For Huck Finn, the journey itself is a quest for freedom and at the same time a search for identity. Huck is seeking to be free from the pious demands of society while at the same time trying to find his place in the world. Huck is attempting a search in life that every human, at one point, will attempt. These searches can only be successful if there is a journey that is successfully completed. Meaning, on that journey there must be growth on an emotional and mental level. One's perspective of the world around him should change if the journey is rightly carried out.

In order for one to complete a journey, a course must be plotted and a navigator must be existent. The navigator in Huck's journey is, of course, the river. It is only inevitable that the river be Huck'

Now this could raise a question because it is obvious to anyone that has read this book that Huck himself is a liar. Why would he care about being false? But one must look at this situation through the eyes of Huck. What Huck sees is people going through a great deal of trouble just to be civilized. He sees people doing all the "right" things to try to get to heaven. But these people who have worked so hard to become civilized are willing to work just as hard at doing the wrong things. Ms. Watson is a prime example of this. Here you have a lady that is constantly preaching the teachings of the Bible, but is a slave owner. Not only is she a slave owner, she is going to sell her slave away from his family just to get a chunk of money. This seems cruel to Huck. But it's Ms. Watson that's committing this cruel act. Isn't she a good, civilized person? She was thought to be one in the eyes of Huck but not so much anymore. Another example of hypocrisy in the novel is the Grangerfords. Here you have a family that is very wealthy and also, on the surface, very much civilized. But as the novel progresses, their hypocrisy and foolishness is seen. They take their guns to church, attempting to be righteous but they're also looking to kill people. That's why the guns are there. In the event that a Sheperdson should appear, a member of the Grangerford family is supposed to kill that Sheperdson. All the while, both families are keeping their civilized stature in society. The lasting feud between both families serves as another example of how foolish humans are. The feud is very fierce and has been going on for years yet neither family can remember why it started. It is because of these types of encounters with human nature that Huck starts to question the validity of society.

Someone once said, when speaking of loneliness, that a person may be "all alone in space and time there's nothing here, but what's here is mine." Huck may be alone, but he's in his element. He's where he feels he belongs. Perhaps Huck has not been fully educated, perhaps he has not learned proper etiquette, but he has found himself among the vast array of fallacies that had once clouded his world. All of these things came as a result of the growth that Huck experienced, a growth which would have been impossible without a journey.

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