In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, how does Mark Twain’s use of the Mississippi River as the setting for the novel help defi
ne the theme of freedom versus slavery? Include descriptions from the text that support your answer. Your response should be at least two hundred words long.
It helps define the theme by providing the contrast of a river as opposed to a town. A river is forever flowing,free, and untamed, it represents freedom. While a town has structure, and rules, and ways in which is must 'act'. This represents slavery.
