Theme Of Freedom In Huckleberry Finn

Freedom In Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain expresses his messages about many different topics. One of those in particular includes freedom. Freedom has a different perspective for each individual character in the novel. To Jim, freedom means an escape from slavery and to Huck freedom means a chance to escape from his civilized world. Their desire for freedom has one main focus which is happiness. We are able to read about all the different ways freedom has taken a toll on the characters throughout the book. From the very start of the novel, Jim lives his life as a slave. He is fairly content until one day; he overhears Mrs. Watson, talking about selling him to New Orleans which means he’ll be separated from his wife and children. Hearing this terrifies him and he runs away from Mrs. Watson. From that point on, Jim turns into a runaway slave. Then early one morning, as Huck is exploring Jackson’s island, trying to find food, he finds a smoking campfire. After some searching he finds Jim. Huck and Jim team up, despite Huck’s uncertainty about helping a runaway slave. After some time,
This way of life becomes a bad experience for Huck, further causing his desire for an unrestricted life. Jim's unhappy experiences from society also result to Jim's portrayal of freedom. As a slave, he is not treated as equally by society as white people are. The bad treatment Jim endures causes him to want freedom, similar to how the way of life causes Huck to seek freedom. Another similarity between the two is that both wish to obtain freedom for their happiness and comfort. As shown in Cairo freedom is something that can make their life happy and more comfortable. All they could think about in terms of reaching Cairo was that the town was on the brink of the Ohio River, and the Ohio River would lead them into the free