The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain - 1549 Words

The idea of freedom, in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is displayed as an issue that Huck and Jim must overcome to achieve a greater life. Or so they both think. As the story progresses however, it isn t as easy as they first planned. They leave to gain their freedom, but as they go on their journey, they begin to realize that it isn t as easy as they had originally thought. Through the progression that both Jim and Huck have, it becomes apparent that although their original goal was to gain freedom, the true achievement of equality is still to come. An idea that appears early on within the story is the idea that Huck and Jim are searching for their freedom together. Huck and Jim first find themselves stranded together on Jackson’s†¦show more content†¦Or so Mark Twain made it seem. We see Huck’s belief of this begin to dwindle as he tries to take advantage of Jim on various occasions. However there is a section where the reader can see that although Jim knows he is a slave, he still sees himself as equal to whites as they both argue on why people speak different languages. Well, it s a blame ridicklous way, en I doan want to hear no mo bout it. Dey ain no sense in it. Looky here, Jim; does a cat talk like we do? (82) It becomes apparent here that Jim doesn’t see the reason why some people don’t speak like others if they are all men. This is Mark Twain’s way of showing how Jim doesn’t see why if all men are the same, why are some enslaved and some aren’t. Perhaps an ev en bigger point is seen the very next page where it becomes apparent to Huck that Jim is making good points as to why Frenchmen shouldn’t speak a different language than the rest of them. Huck without having a logical reason why this would be the case gets frustrated and does something that the reader has never seen him do before, call Jim a nigger. â€Å"You can’t learn a nigger to argue so I quit† (83) This shows how although both Huck and Jim are striving for the similar goal of freedom, Huck’s (the symbol of the white man) will not allow Jim, or african americans, to be equal which is really what they are fighting for. As the story begins to progress, Huck and Jim find that much like the abolition of slavery,