Essay Archive - Rollin Down the River: The Uniting of Theme and Plot in Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Rollin Down the River: The Uniting of Theme and Plot in Mark Twain's The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
In Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain develops
the plot into Huck and Jim's adventures allowing him to weave in his
criticism of society. The two main characters, Huck and Jim, both run from
social injustice and both are distrustful of the civilization around them.
Huck is considered an uneducated backwards boy, constantly under pressure
to conform to the "humanized" surroundings of society. Jim a sla....
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