How Did Huck Finn Change Throughout The Novel
Throughout the years, people have debated upon whether or not Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is racist, and if other characters in the book are depicted that way. In the book, we see Huck’s conscience evolve and his personality change, particularly towards the concept of slavery. Even though in the beginning of the book, Huck viewed slavery as normal and completely appropriate, throughout the book his opinion changed due to his friendship with Jim. Huck demonstrates that it is difficult to dehumanize someone that you have a personal relationship with. Because of his friendship with Jim, Huck’s morals taught by society were contradicted with his feelings and conscience, which is prominent even in today’s society. The Adventures
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Throughout the book, Huck gets less and less prejudiced towards blacks and especially to Jim. In the beginning of the book, even though Huck is taught that slaves were lesser, he still respected them, not to a degree of a white man, but to a degree nonetheless. He respected them enough to go to them in a time of need and for some advice, and Huck specifically paid attention to Jim. In the book, when Huck realizes that his father is back, it states “He [Jim] said there was a spirit inside of it [hair-ball], and it knowed everything. So I went to him that night and told him pap was here again, for I found his tracks in the snow “ (26). At this point, Huck trusts Jim enough to go to him in his time of desperate need. He could’ve gone to Miss Watson or someone else, but he chose to go to Jim, someone he knew knew the severity of the situation and whom he knew …show more content…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel we can all learn from, because even though he lived through the Civil War, Mark Twain knew that slavery was wrong. He depicted his feelings in the book, and although it may be controversial, it proves that he thought slavery was wrong, and that he was not a racist. Through the relationship between Huck and Jim, we see his true opinion, and we see the characters evolve and the book progress. Huck learns to accept Jim for who he is instead of the color of his skin, and we must all take from this. It’s just like the cliche saying, “true beauty is what’s on the inside, not what’s on the
Throughout the book, Huck gets less and less prejudiced towards blacks and especially to Jim. In the beginning of the book, even though Huck is taught that slaves were lesser, he still respected them, not to a degree of a white man, but to a degree nonetheless. He respected them enough to go to them in a time of need and for some advice, and Huck specifically paid attention to Jim. In the book, when Huck realizes that his father is back, it states “He [Jim] said there was a spirit inside of it [hair-ball], and it knowed everything. So I went to him that night and told him pap was here again, for I found his tracks in the snow “ (26). At this point, Huck trusts Jim enough to go to him in his time of desperate need. He could’ve gone to Miss Watson or someone else, but he chose to go to Jim, someone he knew knew the severity of the situation and whom he knew …show more content…
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel we can all learn from, because even though he lived through the Civil War, Mark Twain knew that slavery was wrong. He depicted his feelings in the book, and although it may be controversial, it proves that he thought slavery was wrong, and that he was not a racist. Through the relationship between Huck and Jim, we see his true opinion, and we see the characters evolve and the book progress. Huck learns to accept Jim for who he is instead of the color of his skin, and we must all take from this. It’s just like the cliche saying, “true beauty is what’s on the inside, not what’s on the