Finding Freedom In both Frederick Douglass’ The Battle with Mr. Covey and in Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character finds a force more powerful then he. Not only do they experience physical abuse, they also find themselves mentally beaten. To save themselves, both characters flee in search of freedom. In The Battle with Mr. Covey Douglass portrays a slave struggling for his life. One afternoon, the slave’s strength failed him. …showed first 75 words of 537 total…

…showed last 75 words of 537 total…freedom had been attained, but after meeting Jim on an island, mental abuse begins. Jim is caught one afternoon when Huck, tired of fish, goes trading. He later stops them from killing him and attains freedom of mind as well. In both works, the main character is forced to rebel in search of freedom. Both characters were able to attain this freedom in the end and truly showed how a boy can become a man.