Being alone gives each individual person a different sensation rather then when an individual is surrounded by people and society. Huckleberry Finn has the chance to experience the feeling of solitude and solace while voyaging down the Mississippi River. Being on the river also gives him a feeling of freedom; while being on the land makes him feel like a prisoner of society. While traveling down the Mississippi River Huck grows more mature in his judgment and perception of humans and the way things work. Huck begins to perceive humans in a different way then while he had been on the land. Huck begins to question things he had thought once to be right and has a hard time determining what is morally right and what is morally wrong. Being on the river allows Huck time to think on his own without the influence of others. It is in this time that Huck becomes more mature and begins to do things the way he believes them to be done. Huck's journey on the river is the turning point in his life; he now sees that there is no difference between a black and a white human and realizes that society has pushed him to believe. With the absence of others bossing Huck around he can now be the one to learn about who he really is and be in control of his life.
             During Huck's life on the land society pushes him to be someone he was not. "Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome" (5). Huck was a prisoner in Miss Watson's home, forced to do things he didn't believe in, dress appropriately, and get "sivilized." He was not allowed to think for himself and make his own choices; instead he was told what to think and what to do. ""Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry"; and "Don't scrunch up like that, Huckleberry – set up straight"" (12).Huck was always forced to do things that he didn't want to in order to be a proper boy. There really is ...