【正文】 g too. In Huckleberry’s words, “by and by pap got too handy with his 2hick’ry, and I couldn’t stand it. I was all over welts.”(36) One night, Huckleberry is almost be killed by old Finn, all because old Finn is taken by nightmares. Living with old Finn, he has no freedom and he feels unsafe. All these bad experiences enforce Huckleberry to escape from his father. He wants nobody to control him.B. Jim’s RunawayAlthough the Civil War ended and left slaves under the impression that they had won their freedom, it took much more than a war to change the status of African Americans in America. After the end of the Civil War, instead of creating laws that protected the rights of the newly freed slaves, the southern legislatures made a set of laws called the Black Codes that undermined the rights of blacks and kept them under the authority of whites. This display of white supremacy made it clear that the fight for black rights would be a long one, as the southern states had no intention of allowing the African Americans to mingle into their society. The blacks in the south remained in a condition close to slavery. It is under this background that Jim was created. JimMiss Watson’s slave, is the one really significant human character Huck meets in the novel. Aside from Huck, Jim stands the heads and shoulders about all the characters in the novel. In every aspect, he is moral, realistic, knowing the human nature. The injustice perpetrated by the institution of slavery is given deep depiction of his pathos. Twain uses Jim as a way of showing the human side of salve and demonstrates the desire for freedom of the black slaves. Jim runs away because Miss Watson is going to sell him to south and separate him from his family. Jim is trying to bee free so that he can buy his family’s freedom. When he gets enough money, he will ransom his wife who is owned on a farm close to where Miss Watson lives。 and they will both work to buy the two children. He mentions several times how soon he will be free from where we can conclude fierce his desire to bee freedom.After the escape, the character of Jim es once more into the foreground. He is no longer the backdrop for tom sawyer’s silly adventure game but a person in his own right, acting in the way consistent with the pattern of action he has established during the voyage with Huck in the earlier chapter of the book. When Jim makes the offer to sacrifice his freedom for Huck and when Huck realize he means it, he speaks the best words he can e 7up with “ I knew he was white inside, and I reckoned he’d what he did say…” (45)C. Mississippi—the Symbol of Freedom In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses the Mississippi River as a symbol of escape from society for two characters: Huck and Jim. Twain shows examples of his own life through the adventures of Huck. The reason for this is that Mark Twain grows up along the Mississippi River, in a town named Hannibal. His experience along the river exerts a vital part in his later literary life. In the novel, Huck undertakes many adventures along the Mississippi River and escapes from his father and Miss Watson and voyages down the river with the escaped slave Jim. The Mississippi River is a significant symbol for the story’s plot all over the novel.The Mississippi River is not only a river where Huck and Jim are floating, but it also has various sorts of symbolic significances. First and foremost, for Huck and Jim, the Mississippi River is a symbol of freedom because the river carries them toward freedom. For Huck, it is a way that carries him escaping from his father and the restrictive decency. The journey is apparently aimless but can be regarded as his continuous fight against civilization—the civilization of nineteenthcentury American society. The easiness and relaxation he feels on the Mississippi River with Jim are something that he never experienced before. He is free, and no one can restrain him but himself. Returning to the river, Huck gives vivid descriptions of the fort and perfection of the river and the fort of life on a raft: “I was power glad to get away from the feud, and so was Jim to get away from the swamp, we said there wasn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and fortable on a raft.”(36)For Jim, it is the way to the free states. For him, the river stands for freedom but poverty. Huck agrees to help Jim by going along with him to the destination, Cairo. Jim put all his believe on the Mississippi River and believes it will lead him to find his future and help him realize his dream of family reunion. As the result from this, the river is a place for freedom and adventure. In conclusion, the Mississippi River is vital in the novel because it plays a very 7significant part and represents many things. For Huck and Jim, it symbolizes freedom and adventure. They want to get rid of society。 so, they escape to the Mississippi River where there are peace and calm. 7Chapter II. AdventurismAdventurism refers to actions that are regarded as recklessly daring and involving the risk of serious consequences.A. Huckleberry’s Adventures The first adventure of Huckleberry written in the book shoud be on the ship Walter Scott. When Huckleberry and Jim meet the ship named Walter Scott, Jim’s idea is “I doan’ want to go fool’n ’long er no wrack ” (99)but Huckle insistes on getting on the ship. They get on Walter Scott secretly, though they clearly know that the ship may sink in to the river at any moment. They still take the risk, taking no care of how serious the consequence may be. After getting on, Huckleberry coincidentally eavesdrops the conversation between Bill and his acplices. The conversation indicates that Bill wants to kill one of his acplices Jim Turner. Huckleberry is so curious about what is happening, and the