Many people wanted freedom in the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. One of these people is a slave named Jim. He is a slave that belongs to Miss Watson and Widow Douglas. He runs away and joins Huck on a flight down the Mississippi River so that he doesn’t have to get sold. Huck is the narrator and the main character in the novel. He wants freedom as well, but he wants a different kind of freedom. He hates having to be civilized because he prefers to be independent. He also hates getting abused by his dad, so he fakes his death by killing a pig with an axe and jumps in the river.
Tom Sawyer is Huck’s civilized friend. He enjoys crazy stories and schemes. He finds Huck at his Aunt Sally’s on his way to freedom, so he plays …show more content…
He then tells Huck that he is not allowed to get educated, so Huck gets inspired to work at school. The judge tries to reform Pap, but he gets drunk. Pap routinely gets drunk and abuses Huck after kidnapping and taking him to a shack by the river, which is one of the reasons Huck seeks freedom.
This is the main reason why Huck fakes his death and goes into hiding. He hides in the woods for days and days trying to avoid being found by other people until one day, he finds Jim and they begin their journey for freedom. Pap is blamed for Huck Finn’s murder, but then everyone decides that it is easier to blame a black man instead of Pap Finn. At the end of the book, it is revealed that the dead body in the cabin was Huck’s own father.
Another reason he escapes St. Petersburg is because he doesn’t want to be civilized. He likes to be uncivilized and independent, but Miss Watson and Widow Douglas think that he should change his ways so that he can be presentable in case if people come. He is a dirty kid and frequently homeless, and his dad disappears every so often, leaving him alone for months on end. He grows as part of the lowest levels of white society, which a very unfortunate thing. Anyways, Miss Watson and Widow Douglas want Huck to get civilized, so he runs away so that he doesn’t have to get civilized and deal with …show more content…
They seek freedom from many things, most specifically slavery and civilization.
The book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is actually a continuation of the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, who just so happens to be Huck Finn’s best friend. This paper includes the many people that want freedom and also what they are wanting to be free from. Huck wants to be free from having to be civilized and polite. He is also wanting to be free from his dad, which is why he faked his death. Jim wants be free from slavery and working for Miss Watson. Jim also wanted to see his family. When Jim got sold, Huck and Tom worked together and came up with a way to steal Jim and set him
Tom Sawyer is Huck’s civilized friend. He enjoys crazy stories and schemes. He finds Huck at his Aunt Sally’s on his way to freedom, so he plays …show more content…
He then tells Huck that he is not allowed to get educated, so Huck gets inspired to work at school. The judge tries to reform Pap, but he gets drunk. Pap routinely gets drunk and abuses Huck after kidnapping and taking him to a shack by the river, which is one of the reasons Huck seeks freedom.
This is the main reason why Huck fakes his death and goes into hiding. He hides in the woods for days and days trying to avoid being found by other people until one day, he finds Jim and they begin their journey for freedom. Pap is blamed for Huck Finn’s murder, but then everyone decides that it is easier to blame a black man instead of Pap Finn. At the end of the book, it is revealed that the dead body in the cabin was Huck’s own father.
Another reason he escapes St. Petersburg is because he doesn’t want to be civilized. He likes to be uncivilized and independent, but Miss Watson and Widow Douglas think that he should change his ways so that he can be presentable in case if people come. He is a dirty kid and frequently homeless, and his dad disappears every so often, leaving him alone for months on end. He grows as part of the lowest levels of white society, which a very unfortunate thing. Anyways, Miss Watson and Widow Douglas want Huck to get civilized, so he runs away so that he doesn’t have to get civilized and deal with …show more content…
They seek freedom from many things, most specifically slavery and civilization.
The book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is actually a continuation of the book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, who just so happens to be Huck Finn’s best friend. This paper includes the many people that want freedom and also what they are wanting to be free from. Huck wants to be free from having to be civilized and polite. He is also wanting to be free from his dad, which is why he faked his death. Jim wants be free from slavery and working for Miss Watson. Jim also wanted to see his family. When Jim got sold, Huck and Tom worked together and came up with a way to steal Jim and set him