Huck Finn's Family Analysis

Jim’s love for his family changes Huck’s perspective of him. Huck goes to sleep and waits for his turn to keep watch on the raft. He wakes up from his sleep and sees Jim crying. Huck pretends that he is still asleep to find out why Jim was crying. Huck knowing why Jim is mourning thinks, “He was thinking about his wife and his children, away up yonder, and he was low and homesick; because he hadn’t ever been away from home before in his life;” (Twain 155)
Jim misses his family and wants to see them again. He can not go and see his family, because if he goes back home, Miss. Watson would sell him to a slave trader and that is why he left. Huck can see that he loves his family like any other white family. Jim loving his family how a white family
Since Jim was sold by the Duke and King, frauds who impersonate themselves as a duke and king, Huck writes a letter to Miss.Watson so she can go and get him at the Phelps farm. After he finishes writing the letter, he thinks about the times and memories Huck and Jim have together. Huck remembers, “ I’d see him standing my watch on top of his’n ‘stead of calling me, so I could go on sleeping;” (Twain 213) Jim puts Huck ahead of him by letting Huck sleep longer and watches over Huck while he is sleeping. Since Jim is watching over Huck, Huck realizes how good Jim was, and thus chooses to rip the letter he wrote. Jim showing his parent at protection towards Huck on the raft changes Huck’s perspective of him. Huck looking at Jim’s tenderness changes his view on him. Jim’s willingness to give up his freedom for Tom’s health, missing his family because he has never been away from home, and showing his father-like affection by letting Huck sleep even though it is his turn to keep guard, changes Huck’s perspective of Jim. “And for a starter I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery again; and if I could think anything worse, I would do that, too; because as long as I was in, and in for good, I might as well go the whole hog.” (Twain