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In Mark Twain's play, “Huckleberry Finn”, symbolism is utilized for the purpose of describing Huck’s adventure in escaping from a civilized lifestyle and shaking off an abusive father. Along the adventure, he meets up with another escapee whom he recognizes as Jim, the slave of the individuals that are attempting to obtain guardianship of Huck. Jim ran away because his slave owner was going to sell him for $800 to New Orleans, where he would then be separated from his family. Huck assumed that the adventure would provide him with a good life that is free of problems. Huck is blinded by ignorance and only see’s the positives in his escape from his old life, this causes an inversion of literary tropes in the imagery he employs.Three symbolic inversions Twain provides the readers with are the Mississippi River, Huck’s staged death, and Jackson’s Island. The effect of the symbolic inversions are to show how experience can sway how people perceive life. Huck’s is willing to drop everything and run away in search of a new life because of the experiences he had.
The Mississippi River is a symbol of freedom from authority and a civilized society for Huck and racism for Jim. For Huck, the river carries him away from his frustrated life in St. Petersburg. For Jim, the river will take him to “freedom” in the northern states where he will no longer have to worry about slavery. Before setting out into his journey, Huck was confined by both society and by Pap, his abusive father. Huck was imprisoned by restrictive rules and Pap kept him locked up in the house for days in a row while he went out drinking. The Mississippi River is a form of re-birth for Huck and Jim because they are able to live a new life how they want it to be. Before learni...

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...ath with the pig shows the symbolic inversion of fertility and abundance. Huck is the pig so his is killing his own life in hope that he will get a new one. This provides the effect that the bad experiences of being locked up in his house all day by his father and his father getting drunk all of the time makes Huck think that his life is bad and not worth anything. Jackson’s Island shows the symbolic inversion of uncertainty because Huck may be free on the island but he is not totally free because he has to live in fear of someone catching him. The effect of the symbolic inversion is to show that Huck had had enough bad experiences and he knew that he was very desperate to have a free life without any troubles. Huck grew up knowing only bad habits that were taught to him by his father. This along with all the experiences Huck had made him look to life as inferior.

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