The Importance of the Mississippi River
The role of the Mississippi River in Huck Finn In Huck Finn, what leads the whole story flow and reveal the whole adventure? It is of course the Mississippi River. In real life, river is always the kind of symbol that represents life, changes, growth, and hope, as they are constantly moving. There are always a lot of stories happened on the river. Water is in it and we cannot survive without it. River always plays an important role of human society, so does the Mississippi River in Huck Finn. The Mississippi River is a river which formed the nation. It flows right through the heart of America, brings the wealth to the country. In Huck Finn, it is the pathway to freedom, a safe home, but also leads them to adventure a lot of dangers that make them grow, and finally becomes the symbol of Huck and Jim’s friendship. In his novel, “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, Mark Twain demonstrates how important the Mississippi River is and how the River affected them through the freedom they found, the growth they had, and the friendship they cherished.
The Mississippi River is the pathway to freedom. The whole story is basically
about the two individuals out on a raft in a quest for freedom. Huck seeks freedom from his abusive father, the Widows and Miss Watson who try their best to civilize him; Jim seeks freedom from slavery, and actually they both want to get freedom away from the wrongly informed conscious, the foolishness and weakness of human beings in this society, and the violence, cruelty, and greed of so-called civilized society. The river becomes the kind of place that Huck does not have to put up with his abusive father or act like how other people want him to act. Also, Jim doesn’t need to be a slave, at least on the river, and doesn't have to deal with racism. When Huck goes ashore, he faces society and all the injustices it carries. When he returned to the raft he felt free again, “Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You
The Mississippi River is the pathway to freedom. The whole story is basically
about the two individuals out on a raft in a quest for freedom. Huck seeks freedom from his abusive father, the Widows and Miss Watson who try their best to civilize him; Jim seeks freedom from slavery, and actually they both want to get freedom away from the wrongly informed conscious, the foolishness and weakness of human beings in this society, and the violence, cruelty, and greed of so-called civilized society. The river becomes the kind of place that Huck does not have to put up with his abusive father or act like how other people want him to act. Also, Jim doesn’t need to be a slave, at least on the river, and doesn't have to deal with racism. When Huck goes ashore, he faces society and all the injustices it carries. When he returned to the raft he felt free again, “Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You
Cited: Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. New York: Penguin, 1986. Print.