The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a story of a young man who finds himself in many unpredictable situations. In the novel, Huck is constantly changing his setting. Either he is on the land, at the shore of the mighty Mississippi river, or upon a small raft floating downstream. Since Huck lives on both the shore and the river, the reader is able to compare the differences between them. To Huck the …showed first 75 words of 733 total…

…showed last 75 words of 733 total…to have more freedoms, there still were dangers, that could pop up at any time. For Jim, he had to continually hide, so he couldn’t go to the shore, because he might get caught. Huck neither wanted to conform to society nor live with the constant violence he continually saw. For Huck a life away from the civilized world was the best, and the river gave him his best chance at this ideal life.