There are many different types of freedom and bondage within the Huckleberry Finn book. The bondage and freedom within the book can be both mental and physical. Bondage can range from Widow Douglas trying to civilize Huck to Pap kidnapping Huck and secludes him in a cabin. Freedom can range from Huck running away from everything he doesn’t want to Huck and Tom stealing Jim out of slavery so Jim could be free. Mentally, bondage and freedom can be where Huck or someone doesn’t want to do something out of their comfort zone, people trying to change them, or a state of mind. Physically, bondage can be where Huck or someone is harmed or the river and friends.
In the beginning of the book, Widow Douglas tries to civilize Huck, but he doesn’t want …show more content…
They chain Jim up because they assumed that he is someone’s slave/nigger, they think he ran away. The Phelps didn’t know this at the time, but Jim had given up his freedom to nurse Tom and that Miss Watson had died two months before hand after Jim had already escaped. The Phelps chained a free slave/nigger as soon as they saw him.
Huck takes every chance he gets to be physically free from Pap, but Huck is really never mentally free from Pap. He goes to school just to get away from his father. Then, he runs away to get away from him and everyone else. Pap had physically beaten Huck numerous times, but after a while Huck finds out the Pap is dead and now he’s free to live the life he could never have had if his father was still around.
When Huck runs away from all of what he does not want to do, he finds a canoe floating in the river. To get away for good, he fakes his death and goes off to Jackson’s Island. Huck is freer floating down the river than being with his father or the people who were trying to change him. He can do whatever he wants and he can be as free as he can …show more content…
Huck and Tom risk their lives to escape and be free with Jim. Friends will risk their freedom for each other and help grant each other freedom. They have the freedom to make the choice of whether to help Jim out or leave him where he is, but friends never leave each other behind, even in death as Huck said he would want to go to the bad place with Tom Sawyer so they would be
In the beginning of the book, Widow Douglas tries to civilize Huck, but he doesn’t want …show more content…
They chain Jim up because they assumed that he is someone’s slave/nigger, they think he ran away. The Phelps didn’t know this at the time, but Jim had given up his freedom to nurse Tom and that Miss Watson had died two months before hand after Jim had already escaped. The Phelps chained a free slave/nigger as soon as they saw him.
Huck takes every chance he gets to be physically free from Pap, but Huck is really never mentally free from Pap. He goes to school just to get away from his father. Then, he runs away to get away from him and everyone else. Pap had physically beaten Huck numerous times, but after a while Huck finds out the Pap is dead and now he’s free to live the life he could never have had if his father was still around.
When Huck runs away from all of what he does not want to do, he finds a canoe floating in the river. To get away for good, he fakes his death and goes off to Jackson’s Island. Huck is freer floating down the river than being with his father or the people who were trying to change him. He can do whatever he wants and he can be as free as he can …show more content…
Huck and Tom risk their lives to escape and be free with Jim. Friends will risk their freedom for each other and help grant each other freedom. They have the freedom to make the choice of whether to help Jim out or leave him where he is, but friends never leave each other behind, even in death as Huck said he would want to go to the bad place with Tom Sawyer so they would be