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In the novel The Adventures of huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the main character enters a transitional period of his life. This character, huckaback Finn, faces many situations forcing him to deal with decisions that carry with them the superpower to bring about change. huck begins searching for an identity which is authentically his own. In determining his self image, Huck deals with corporation and freedom, onerous on assorted identities that do not belong to him, and shaping these new found tributes into an identity which best suits his conscience.      The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn begins with Huck under the care of widow Douglas as "she took me for her son, and allowed that she would naturalise me but it was rough living in the house all the time." Huck has become so used to be free that he sees the Widow Douglas protection solely in terms of confinement. Huck finds this unacceptable because he loses his freedom among "the bars a nd shackles of civilization." Huck feels that he belongs out under the stars where the residential area cannot bound him. Huck then faces the return of his drunkard father. When Hucks father comes covert to the town, he only intends to steal property from his son. "I haint heard cipher but about you being rich. Thats why I come. You get me that money tomorrow-I want it." Hucks own father does not feel one chip shot inclined to treat his son with any venerate. Then his father brings him to a log cabin deep in the woods and Huck one time again faces confinement. Hucks escape, flight, and the changing of his identity are his only release from being in the log cabin. Then after escaping from it all, Huck is left with himself and his freedom. The mussiness on which Huck and Jim travel demonstrates one of the symbols of freedom in the story. To Huck, the jam seems to be the safest place that brings freedom on which he can capture and experience life.    & nbsp      Later in the book when the duke and king enter the scene, the fortune is no longer free. The king and the duke rob Huck and Jim of their isolation from society and the real world. The only way Huck can escape from the demoralise of his father and society is to rid himself of his known identity. This leads to Hucks first confrontation with the trying on of different identities and the "death" of himsel... ...he story, Huck does not even guess blacks are human, but end-to-end Huck and Jims journey along the river together, Huck learns otherwise. At one point, Huck even "goes and humbles himself to a nigger" and another(prenominal) time he promises to keep the reason why Jim ran away a secret even though "people would call me a pitiable Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum." These are some of the many examples throughout the story that show us that Huck really cares for Jim and that he truly changes his views of bla cks. Even though Huck knows that black people are not supposed to be respected, Huck cannot go against what he feels is right and gives Jim the respect that he deserves.      Throughout this journey, Huck encounters many different situations in which he learns to adapt and react to each in a way that he feels suitable. Huck learns about life and the real world. He then gathers what he has learned and combines it into an identity which suits him. This enables him to create a conscience with which he finds himself comfortable. Huck finding himself really did cause a struggle considering all that he had to put up with in order to do so.