The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an entrancing novel. It is about the virtuosity and genuineness of Mark Twain’s experience of the Mississippi, the richness of the language, the honesty of the characters and the expansiveness of the novel itself.
Huck Finn’s rejection of civilization, his yearning for paternal love, the kindness of Ole Jim and the cunning Duke and the King who are rank tricksters illustrate the author’s close reading of the society of the day.
As the novel progresses the river becomes the major theme and becomes a metaphor for the freedom and identity that both Huck and Ole Jim are in search of.