Examples Of Imagination In Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain's Imagination
In the 1885 classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, two boys distinctly separate imagination from reality. Mark Twain has Huck Finn represent reality while his best friend, Tom Sawyer, represents imagination. In a Mississippi River community Twain makes sure that Tom and Huck differ so the strict separation of imagination and reality is identified. Huck Finn takes ideas and theories of his own and imagines what Tom would do before he acts. Tom's ideas and aspirations prove he has quite an imagination. During pre-Civil War time Twain has Huck, Tom and Jim, a run away slave, go on a pilgrimage together. For Jim it is a pilgrimage to freedom. Tom goes from imagination to reality while Huck escapes a horrible past. Twain also uses the three to show that attitude is more important than aptitude. He proves this through out the chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn represents reality because in everybody's life there is a colossal struggle for independence and loyalty. In …show more content…
They prove to themselves that though they not be able to read, they still can succeed in life. The common sense an quick thinking Huck shows when he tells two boatmen " ' Good-by, sir,'...' I won't let no runaway ni**ers get by me if I can help it." saves Jim from certain capture. The common sense is something that only occurs when a person has a sense of reality. A person with an imagination would conjure up eccentric ideas and eventually get caught. The fact of the matter is that Huck Finn is more accomplished than some will ever be. Huck had to escape a drunk father, two devout Christian women and countless foes on the river. All these obstacles give him a sense of reality unparalleled to any other. Anybody who has had a hard life is more familiar with the facts of life and face reality better because of that. This is how Huckleberry Fin represents
In the 1885 classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, two boys distinctly separate imagination from reality. Mark Twain has Huck Finn represent reality while his best friend, Tom Sawyer, represents imagination. In a Mississippi River community Twain makes sure that Tom and Huck differ so the strict separation of imagination and reality is identified. Huck Finn takes ideas and theories of his own and imagines what Tom would do before he acts. Tom's ideas and aspirations prove he has quite an imagination. During pre-Civil War time Twain has Huck, Tom and Jim, a run away slave, go on a pilgrimage together. For Jim it is a pilgrimage to freedom. Tom goes from imagination to reality while Huck escapes a horrible past. Twain also uses the three to show that attitude is more important than aptitude. He proves this through out the chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Huckleberry Finn represents reality because in everybody's life there is a colossal struggle for independence and loyalty. In …show more content…
They prove to themselves that though they not be able to read, they still can succeed in life. The common sense an quick thinking Huck shows when he tells two boatmen " ' Good-by, sir,'...' I won't let no runaway ni**ers get by me if I can help it." saves Jim from certain capture. The common sense is something that only occurs when a person has a sense of reality. A person with an imagination would conjure up eccentric ideas and eventually get caught. The fact of the matter is that Huck Finn is more accomplished than some will ever be. Huck had to escape a drunk father, two devout Christian women and countless foes on the river. All these obstacles give him a sense of reality unparalleled to any other. Anybody who has had a hard life is more familiar with the facts of life and face reality better because of that. This is how Huckleberry Fin represents