Huckleberry Finn Character Development

Throughout the story of Huck Finn, written by Mark Twain, we see many pieces of character development shown through racism, discrimination, and making choices that could affect one’s morality. Huck’s view of Jim changes throughout the story. He goes from thinking Jim is just a slave to thinking that the way of modern society is completely wrong and doesn’t attempt to delve deeper and find more out about the black people that they would enslave. When Huck originally ran away from society as he knew it, he unknowingly ran into Miss Watson’s slave Jim. He was torn between choosing to turn Jim in or staying alongside him and escape with Jim. Later on, they are separated out of panic and later happen to meet again. Huck then thinks “Well, I warn't long making him understand I warn't dead. I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn't lonesome now. I told him I warn't afraid of HIM telling
Huck became someone that Jim could talk to, someone he could consider family. We see Jim tell Huck of how excited he is because of Huck’s bravery. “Pooty soon I'll be a-shout'n' for joy, en I'll say, it's all on accounts o' Huck; I's a free man, en I couldn't ever ben free ef it hadn' ben for Huck; Huck done it. Jim won't ever forgit you, Huck; you's de bes' fren' Jim's ever had; en you's de ONLY fren' ole Jim's got now. (16.14)” We can see Jim cares deeply about Huck because he relies heavily on Huck to get him out of the horrors he had to deal with each day in his life of slavery. Because of Huck Finn, it forever shaped the overall morality of America was viewed in terms of racism. It influenced people’s views and thoughts and actions and how they treated people around them. “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain helped change on how the world operates as a whole and how the individuals operate within