Huckleberry Finn: Escaping To Freedom

In the adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain, there are many ups and downs in the book that makes it very interesting and inspiring to read. People in the book inspired other characters to do certain things like Mrs. Watson to enslave Jim and Jim runs away. And Pap Finn who abuses his son Huck and has him run away. Pap Finn is the father of Huck Finn he’s an abusive father who is a southern white father and doesn’t own slaves but is racist and just terrible to African Americans. Pap influenced Huck to run away from his home because of a specific incident that happened in a shack.

The young boy in “My Papa’s Waltz” by Theodore Roethke did not have the easiest relationship with his father. The seemingly harsh words showed signs of abuse but left the boy unshaken, holding onto love and respect for his father. At times they may have struggled to get along, facing bumps on the road and a bitter mother who could do nothing to help. Although they didn’t always click the boy had true love and respect for his father who worked hard and supported the family. In the end he wouldn’t trade anything, even a waltz, for these

Not only did he believe in his infallibility but Doodle believed in him too. Doodle was born with a weak heart, he never could do active activities without overworking his heart. Brother decided to teach Doodle how to walk. Although it was something that brother wanted, yet Doodle

He feels that Finn shouldn 't have anything he didn 't have, such as getting an education. Huck 's father believes his son is trying to change into someone he isn 't. This story is full of irony, which leads to a whirlwind of strange series of events. Mark Twain wrote a story full of unlikely scenarios, which makes the story difficult to comprehend, at times. Mark Twain purposely wrote this story with poor English, due to the fact that he was telling the story in the perspective of Huck Finn.

In Chapter 16, when Huck sees Jim’s reaction to being near freedom, Huck describes his feeling as, “miserable”, “abusing”, “scorched”, and “die”. Although Jim is happy to face his future, Huck becomes burdened by societal beliefs and more importantly, his own moral values. For Huck, bestowing freedom to a slave is shameful and unethical; no different from one’s “property”. This also implies that Huck values the societies view more than his relationship with Jim. Later on, Huck’s view of the past changes as he separates his own conscience from the societal values.

Another example was when Brother taught Doodle how to walk because he did not like having a brother who was different, but in the happiness of the moment when Doodle could finally walk, he thought, “They did not know that I did it for myself; that pride.”(347) This shows that he taught Doodle to walk to benefit for himself. He felt selfish when he realized this was mostly for him and not for Doodle. He was being self-centered, and only think of the benefits for himself rather than

With these examples, Wolff proves that individual freedom is delusive, or transient at the most. Throughout This Boy’s Life Jack’s endeavours at freedom are proven fruitless time and time again. Readers are offered an insight to this at the very beginning of the text when Jack and Rosemary are running away from Roy to Utah but, “Roy had tracked [them] down”. By incorporating this early into the text,

At least he knows I’m there” to Ponyboy. Even though he didn’t like being abused he thought it was better than being ignored. That is why he is shy and considered an outsider. The fact that he was gang up on and beaten by the Socials (the upper class people with the most power) contributes to the way he acts and behaves as an outsider. Charlie was molested by his Aunt Helen at a young age.

Ponyboy was realizing that the things he loved to do weren’t typical of someone in his gang. Inside, Ponyboy struggled with what was expected of him as a member of his gang and what he felt were the right choices for him. You see, Pony boy began to see that the choices made today, become the reality you live with tomorrow. Ponyboy saw hope for his future that was free of violence, fear, and unlimited by social class. As explained, “The Outsiders” by S.E.

While a Brother was giving doodle walking lessons. Doodle constantly questioned the importance of walking "Does it make any difference? It certainly only does"(6). Doodle didn't walk for himself in the beginning of the story he was content in being himself. With the constant push from brother to be normal, Doodle began to feel unhappy with his disability and developed a desire to be just like his brother.