Nature In Huckleberry Finn

Nature and society have been conflicting topics for generations. While the contrasts appear to be sinister, society continues to conform to the standard ideas of civilizations. The viewpoints of nature in contrast to viewpoints of society are clearly expressed in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain in 1884. This novel follows a young boy, named Huck, that denies the social construct of civilizations and journeys the Mississippi River in hopes of releasing a slave, Jim. The two men encounter tricky situation that question the morality and sincerity of society and its cruel standards. The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, reveals the contrasts between nature and civilization by showing
Once aspect of nature that Huck is exposed to is one that bring peace. In chapter six, Huck expresses his gratitude in the serenity of nature by saying, “It was kind of lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day…I didn't want to go back no more… It was pretty good times up in the woods there, take it all around.” (VI) Additionally, both character experience the theme of freedom represented through nature. Jim encounters many instances in which he is almost free. In the moments in which Jim is on the raft, the nature of the river symbolizes renewal of a new life for him, in which he is a free man. On the other hand, Huck encountered a situation in which he was at the mercy of his abusive father. To get freedom from his beatings, he escaped to the embrace of the forest around him. Furthermore, nature brings revelations to the characters in the novel. Huck experiences the most because he realizes things about society that he never thought of before. While on the raft, Huck began to create a bond between himself and Jim. Although Huck continued to have second thoughts on what society told him to think, he still broke through this barrier and began to think of Jim as a person. The main character began to realize the compassion of the escaped slave towards his family, and Huck. Huck opened his eyes to the false accusations that whites were superior to blacks. This
Huck and Jim encounter many situations in nature that reveal peace. For Huck, nature was a way for him to escapes the abusive wrath of his father. Nature also brought upon feelings of freedom and liberty in the two travelers. Jim considered himself to be a free man while he was on the raft. He was no longer imprisoned to the ideas of the world. Nature also changed the ideas of Huck because he realized the flaws in society’s concept of white supremacy after witnessing the equalities between himself and Jim. Civilization brings a downfall to human improvement by forcing unjust viewpoints on people by confining them to an obscured perception of the world. Furthermore, the events occurring in societies bring the antagonistic consciousness of civilizations to the light through showing the heaping encounters of vengeful people. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel that brings many dark aspects of society to the awareness of the reader through the confrontation of many issues, and revelations that continue to be perused in today’s