The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are about a young boy named Huck, who has to mature quickly and adapt his own set of morals due to racism in the time period. He has to depict from what is right and what is wrong on his own. He also has to create a better life for himself because he has received no help or assistance from his abusive, alcoholic father and he does not prefer the life Widow Douglas and Miss Watson are trying to create for him by civilizing him. When given the chance to escape his former life, Huck travels down the river with runaway slave Jim. In the novel, life on land is found very conflicting and separate from life on the river. Life on land is repressive and confining to its standards, rules, and expectations created by society. Life on the river is undemanding and pleasant. Both life on land and life on the river are very important settings that have an impact on Huck’s life. Through the different insights and experiences of the two different settings, Huck along with other characters are able to …show more content…
He felt his current situation and status could be improved. Both life on land and life on the river are very important settings that have an impact on Huck’s life. Through the different insights and experiences of the two different settings, Huck along with other characters are able to develop from the ways of society. Life on land is secure, predictable, and safer than life on the river but it also means the expectations of needing everyone to comply and uphold to its beliefs, standards, and laws. Due to racism and society’s constricting ways of being all alike with no diversity, life on the river, for Huck, gives him clarity and the opportunities he needs to mature and develop into a humane person. Most believed that they were able to become civilized through the comforts of the land but for Huck unlike everyone else it was from the wilderness and life on the