Huck's Freedom

Freedom The theme of freedom surfaces frequently in the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Throughout the book, the most obvious controversy about freedom is Jim’s situation. This type of freedom though important, is not the type I will discussing. The freedom I am analyzing is Huck’s freedom from several different subjects. Huck had to gain both physical and emotional freedom. Often times the physical freedom came before full emotional freedom could. Huckleberry …

…theme of the book. Huck finds freedom from the Widow Douglas, Pap and society. He does all this by following his heart. However, the story ends with Huck saying, “...Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I been there before (Twain 294).” This last statement proves that the struggle for freedom is never-ending. One must be strong and do what they feel is the right thing.