Themes from start of Huckleberry Finn

Here are the themes we identified in our discussion today:

• Social status
• conformity
• parents
• rebellion
• death
• education / learning
• Huck vs. Tom
• books
• independence
• right and wrong - morality
• slavery
• wealth / money
• past vs. present
• religion / prayer
• escape
• superstition
• loneliness / being alone
• confusion / uncertainty
• law
• sadness
• nature
• things we are used to vs. things that change