Twain's Twist on the Metaphor of Slavery in "The Adventures Huckleberry Finn"

Mark Twain uses slavery both as a metaphorical and as a literal image while Huck traverses through the "Sivilized" world, the Romantic world, and the Sacred world in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". The "Sivilized" world, as Huck sees it, is mostly characterized by the strict rules and restrictions laid down by Miss Watson. Escaping through the window into the woods with Tom, his world is restricted specifically to what or how "the books" do …showed first 75 words of 957 total…

…showed last 75 words of 957 total…Huck Finn. Within the first two worlds one notices that the people within them are literally free, yet are mentally enslaved to some idea or desire. With Jim, he is literally enslaved but is he is spiritually the most free person in Huck Finn. Twain does not explicitly state which world Huck chooses to remain in, however, it is apparent that he would remain in the sacred world when he goes out to the west.