The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Huck's voyage like Jim's was a quest for freedom". Is this an edequate way of describing their idyll and their ordeals? Give your reasons?

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Yes, Huck likes the adventure and Jim wantds freedom. The majority of the plot takes place on the river or its banks. For Huck and Jim, the river represents freedom. On the raft, they are completely independent and determine their own courses of action. Jim looks forward to reaching the free states, and Huck is eager to escape his abusive, drunkard of a father and the "civilization" of Miss Watson. However, the towns along the river bank begin to exert influence upon them, and eventually Huck and Jim meet criminals, shipwrecks, dishonesty, and great danger. Finally, a fog forces them to miss the town of Cairo, at which point there were planning to head up the Ohio River, towards the free states, in a steamboat.