Refusing to be civilized by Southern society or cowed by his drunken fathers lashings, young Huckleberry Finn decides he has only one option left: fake his own death and hop a raft down the Mississippi River. Instead of carrying him far from trouble, though, Hucks raft delivers him to a place of moral uncertainty.Mark Twain unwinds Hucks harrowing journey to manhood with satirical wit, revealing the troubled history of the American South, where slavery held sway long after the Civil War ended. Hucks relationship with runaway slave Jim forces him to confront his beliefs about friendship and freedom.