In Mark Twain’s‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ we read about the development of a relationship between a white boy and a runaway slave‚ something that in the 1800s one would’ve been punished for. Throughout Huck and Jim’s story struggles‚ fallbacks‚ and advances within their friendship are witnessed by readers. The choice to do what one feels is right and what society teaches us is not always an easy one to make. Even for just a coming of age novel the powerful message of unconditional love
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Mark Twain‚ Huck is a character that lives pre civil war in a time where slavery and society are two main issues. In the beginning of the novel Huck rebels against being civilized by Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas‚ as well as the abuse from his father by running away to the river. On Huck’s adventure toward freedom with Jim‚ the run away slave‚ Huck actually becomes more mature and civilized while living on the river. Huck’s life on the river seems to change his moral views of Jim as not a slave
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Huck and Jim Huck and Jim’s relationship is unlike any one I have ever read about before. Jim goes from being treated as a slave and being devalued as a human by Huck‚ to being seen nearly equal and a friend of Huck. The fact that Jim stays loyal to Huck through all of that shows the character of Jim as being a trustworthy and loyal friend. Huck views Jim as property and an ignorant slave that is below him. I believe that Huck thinks like this not because he is evil but because of the society
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A Special Friendship Racial equality has been an issue throughout the history of the United States. The problem stems from the legalization of slavery. From then on‚ people of all the different races have advocated for the rights of minorities. One of those such people‚ who strove to break the barriers‚ was Mark Twain. In his novel‚ The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn‚ A young white boy named Huck sets out in adventure with a black slave named Jim. Throughout it‚ Hucks relationship grows from
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reader understand the world of the antebellum South. When Huck Finn‚ a young‚ naive‚ lower-class white boy trying to escape his father finds Jim‚ a fugitive slave‚ their adventures present him with a renewed‚ more accurate perception of society. Stuck on a raft drifting down the Mississippi River‚ Huck and Jim learn many new things about their world as they pass by numerous people and towns. Their encounter on Jackson’s Island occurs as Huck is fleeing his father‚ a racist drunk man that exemplifies
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Twain separates Huck and Jim in these chapters to emphasize their presence and role in each other’s life. In previous chapters‚ we see how their relationship grows throughout their journey. At first‚ Huck had looked at Jim as an unequal‚ but as time went on‚ Huck realized that he was a human just like him and deserved a fair chance. The separation of the two left Huck experiencing a sort of absence. A relief that he didn’t need to worry about a slave‚ but as the journey progressed‚ Huck soon finds himself
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Whatever you think thats how Huck treated Jim. Friend‚ slave‚ or father Jim was it all‚ but I’m Huck’s eyes a best friend because of their situation‚ past‚ and how Jim treated Huck. Faking your death‚ running away to be free from everything‚ Huck had a secret yet so did Jim. Huck faked his own death to get away from all the things that concerned him‚ and Jim ran away after being a slave and learning he was going to be sold and separated form his family. Huck and Jim both shared similar reactions
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all of his adventures Jim shows compassion as his most prominent trait. He makes the reader aware of his many superstitions and Jim exhibits gullibility in the sense that he Jim always assumes the other characters in the book will not take advantage of him. One incident proving that Jim acts naive occurs halfway through the novel‚ when the Duke first comes into the scene “By right I am a duke! Jim’s eyes bugged out when he heard that...” In the novel‚ Huck Finn‚ one can legitimately
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Although characters can distance themselves from society temporarily‚ they are never truly free from it. Huck and Jim’s travel on the canoe demonstrates how escaping from the rules of society is incomplete and temporary. Huck’s canoe was literally crushed by the steamboat‚ and that is what happens to the independence gained by temporary escapes from society. Readers know that Huck is not truly independent on the canoe because every time he has to make a decision‚ whether during or after‚ he always
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Huck and Jim Timeline Description Proof/Evidence Acquaintances views as “property” | “Miss Waston’s slave” | Shows respect for Jim’s psychic abilities | Hair ball fortune telling | Huck sees Jim as a slave and is appalled that he had run away however he keep the promise he made | “Well‚ I did. I said I wouldn’t‚ and I’ll stick to it. Honest injun‚ I will” | Sees Jim as company | Jim comes when Huck is very lonely and they stay together in the cave | Huck
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