Huckleberry Finn Final Essay In the novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, freedom is an important theme. Although Jim, the runaway slave, may seem to be the only character seeking freedom, Twain portrayed the scarcity of freedom into the lives of other acknowledged characters throughout the story. One of the characters that were restricted to their freedom is Huck. Huckleberry was not trying to flee from slavery, but instead from civilization and society.
In the beginning of the novel, Huck is adopted by Widow Douglas. Throughout the duration that Huck has been living with Widow Douglas, Huck states “The Widow Douglas, she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn’t stand it no longer, I lit out”. In the quote, Huck is expressing his feelings of living with the Widow. He feels lonesome and agitated because he has no peers his age to converse with and he’s constantly critiqued by Widow Douglas because of his behavior. As a normal teenage boy, Huck wants to be able to do what he wants to do in his life with no one telling him what to do. Huck not only rebels against the acts of Widow Douglas, but he also confronts restrictions of his freedom with his Pap.
In chapter four, Huckleberry Finn’s father, Pap returns back into Huck’s life. Pap is described as a drunk, illiterate, shallow man. Pap tries …show more content…
Huck faced restrained freedom rights when living with both Widow Douglas and his father. When living with Widow Douglas, Huck faced learning petty manners and societal values. And when living with Pap, Huck was abused and literally imprisoned in a cabin. For both Jim and Huck, freedom meant happiness, a type of happiness away from the predicaments of society and into a world of
In the beginning of the novel, Huck is adopted by Widow Douglas. Throughout the duration that Huck has been living with Widow Douglas, Huck states “The Widow Douglas, she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn’t stand it no longer, I lit out”. In the quote, Huck is expressing his feelings of living with the Widow. He feels lonesome and agitated because he has no peers his age to converse with and he’s constantly critiqued by Widow Douglas because of his behavior. As a normal teenage boy, Huck wants to be able to do what he wants to do in his life with no one telling him what to do. Huck not only rebels against the acts of Widow Douglas, but he also confronts restrictions of his freedom with his Pap.
In chapter four, Huckleberry Finn’s father, Pap returns back into Huck’s life. Pap is described as a drunk, illiterate, shallow man. Pap tries …show more content…
Huck faced restrained freedom rights when living with both Widow Douglas and his father. When living with Widow Douglas, Huck faced learning petty manners and societal values. And when living with Pap, Huck was abused and literally imprisoned in a cabin. For both Jim and Huck, freedom meant happiness, a type of happiness away from the predicaments of society and into a world of