Have you ever wondered if your life would be different without something specific that changed you? In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses a very important symbol that the whole story revolves around. That is the Mississippi River. All the adventures and Huck Finn’s growing up happened because of the Mississippi River. Without the Mississippi River, Huck would not be the person that he developed into at the end of this story.
If the river was never there Huck would not be close friends with Jim. “Well, I warn't long making him understand I warn't dead. I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn't lonesome now. I told him I warn't afraid of HIM telling the people where I was. I talked along, but he only set there and looked at me; never said nothing” (8.25). In this it shows that he trusts Jim and he misses him when he gets lonely on the island. Huck used to think that Jim was below him, but then later he realized they both wanted the same thing; freedom. None of this would happen without the river. Huck would probably think Jim is “less” than him and they probably wouldn’t be great friends like they are because of the river. …show more content…
“So in two seconds away we went a-sliding down the river, and it did seem so good to be free again and all by ourselves on the big river, and nobody to bother us” (29). The moment they entered the river they felt free because they were away from everything. Without that river, they wouldn’t have gotten away from everything and that means no freedom. Without the river, neither Huck or Jim would be free and that’s something that they both want
If the river was never there Huck would not be close friends with Jim. “Well, I warn't long making him understand I warn't dead. I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn't lonesome now. I told him I warn't afraid of HIM telling the people where I was. I talked along, but he only set there and looked at me; never said nothing” (8.25). In this it shows that he trusts Jim and he misses him when he gets lonely on the island. Huck used to think that Jim was below him, but then later he realized they both wanted the same thing; freedom. None of this would happen without the river. Huck would probably think Jim is “less” than him and they probably wouldn’t be great friends like they are because of the river. …show more content…
“So in two seconds away we went a-sliding down the river, and it did seem so good to be free again and all by ourselves on the big river, and nobody to bother us” (29). The moment they entered the river they felt free because they were away from everything. Without that river, they wouldn’t have gotten away from everything and that means no freedom. Without the river, neither Huck or Jim would be free and that’s something that they both want