In most stories some character goes through their own hero’s journey, in The Adventures of Huckleberry FInn the main character Huck goes on an adventure and goes through his own hero’s journey. Huck lives in the south in the midst of slavery, Huck is trying to escape his own abusive father when he meets once again with Jim, a runaway slave of Miss Watson, trying to get to Illinois. Huck Finn experiences the hero’s journey through The Call, Challenges, and the Transformation. First, Huck experiences the call of adventure when he is placed in custody with Miss Watson and Pap. Huck’s desire to be away from development leads to his escape from Pap’s abusive control and discovery of Jim on jackson island. Huck’s desire to be away from development is seen when Huck said, “ didn’t want to go back to the widows anymore and be so cramped up and civilized”(Twain 26). Huck’s desire to be away from civilization was destined to be his first call to adventure. Although Huck Found his call to adventure no hero’s journey goes without challenges. …show more content…
One challenge of Huck’s was the moral debate of slavery and the regard of JIm. Huck stated, “ People will call me a low down abolitionist and despise me”(Twain 52). As you can see Huck has doubt about helping Jim because of his race. Huck grew up in the south where slavery was their way of life and growing up there strongly influenced how he thinks about race. A second challenge of Huck’s is his moral debate of the actions of the king a duke. Huck does not believe stealing from good people is something that should be done and he disagrees with the King and Dukes actions. Along the journey the challenges Huck faced transformed him from a boy to a mature young