Many plays and novels use contrasting places to represent opposed forces or ideas that are central to the meaning of the work. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a good example of this. In this novel, the land and the river represent opposed forces. The land is one of the opposing forces in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The land represents hardship. On land Huck has to deal with problems such as …
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…Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a good example of a novel that has two contrasting places. In this case it is the river and the land. The river represents the good in society and safety. It directly contrasts with the land, which represents the bad in society and danger. This is a key idea to the meaning of the work since it is centered around the point that society is corrupt and in bad condition.