A Learning Adventure

An adventure can teach someone something significant about themselves, other people, or the world in general. In Mark Twain's work, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck has many learning experiences as he travels on his adventure down the Mississippi River. Huck is an individual at a tie between a set of social breakdowns. His family, the legal system, and the community have all failed to protect Huck and provide a set of beliefs and values that satisfy him. He has been burdened by Widow Douglas to be civilized. By representing the worst of white society, Huck's father, Pap, is not a role model for him whatsoever. Pap is illiterate, uneducated, violent, and profoundly racist. If Huck would have never escaped on his adventure down the Mississippi River with Jim, he probably would have never experienced such a dramatic change in moral development. …