Definition Of Freedom In Huckleberry Finn
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain details the adventure of Huck Finn on the Mississippi attempting to guarentee his freedom from pap alongside Jim who was fleeing the oppressions of slavery. Their adventures were meant to teach the reader the theme of freedom and hope. Huck and Jim’s definitions of freedom are exceedingly similar and different in an array of ways. Huck’s definition of freedom was spiritually and bodily free from his guardian Miss Watson and his father as well as trying to make the best of every situation he encountered while on his ‘adventure’. Jim’s definition of freedom was exceedingly heavily weighted regarding his bodly free from slavery and spiritually free regarding the freedom of his wife and children.
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Jim spent a lot of his life working under Miss Watson away from his Wife and children who worked under different masters. Jim worked hard and was happy as one could be as a slave and was treated considerably well. It wasn’t until he found out that Miss Watson was going to “sent down the river to New Orleans” (27) after Huck's ‘death’ that he ran away. Running away was Jim freeing himself bodily from his owner and master becoming his own owner. This is what started him on his journey to Cairo, to freedom, which caused him to cross paths with Huck and travel together on the Mississippi. He planned to free his wife and children after making the money to buy their freedom or an abolitionist to free them. The freedom of his wife and children is what would have fully freed his spirit because he no longer would have been worrying about them.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain gives off the themes of freedom and hope in the events and actions surrounding Huck and Jim. The two had a great ‘adventure’ together on the Mississippi, growing closer to each other and gaining their freedom. In the end they were able to keep their freedom and pursue their next great adventure of living
Jim spent a lot of his life working under Miss Watson away from his Wife and children who worked under different masters. Jim worked hard and was happy as one could be as a slave and was treated considerably well. It wasn’t until he found out that Miss Watson was going to “sent down the river to New Orleans” (27) after Huck's ‘death’ that he ran away. Running away was Jim freeing himself bodily from his owner and master becoming his own owner. This is what started him on his journey to Cairo, to freedom, which caused him to cross paths with Huck and travel together on the Mississippi. He planned to free his wife and children after making the money to buy their freedom or an abolitionist to free them. The freedom of his wife and children is what would have fully freed his spirit because he no longer would have been worrying about them.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain gives off the themes of freedom and hope in the events and actions surrounding Huck and Jim. The two had a great ‘adventure’ together on the Mississippi, growing closer to each other and gaining their freedom. In the end they were able to keep their freedom and pursue their next great adventure of living