The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn Essay
From being beaten by his father, fighting starvation, scavenging to survive, going through the death of a close friend, and many other things, Huckleberry Finn did not have an easy journey. Huckleberry and a runaway slave named Jim collaborate to survive. On their expedition, they run into many different people and challenges, including robbers, murderers, and another team of two that calls themselves the King and Duke. The group of adventurers are often floating down the Mississippi River from Missouri all the way down to Arkansas. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain reveals how the Mississippi River is a symbol of freedom, for Huckleberry and Jim use it to their advantage throughout …show more content…
At the beginning of the novel, the reader is told how Huck cannot put up with living in civilization. The Widow Douglas believes she is doing a good deed by letting Huck stay with her, but Huck has other plans for his future lifestyle. Huck decides to run away and live on his own in the wild, “The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me… when I couldn’t stand it no longer, I lit out” (Twain 1). Huck feels as though he would live better and more freely if he were to live in the wild rather than civilization. Even after Huck had finished his long journey he says to himself, “But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can’t stand it” (Twain 293). Throughout the whole book, Huck goes between the wild and civilization multiple times. The reader may realize, even through his long and hard journey down the river, he still wants to remain wild and independent. The reader learns that Huck is the same character from the start to the end of the novel. Huck says the same phrase on the first page and in the last, “I got to light out” (Twain 293). Huck seeks for adventure and forever will. He belongs to
From being beaten by his father, fighting starvation, scavenging to survive, going through the death of a close friend, and many other things, Huckleberry Finn did not have an easy journey. Huckleberry and a runaway slave named Jim collaborate to survive. On their expedition, they run into many different people and challenges, including robbers, murderers, and another team of two that calls themselves the King and Duke. The group of adventurers are often floating down the Mississippi River from Missouri all the way down to Arkansas. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain reveals how the Mississippi River is a symbol of freedom, for Huckleberry and Jim use it to their advantage throughout …show more content…
At the beginning of the novel, the reader is told how Huck cannot put up with living in civilization. The Widow Douglas believes she is doing a good deed by letting Huck stay with her, but Huck has other plans for his future lifestyle. Huck decides to run away and live on his own in the wild, “The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me… when I couldn’t stand it no longer, I lit out” (Twain 1). Huck feels as though he would live better and more freely if he were to live in the wild rather than civilization. Even after Huck had finished his long journey he says to himself, “But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can’t stand it” (Twain 293). Throughout the whole book, Huck goes between the wild and civilization multiple times. The reader may realize, even through his long and hard journey down the river, he still wants to remain wild and independent. The reader learns that Huck is the same character from the start to the end of the novel. Huck says the same phrase on the first page and in the last, “I got to light out” (Twain 293). Huck seeks for adventure and forever will. He belongs to