In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the first conflict in the story arises when Huckleberry Finn is captured by his evil alcoholic father, who returns to town and takes him to live in a hut downriver.
The story unfolds along the Mississippi River, which Huck and a fugitive slave named Jim, flee from the past they have suffered with the purpose of reaching Ohio. Idiosyncratic details of southern society such as racism and the superstition of slaves, as well as friendship are some of the central themes of the novel.
