TheRoleMississippiRiverplaysintheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinnIntroductionTheMississippiisariverwhichformedthenation.ItflowsrightthroughtheheartofAmerica,bringsgreatwealthtothecountry.TheMississippimadeAmericawhatitistoday.TheriverdominatesalmostthewholeAmericanland,butitisitssouthpartthatdominatesthewholenation’scultureandlife.Throughoutitshistory,theMississippihasalwaysbeenamajornavigationroutethroughthecenterofNorthAmerica.Justasitsname“TheFatherofWaters”says,theMississippiRiverwashesthecenterplainandprovidestherichestsoilforhispeople.Anditinfluencesthecountryalotwithitsnaturalandspiritualpower.WecanseeMississippi’sroleinMarkTwain’smasterpiecetheAdventuresofHuckleberryFinn.IfwepayattentiontotheMississippiRiver,wecanfindoutthereasonofHuckleberryFinn’ssuccess.Theriverinthenovelisalinkageofadventures,itflowsfreelyandsmoothly,andpeoplegototherivertoescapefromsocietyandcivilization.AnditisalsosymbolizesthefreedomwhichHuckandJimseekandMarkTwainwants.Theyfeelfreewiththenaturesurroundingthem,whichallowsthemtorestandrelaxinpeace.PartoneHuckandJim’sescapingfromthelandtotheriverThestorybeginswithHuck’sbreakingawayfromhisfatherandWidowDouglas’house.WeknowHucklivesamiserablelife,motherdiedandfatherisadrunkard.Huckisadoptedbyawidow.AndshetriestocivilizeHuck.Huckgetstiredofthecivilizedsociety.Hefeels“howslowandstillthetimediddragalong.Huckwantstobefree.Jimasaslave,hislifeismoremiserable.Thesetwopersonsfacewiththesamehardsituation,sotheythesetwopersonsfacewiththesamehardsituation,sotheybothchoosetoescape.HereMarkTwainusesalmostsixchapterstodescribethesetwopersonsmiserablelifeonland.Herewecanputforwardaquestion:sincethewholebookisabouttheadventuresofHuckandJim,whythewriterspendssomucheffortdescribingtheirmisfortunes?Apparently,thisisasharpcontrastwiththeircarefreelifeonMississippiRiver.ParttwoHuckandJim’sfreshlifeontheriver1,MississippiRiverasanewparadiseforHuckandJimThelifeofHuckandJimontheriverisanothersituation,theyleavealltheirbitternessfarbehind.Theyareasfreeasbirds.We