Violence and Freedom in Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry FinnIn, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the author, Mark Twain compares life on the uncivilized shore versus to peaceful life on the river. Huckleberry Finn is a character who rejects society's behaviors and values ​​because he doesn't want to be "civilized" like everyone wants him to be. Huck is someone with a mind of his own and someone who does as he pleases. Since Huck is someone who rejects society, he eventually ends up running away and traveling down the Mississippi River with a slave named Jim. The two fugitives find peace on the river and also discover that they do not have to face the cruel society of the shore. In this regard, what qualities make the river and the society on the bank so different from one another, and how does Twain establish these contrasts? Huck and Jim are two individuals seeking freedom from the uncivilized people on the shore and during their journey together they find freedom on the raft sailing up the Mississippi River. The values ​​of Earth society are greed, violence, cruelty and deception. Huck's father was one of these distasteful members of society. He was a drunken, cruel person who only cared about finding Huck when he learned that he was rich. He intended to take all of Huck's money. Huck's father says, "Look, be careful how you talk to me, I'm ready to take all I can take, now," so don't give me the sass. I've been in town two days and all I've heard is that you're rich. I heard about it along the river too. That's why I come. Tomorrow you will give me that money: I want it. (59)Huck's father is a perfect example of greed in society. He doesn't care about anything other than Huck's money. Huck's father will even beat him for no reason or because he is jealous of Huck for being clean and polite. Huck states: Every now and then he would lock me in and go to the store, three miles from the ferry, and trade fish and game for whiskey and fetch it home and get drunk and have a good time, and lick me. (61) Huck's rejection of society began with his father because he saw what it had done to him.