. The composure of thoughts and feelings relies on persuading factors that exist in the environment. With elements that contribute to a jubilant life, nature guides individual thoughts towards tranquility. In the 19th century American novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain draws upon two contrasting environments to construct the beneficial aspects and importance of a natural life. While doing so, he emphasizes the idea civilization often clouds individual mindsets.
Analysis of Literature Numerous critics describe Mark Twain’s accentuation that environments curb individual choices. The critic T. S. Eliot discusses the river’s …show more content…
With the freedom to speak his mind, Twain creates a place where Huck and other characters have the ability to preside without restriction, with scenes like, "So we talked it over all one night, drifting along down the river..." (68). Twain uses the river’s presence as an opportunity in the novel to display personal prosperity through individual happiness. The quote implies the river’s influence on the characters; Huck and Jim have the ability to open up and act as themselves because of the prejudice not found on the river. That which presides alone, the river continually flows steadily and holds no influence from civilization in the novel. Free from the hardships on the shore, Twain repeatedly separates the river from other forms of nature to make the river an obstinate force. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn accurately acknowledges the fact that the river keeps a sense of power in any presence it holds. Eliot depicts the essence of the river and states: "The River cannot tolerate any design, to a story which is its story, that might interfere with its dominance" (24). Because Twain portrays the river so well, he has the competence to meticulously illustrate its effect on the characters in his book. The authority of the river in Twain’s book creates a strong impact on the readers by its demonstration of nature’s impact on individual mindsets. The indication that the river accepts Twain’s form of it inhabits in Eliot’s quote. Finally, with its heavy impact on each character and their decisions, the river lays out the form of the entire
Analysis of Literature Numerous critics describe Mark Twain’s accentuation that environments curb individual choices. The critic T. S. Eliot discusses the river’s …show more content…
With the freedom to speak his mind, Twain creates a place where Huck and other characters have the ability to preside without restriction, with scenes like, "So we talked it over all one night, drifting along down the river..." (68). Twain uses the river’s presence as an opportunity in the novel to display personal prosperity through individual happiness. The quote implies the river’s influence on the characters; Huck and Jim have the ability to open up and act as themselves because of the prejudice not found on the river. That which presides alone, the river continually flows steadily and holds no influence from civilization in the novel. Free from the hardships on the shore, Twain repeatedly separates the river from other forms of nature to make the river an obstinate force. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn accurately acknowledges the fact that the river keeps a sense of power in any presence it holds. Eliot depicts the essence of the river and states: "The River cannot tolerate any design, to a story which is its story, that might interfere with its dominance" (24). Because Twain portrays the river so well, he has the competence to meticulously illustrate its effect on the characters in his book. The authority of the river in Twain’s book creates a strong impact on the readers by its demonstration of nature’s impact on individual mindsets. The indication that the river accepts Twain’s form of it inhabits in Eliot’s quote. Finally, with its heavy impact on each character and their decisions, the river lays out the form of the entire