Huck Finn - Freedom
As described by some, life is a search for meaning. Freedom, a core ingredient for meaning, is a central theme of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain. This book is about Huckleberry Finn, also known as Huck, and Jim's search for freedom and freedom in the eyes of others. Every character has his own view of freedom and in this essay, freedom in the eyes of three characters will be discussed. These are Huck, Jim and Pap; three characters who have different views of freedom.
Throughout the novel, Huck looked for freedom, a freedom to be what he wanted to be, believe what he wanted to believe and practice what he wanted to practice. Huck's intention was to break away from the ...
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a plate…." He "didn't want to go back no more…." On the other hand, life with Pap was "lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day, smoking, fishing…." He had freedom and fun, along with less responsibility. Nevertheless, he could not take the beatings that his father would give him. He found the life with Pap to be a totalitarian society, where Pap had all the power and would treat Huck like a prisoner.
"But by and by, Pap got too handy with his hick'ry, and I couldn't stand it. I was all over welts. He got to going away so much, too, and locking me in. Once he locked me in and was gone three days… I made up my mind I would fix up some way to leave there."
The third life he found was with Jim, which was more along the lines that he was looking for. With Jim, he found love, respect, and honesty. On the river, where Huck and Jim were equal, he had someone to belong to, a friend, making this society closer to Huck's image of an ideal one. He ...
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