The story of an uncivilized and rebellious boy on a quest for independence and self discovery. In an attempt to escape from a drunk and abusive father and the constraints of the 19 century southern society, both Huck, and his travel companion Jim, a runaway slave in search of freedom, travel down the Mississippi on a makeshift raft. Through the many adventures in attempts to fit into the world around them, Hank and Jim give us a highly amusing and satirical look into the contradictions and ironies of Southern life in the 1840s.