Freedom and Slavery

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a book about the harsh environment and immoral ways of the southern lifestyle. Huck, although being white, feels that the ways of the south are wrong and wants to escape, too. Hence, Huckleberry Finn is a book that shows the journey of two friends of contrasting characteristics fighting the problems in their life and the corrupt ways of the south.
Huck Finn is a boy who is only thirteen years old. Huck is from the lowest levels of white society, and his father is a drunk who disappears for months at a time. He is dirty and is constantly homeless. Huck is an outcast boy who gets into trouble and has different beliefs from which the society he lives in. Many critics agree with the statement, “At the heart of Huckleberry Finn lies a story about real human figures with genuine moral and ethical problems and decisions” (Lane 441). At the beginning of the novel, Widow Douglas is trying to reform Huck. The Widow Douglas “took [him]...