Huckleberry finn essay
How does Twain use symbols to express a message about society? The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is about the story about a kid named Huck that has been treated badly by his dad, and faked his murder to get away on the Mississippi river. He travels with a slave named Jim who heard that he was going to be sold away from his family for $800 so he ran away while everyone was running around looking for Huck. Both Huck and Jim run to Jackson's island for safety. Eventually they both continued down the river so Jim can be free and Huck gets away from his dad. Twain uses the symbol of the raft and the river to express that society is cruel. In the book the raft and how Twain uses Huck to