Move Violently for Liberty in Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Abstract

The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain, an American author and father of American literature. The novel was published in 1884. It depicts the struggles for social freedom and individualism in the face of societal expectations. The character of Huckleberry shows the natural life and fights to get against rules and discipline to need of freedom to lead the life freely according to his way. Huckleberry started his life in Widow Douglas’s house but he didn’t stay in her house. Huck goes out of house and travels from one place to other place because of his freedom. At the end of the novel Huckleberry’s father was died, so Aunt Polly wanted to adopt him but he rejected her offer and started his new life. The novel focused the teenage boy Huckleberry, and his friend Jim, how they struggle to get a freedom to lead their life in the own way. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shows the significant slavery and pervasive racism of the time.