The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain uses irony, satire,

and symbols such as water and land to show the way society treats racism, slavery,

government, middle class, religious observation and family structure. He uses the

land to represent the society in Huck's life and water as being the only place

where Huck finds freedom.

Both land and water show why Huck went through a series of trouble every

time he was dealing with society and prefered to be on his way to freedom. For

example, Tom represented society when he did not take Jim's freedom seriously.

This shows that Tom's closed mindness did not let him perceive what Jim had done for

him by saving his life although Jim had been injured. This leads to his aunt's refusal to set Jim

free. This is one of the conflicts that made Huck want to forget about everything and

just leave without telling anybody. Another reason why Huck was trying to run away

from his society was becau...