Huck And Jim's Relationship Essay

Growth of Huck
Avery Frazier

Jim is a slave. For most people living in this time period in the novel, that is about all there is to know about slavery. These next three paragraphs will explain how Huck and Jim’s relationship changes over time. Nobody really cares what about the slave’s feelings they’re just slaves to the white community people. Jim and Huck are both very unique, and complex characters. Huck’s attitude toward Jim changes from Huck thinking Jim is just property and an ignorant slave who is below Huck’s class in society, to feeling Jim is Huck’s good friend and equal. Huck is raised in a society where slaves were apart from individuality and humanity, slaves by definition they are owned. Unlike Huck, Jim was not able to
At the early stage of the relationship between Huck and Jim, the two were at Ms. Watson’s household where Him was the servant of the home. Huck doesn’t engage him in thought of talking to Jim since Huck had no interest in talking to Jim at this point since Jim is in a lower class than Huck where nobody pays attention to slaves. Their relationship did not even start and is begins by Tom and Huck pranking Jim. Therefore, the respect and trust between Huck and Jim is flattered. Although Huck didn’t care because Jim is in a different class as Huck, but has no idea he is going to be in a friendship with Jim in the future. The attitude Huck is giving to Jim is very cruel, for example, "It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger (102)." This quote reflects Huck’s attitude of superiority over Jim. Thus, Huck thinks Jim has no intelligence. Another incident when Huck and Jim argue about the language and King Solomon, Huck says, "it warn't no use wasting words--you can't learn a nigger to argue. So I quit. (31)" Huck reflects his attitude of Jim being dumb, using logic, or making smart