Huckleberry Finn is very afraid of his father and his only escape to safety is the river. While on land Huckleberry tries to escape his father, but to no avail, his father captures him and holds him captive in a cabin in the woods. Huckleberry Finns father was an alcoholic and was very mean to Huckleberry. "... pap got too handy with his hick'ry, and I couldn't stand it... He got to going away so much, too, and locking me in... I was scared. I made up my mind I would fix up some way to leave there." ( Twain pg. 10) Huckleberry Finn had definitely made up his mind to find some way to get away from his father. He knew h

Out with you Jim, and set her loose! Glory be to goodness, we're shut of them!" (Twain 224) Huck's excitement tells of the relief he feels when he is on the water. It is not hard to see the freedom and tranquillity that he feels. "So in two seconds, away we went, a sliding down the river, and it did seem so good to be free again and all by ourselves on the big river and nobody to bother us." (Twain 225)

Huckleberry Finn decided to stop off of the river one night to see what was going on. He ran into a feud that was between neighbors. He met a boy his age and thought he might stay awhile. He soon finds out that being on land is not for him. He got caught up in the feud and had no desire to be a part of it. It begins to scare him and he tries to figure a way out. " I wished I hadn't ever come ashore that night, to see such things... I tramped off in a hurry for the crick, and crowded through the willows, red-hot to jump aboard and get out of that awful country." (Twain 127) When Huckleberry Finn heads for the water is excited and relieved to be getting out of the country. The things he saw and the people he met frightened him and in turn he ran back to the safety of the river. The feeling of safety that Huckleberry Finn gets and the freedom that he feels when on the river is shown through his attitude change and excitement during the transition from land to the river. "I never felt easy till the raft was two mile below there and out in the middle of the Mississippi. Then we hung up our signal lantern, and judged that we was free and safe once more." (Twain 128)

Huckleberry is very frightened about what may happen to him with the two gentlemen in control of what he does. The two gentlemen are stirring up too much trouble and even have thoughts of leaving Huckleberry behind to deal with the consequences. The two gentlemen have tried to leave Huckleberry before but Huck usually gets frightened first and gets awa

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