Huck Finn
...he has at the beginning of the text is lost as he travels down the river. IRONY is that he said he wouldn’t do this, but he does in terms of his own morality. Because of the journey, he is able to emotionally develop and can now see the hypocracy of the society. Pap represents the degenerative society which drives him away. The imagery which surround indiviuals such as Pap is bestial. He is disgusted by the idea of a free ‘nigger’, which is basically articulating southern values and the sickness of it. CENTRAL IMAGE OF THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER- BRINGS HUCK LUCK/FORTUNE he is able to survive, it gives him protection and security gives him better views of the prejudices of slaves in society makes him reconsider his views of life broadens his experiences and dislikes his ‘sivilisation’- which ironically is not civilised. THE RIVER carriers Jim to freedom, and Huck away from the society he is trying to escape. All images Huck associates to the river have warmth and security to them Although Huck ironically considers himself as an ill-educated individual, he plans carefully and considers all the issues involved. Huck learns the value of loyalty and responsibility for others, almost finds a ‘defacto’ father in Jim. Learns he’s a valuble person and not a possession. Huck’s description of the story is highly dramatic- he personifies the storm and gives it the possession of vivid imagery. “Branches tossing their arms”. Ironically the only thing Huck gains from his father is after death. His father cosidered theft ‘borrowing’, which is a euphemism. We often use terms to make actions more acceptable, and in doing so, we twist and manipulate the values. There need be no euphamisms, however, when taking away a ‘niggers’ freedom, as Widow Douglas does. Such had become an accepted part of society. The first time they have something to do with civilisation on their journey they encounter murder and dirtyness. After Huck protects Jim, we can see a shift from personal to collective pronouns- from ‘I’ to ‘WE’. Such a change is significant because it represents Hucks’ loss of self-centeredness and the fact that he starts to see the two of them as a group- the comradery that didn’t exist and would never had existed with the Widow Douglas takes place. The subleties in his choice of language helps to illustrate his change Hypocracies of contemporary Twain American Society- How we can sturn situations into our own personal advantage. “It ain’t no sense, it ain’t no mo...