Throughout the novel, Huck looked for freedom, a freedom to be what he wanted to be, believe what he wanted to believe and practice what he wanted to practice. Huck's intention was to break away from the constraints of society. He was introduced to at least three societies, that of his father, that of city life with Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas and that with Jim on the river. First, he was living with the widow, where he had begun to get used to the life of society, however as he was introduced to the life with Pap, he realized that he did not have the freedom he wanted in the life with the widow. He didn't see how he'd "ever got to like it so well at the widow's, where you had to wash, and eat on a plate...." He "didn't want to go back no more

He showed his distrust in the government and how he would just leave and go somewhere that suits him. Furthermore, he based his life around alcohol. When the new judge tried to reform him and tried to make him a better person, Pap led him on and made him believe that Pap had changed. That same night, Pap crept out and got drunk, making it clear that he cannot and will not keep himself from drink.

Jim's idea of freedom was freedom from slavery and oppression. As the story began, Huck found Jim on Jackson Island and found that Jim had run away from his life of slavery because Miss Watson was going to sell him.

As Jim said in that last paragraph, he was treated rough, but he found that better than being sold, so he ran away from the life of slavery when he found that he was going to be sold. Like Huck, he found his freedom on the river. They both respected each other and in Huck, Jim had someone, a friend, someone to trust, an equal. His life also included his being a sort of father figure to Huck. He would teach Huck morals through his reactions on certain things. For example, after Huck played a trick on him on the river after they had gotten separated, Jim told him how to value a friendship and that what he did was wrong. He showed Huck the strength in his love for Huck, which in turn caused Huck to think about how he acted towards Jim and people in general.

Although all three of their views on freedom were different, they were all similar in the way that they were all looking for a freedom from the particular society that they are in. Huck looked for better values in a society, Jim is looked for his freedom from oppression, while still having values and Pap just looked for his own society, somewhere where he could be who he wants. Thi

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