Contrasting places are often used in literature to represent opposed forces or ideas which are central to the meaning of the work. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel which tells the story of a boy named Huckleberry Finn and his journey down the Mississippi River. Author Mark Twain contrasts the river and the shore in order to get across to his readers the idea that society tends to conform people while nature lets them be free and true to themselves. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the river becomes Huck’s home, and the ....