Huck Finn, describes the importance of land and water throughout the novel. Discusses the idea of freedom versus slavery and how the settings affect the characters.

Mark Twain creatively invents many settings throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; each setting effects the characters in different ways. One of the many motifs throughout the novel is the idea of freedom versus slavery. Through various incidents, lifestyles, and character developments taking place on land and water, Mark Twain is able to create two opposing worlds; i.e. one of freedom verses one of enslavement. Twain determines the characters' situations in life in accordance …

…revealed as a result of the rivers' freedom, something that society lacked to provide him with. It is clear that the river and shore are greatly responsible for the outcome of the novel. Mark Twain uses the plot developments alongside with the characters' lives to mold two worlds that not only serve as settings, but also symbolize the enslavement Huck and Jim are trying to get away from, and the freedom they succeed in obtaining.