Huck’s Transformation in Vision

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Along the trail of self-discovery, challenges often present themselves as opportunities to grow and change intellectually. Time and again, personal judgments are necessary to overcome these challenges. In the novel The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain ably showcased the hypocrisy of the society by exposing the adventures of Huck as a young boy in searching for freedom with a runaway slave Jim. Twain bared the reality of human society by significantly contrasting Huck and Jim’s life on the river to their dealings with people on shore, and also displaying the compelling difference of the relationship between Huck and Jim at both locations.
Rivers are often linked with freedom and growth, as they are vast and continuously moving and progressing. With no exception, Twain beautifully paints the Mississippi river as Huck and Jim’s safe haven from the rest of the country. They jump on the raft and get away from the society, as symbolizing the river as a place where they do not have to worry about being ridiculed by anyone who refuses to understand their situation. As Huck and Jim ran away from the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons, before setting out for their new journey Huck asserts, “I was powerful glad to get away from the feuds, and so was Jim to get away from the swamp. We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all” (Twain 117). Clearly, the river rejuvenates Huck, he is tired of facing the society and all the injustices that it carries, but when he returns to the raft he once again felt free. While returning to their voyage, Huck illustrates the normal raft as something that holds grand scale to him and Jim. “Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfort...

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...art at the end, Huck’s adventure brought him the values of life. Perhaps the adventure of Huck Finn could be concluded as one of Steve Jobs outcome, “ Your time is limited... Don't be trapped by dogma…Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice…have the courage to follow your heart and intuition…” Huck’s adventure vividly went through the steps as being trapped by the vision of civilized upper class, then finally following his heart, where he chose the leave the hypocritic society and dive in the freedom together with Jim ignoring other’s opinion about the friendship.

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Moncur, Laura. "The Quotations Page: Quote from Steve Jobs." The Quotations Page, 2013. Web.18 Jan 2014. .

Twain, Mark. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: with connections. Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 2004. Print.

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