Huck Finn - Freedom

Freedom How far would one go to be free? What does it really mean to be free? It comes in many different ways and forms. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain both main characters, Huck and Jim seek freedom in their own ways. As Huck and Jim continue down the river, they see the raft as homebase and feel free while on it. While Huck stays with the feuding Grangerfords, and Jim …

…when he stay with the Grangerfords and says his name is "George Jackson" and fell off a steamboat (Twain 72). Since he is traveling nobody has to know his real name, and Huck enjoys making up different characters he portrays. Jim and Huckleberry learn plenty about themselves from their progressing freedom. Huck finds a friend through his freedom from society and Jim finds his freedom from slavery, although it was right in front of his face.