Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Friendship is the Key In his famed novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain writes a classic American adventure story which throws the curious-yet- innocent mind of Huck Finn out into a very hypocritical, judgmental, and hostile world; yet Huck has one escape--the Mississippi River. The audience is shown that through a true friendship, one can overcome ignorance, prejudice and misunderstandings within themselves and others. In the story Huck meets Jim, an escaped slave, and accepts him as a companion, as they are both running for their freedom. However, Huck initially sees Jim as a slave, a piece of pro