Huckleberry Finn

- Huckleberry Finn – Writing Task -

The most important section of Mark Twain’s novel, Huckleberry Finn, is the chapters devoted to the voyage on the raft. Both Huck and Jim forget themselves during the voyage, and are swept away by nature. During this section, Twain shows how people can live together in harmony, but this harmony is rare and far spaced. Huck and Jim are constantly returning to society on the shore, and society intrudes on them occasionally, and this shows that one cannot escape from society forever; it will always return. ‘Civilised’ society on the shore shows us hypocrisy, cruelty and violence, while the life on the raft contrasts to a great extent as a simple way of life, and much more civilised in comparison, though dangerous at the best of times. These are the main concerns of the novel, and therefore, collectively, are a major theme.

Huck and Jim are swept away by the rhythms of nature while on the raft, forgetting racial and age difference & discussi...