There are many themes in the novel Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain has saturated the book with easy symbolism that is taken for granted unless sought for. The river, for example, is a huge symbol that is part of the entire book. It has been interpreted metaphorically, literally, structurally, and morally. The Mississippi helps the plot of the book advance. There are many shapes that the River takes to form the story of Huckleberry Finn. The story before Huckleberry Finn gets on the river is merely introductory. The book just begins with introductions of the characters, and the backstory that has gotten Huck into this situation. The river helps Huckleberry Finn leave his pap by escaping on a canoe when he had staged his own death. The real adventure
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The river not only represents freedom in Huckleberry Finn, but it also represents the human journey. Huckleberry Finn’s passage into manhood was catalyzed by the journey on the river. Jim was able to journey from his imprisonment to his freedom, though not in the way he originally expected. The human journey is a long and winding path, and the river in the story exemplifies the metaphor. There are many bumps and left turns through the story that come as a direct result of being on the river, and much of this is like the scenarios of the human journey as …show more content…
He could not ground his story to one geographical point, and the river was a stroke of genius that helped him move throughout the States in a smooth, continuous flow. The Mississippi uses it morality as a type of base for a graph that measures the depravity of humanity. With the constant moving of the setting, Twain is able to touch on many subjects that he felt were unwell with the world around him. This way, the river is not only a metaphor, but as a functional idea that progresses the novel.
Like the River, Huckleberry Finn’s journey must also continue. He would grow to stretch alongside the River through the cultivation of moral understanding and manhood in his mind. Huck’s story advances and ripens while he is on the river. It helps him become a different, if better, person. The river has paths that are unexpected for him, but he takes it with a optimism and maturity as the book
The river not only represents freedom in Huckleberry Finn, but it also represents the human journey. Huckleberry Finn’s passage into manhood was catalyzed by the journey on the river. Jim was able to journey from his imprisonment to his freedom, though not in the way he originally expected. The human journey is a long and winding path, and the river in the story exemplifies the metaphor. There are many bumps and left turns through the story that come as a direct result of being on the river, and much of this is like the scenarios of the human journey as …show more content…
He could not ground his story to one geographical point, and the river was a stroke of genius that helped him move throughout the States in a smooth, continuous flow. The Mississippi uses it morality as a type of base for a graph that measures the depravity of humanity. With the constant moving of the setting, Twain is able to touch on many subjects that he felt were unwell with the world around him. This way, the river is not only a metaphor, but as a functional idea that progresses the novel.
Like the River, Huckleberry Finn’s journey must also continue. He would grow to stretch alongside the River through the cultivation of moral understanding and manhood in his mind. Huck’s story advances and ripens while he is on the river. It helps him become a different, if better, person. The river has paths that are unexpected for him, but he takes it with a optimism and maturity as the book