Through Huck’s varying experiences on and off the river bank, Mark Twain’s "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," suggests that one must leave civilized society to gain true freedom. It is a common impressions that Huckleberry Finn offers. Only corruption and evil exist on land. This principle is true throughout the book and largely displayed in the actions and adventures Huck is evolved in. Huck’s desire to escape his father and eventually help Jim escape are only possible because of the advantage the river possesses. Although the river offers a path to freedom, both Huck and Jim cannot stay with the protection of the river for their entire journey. Both Huck and Jim have to venture onto land, and as Mark Twain portrays their adventures on land, the reader begins to accept the true prospect of society, an immoral and treacherous place. At the beginning of chapter five, Mark Twain heavily shows the abuse that Huck takes from his “pap." Huck is living a life that is a “carefree life, one of that a young boy would at that time enjoy” (Leo 382). Huck is living this care free life with the help of money that he has acquired, but that money becomes a burden. Huck allows himself to be captured by his father who was looking to use the money for his drinking desires. Huck stays in town and becomes available at “disposal of his father, who by an act of violence-kidnapping- becomes the effective means Hucks escape and desired freedom” (Leo 384) .There are many instances of Huck trying to escape from civilization into freedom, but the one that starts Huck’s entire journey to find freedom comes from the necessity to escape from Pap. Pap is the reason Huck was able to meet Jim and the first true threat Huck faced. Huck looks for a different type of freedom at the start of the book. Huck believes that he is “release from the grasp of the civilized society” (Leo 390) one that Huck did not enjoy, and now that he is with pap he believes he is free from civilization. One night Huck is with pap, “Pap dropped down with his back against the door and said he would rest a minute then kill me” (Twain 29) Huck sees this as the point where he knows he is in trouble. Huck feels unable to live safely with pap in the cabin after this incident and sees that this is not the freedom he was looking for. Huck knows that the only place he can get to the freedom he is looking for is on the river. The river offers a “fast and quiet” (Twain 34) getaway from pap and