1) Throughout the novel Huckleberry Finn, Huck progresses
             physically, mentally, and morally. Although he will never
             (within the novel) have a full enough understanding of his
             surroundings to give us a fair perception, we can obviously see
             that his down-to-earth ideals spread unto his morals.
             As Huck continually rejects the values of society and it's
             twisted hierarchy, he matures morally. The internal conflict
             within Huck between his own sense of right and wrong and
             society's at first tears him apart, not knowing what to do and
             praying unto God to help him understand. However, as he and Jim
             embark upon their journey, they both make many observations on
             human nature and the South in general. Jim is a much deeper
             character (morally speaking) than Huck may ever be. As a young
             narrator, he cannot efficiently evaluate Jim as a person, merely
             as a "nigger" and so as the reader, one must suppose his
             As they go along their adventure, the allusion to the freedom of
             the river is further accentuated. It seems to the common reader,
             the longer Huck and Jim stay on shore, the more trouble that
             arises. Upon the river raft, they can be naked (obviously
             shunned by society), a white boy can be friends with an adult
             slave (never even thought of along the shore), and the general
             love and friendship they share for each other and their freedom
             cannot be understood until one has escaped such a metaphorical
             prison and made it out into the freedom of a river.
             Unfortunately, as they make it out into the free world, they
             also come across many obstacles. Huck's youthful innocence is
             shattered at the sight of a young, thirteen-year-old boy shot in
             the chest, for virtually no reason. The idea of locking Jim
             within a pen disgusts him. Not to mention the "Duke and
             Dauphin", who are low-down ragamuffins with horrible plans to
             send Huck and Jim awry. Huck leaves us at the end of the novel
             with a feeling h...