Huck Finn Freedom Analysis

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Throughout the book Huck and Jim are trying to find freedom in two ways, from slavery and society. Jim in the beginning is living as a slave and is ok with it at the moment, until he overhears Mrs. Watson talking about selling him so he took off without thinking of consequences of getting caught. Being killed and sent back into slavery is, is some consequences that could happen, and sent to an actual plantation and working harder than he did with Mrs.Watson. At the same time Huck Finn, a wild boy who loves being in the woods and living off the land. Huck Is attending school and going to church, because of his guardian the Widow, so he takes off around the same time. Huck stages his own death, as a murder. He doesn 't know the effects it had on the people that cared about him, and when they 're on the search party he sees his old friend Tom Sawyer and all of the people who cared about him, Huck is more happy surviving on his own and being away from society in his own way. He is not meant for civilization in his opinion he wants to be on his own. When Huck is going up river, he spots a fire through the trees along the beach and he goes to investigate and finds Jim sleeping, and Huck figures out why Jim is trying to find freedom. …show more content…
That was the last thing Jim and Huck wanted so, Hucks idea is to go to look for someone that might help Jim escape from slavery and be able to live as a freeman, what they came up river to do. Huck ends up running into Tom Sawyer’s Aunt Polly, Witch gets mixed up and thinks Huck is Tom and Huck figures out that Tom is on his way here and must stop him before he gets to his Aunt Pollys. So he can tell him what the situation is and how he could help. Huck wasn 't sure that Tom would help him get Jim back out of slavery and I 'm sure if he doesn 't that Huck would do it himself, because is what they traveled up river for is so they could both be

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