An Analysis Of The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

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day." (24) After some time, and
being unable to endure the abuse of his father, he runs away. Huck is as
dissatisfied by one extreme as he is by the next. Huck chooses not to take
sides on any matter, but instead be indifferent towards it. Huck avoids
moral decision making throughout the book as much as possible. In the end
of the book Twain saves Huck's indifferent persona by bringing in Tom to
make the decisions for him.
Some may argue that in saving Jim , Huck saves face for the human
race, giving a sense of hope for the future. However, Huck must go about
freeing Jim in an underhanded manner, lying and stealing his way down the
river. Also, Twain himself cuts down the "salvation" of Jim by, in the last
chapters, revealing that the entire adventure was useless, that the same
ends could have been met by staying home.
Violence plays a large role in the unflattering portrayal of man.
In the opening chapters we see young Huck joining Tom Sawyer's band of
murderers and thieves. "We ...

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