Mark Twain - describe the river as a symbol in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
Title: Mark Twain - describe the river as a symbol in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
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Mark Twain - describe the river as a symbol in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"
Category: /Literature/Biographies
Details: Words: 1229 | Pages: 4 (approximately 235 words/page)
In the story of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses many different types of symbols to get Twains numerous messages across. Twain signifies the Mississippi river as a symbol to get away from society for Huck and Jim. Twain also criticizes the way society runs and the things it teaches everyone to be. The river vs. land setting in Huckleberry Finn symbolizes Huck's struggle with himself versus society; Twain suggests that a person shouldn't have to
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to interpret for him or herself. But any reader could pick up on Huck's struggle with the freedom the Mississippi River gives him, and the society that holds him back. Huck realizes that he shouldn't have to conform, and he refuses to at the end of the book. Huck's trials and tribulations show the reader that he or she to think for themselves and not conform to societies standards from Huck's time period, or now.