Our Understanding

"We said there warn’t no home like a raft, after all. Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don’t. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft."

Huck found his home on the raft that floated down the Mississippi River. It was his escape for freedom away from the dangers of the world. Like in chapter 18, Huck has just escaped from the Grangerford-Shepherdson feud and is thoroughly sickened by society. This explains how the raft represents a retreat from the outside world, the site of simple pleasures and good companionship. Huck and Jim do not have to answer to anyone on the raft.  They feel secluded from all outside life. Twain’s portrayal of life on the raft and the river shows how Huck and Jim really think of the raft like their peaceful home.

The last thing to show is the video of our findings

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pWEVYDesAQ0