Marco Rubio has said, “America is the story of everyday people who did extraordinary things. A story woven deep into the fabric of our society”(npr). Is that not who Huckleberry Finn is? He is the everyday orphan who struggles to find his identity in the world. The “American Dream” is being able to be yourself and to have freedom to be whom or what you want. Huck takes a ride down the Mississippi and is able to grow and develop into who he wants to be, even if it doesn’t follow societies’ standards. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Twain uses Huck to show how children grow into their independence, emphasize the American ideals such as individuality, and to show a changing relationship between whites and blacks. First, Huck
