The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain - 1389 Words

The term ‘freedom’ can have many separate definitions. However, they all share a similar concept of psychological independence from whatever acts as a restraint. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, he emphasizes two different variations of freedom between the main characters Huck and Jim. Although the two run away together because they coincidentally have one thing in common, their perspectives on their similar goal are different. Huck shows the reader what it means to desire freedom from common society and from societal norms that prevent him from doing and acting however he wants to. Meanwhile, Jim gives the reader a darker and more unidealized desire of freedom because he is a slave that wants to be free from his†¦show more content†¦Jim originally runs away from his master, Miss Watson, because she was talking about selling him to someone else. If she were to get rid of him, that would mean that he would be moved away from his family. As a slave back in those times, it was not uncommon to be separated from close relatives, and it can easily be considered a form of abuse, especially for Jim who holds high regards for his own family. I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their’n. It don’t seem natural, but I reckon it’s so. He was often moaning and mourning that way nights, when he judged I was asleep, and saying, â€Å"Po’ little ‘Liza-beth! po’ little Johnny! it’s mighty hard; I spec’ I ain’t ever gwyne to see you no mo’, no mo’!† He was a mighty good nigger, Jim was† (Twain, 158). The main thing that fuels Jim’s desire to be free really is his family that he misses while he is away. In fact, Jim’s character has received a lot of controversy in the past because he is defined as a ‘stereotypical black slave,’ but he does a fine job in exemplifying why freedom meant so much to Africans in the past and its true worth. Huckleberry Finn offers the reader a relatable perspective of freedom. He has had a terrible past that forced him to see the world in a way that does not fit who he was as a young boy. His father was an abusive man and he had no mother. Pap is the trigger to Huck’s new goal: running away from society to live a life the way he wants to. All his life,