The Symbolization of the River in Huck Finn

The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn has been widely recongnized as a great American novel. The book has many features which have helped sustain it over the years, but among the most important is the Mississippi river which carries Huck and Jim upon a winding path through a series od adventures. The river symbolizes many important aspects intrical to the novel's theme. These aspects include God or some other higher power, Huck and his irrepresible nature, …

…the novel have universal appeal, which is why the book has become a literary fixture over the ages. Many of the most important aspects of the book are symbolized or in some way realted to one of the major players in the story, the Mississippi River. As the river carries Jim and Huck through a series of hoops and obstacles new layers of meaning are uncovered and the true spirt of the novel shines through.