Compares Mark Twain's "Tom Sawyer" and "Huckleberry Finn"

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…most of the people he meets represent evil. Society seems like a place that is holding you back, and the river seems like a place where there are no worries. He sees all his freedom while his time on the river and enjoys it there. The Mississippi River is a god that provides both beauty and terror. Huck represents makind's need to retreat from the real world and to take in the pleasures of religion.