Jim and Huck
In mathematics, people conform themselves to two-dimensional explanations for different types of relationships. However, in all my thought, I still cannot find mathematical reasoning for friendship. It seems that there is no algorithm, theorem, property, or equilibrium that can fully describe what friendship really is. Instead, I've turned to the philosophy of writer Isabelle Norton. She describes that "in a friend you find a second self where the morality of men and the unity of souls offer freedom unparalleled in the epoch of the human story." Friendship is much more complex than the skin deep nature of mathematics and, in all its complexity offers reasoning, insight and solutions to problems unsolvable by simple equations. Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an epic story of the journey of a redneck boy and a runaway slave, escaping the grips of society in the hope of a chance at the freedom they long for so dearly who both in turn develop a strong bond and friendship between each other. Huckleberry Finn takes place when slavery was very much a part of Southern culture and society. Since the institution of slavery was such a stronghold, Huck's helping bring Jim to freedom makes him a hero of American Lit
Throughout the course of the novel, Huck's attitude towards Jim and society's institution of slavery becomes more and more clear to him; he realizes for the first time in his life that his own conscience and beliefs are stronger than those of society's. "The Widow Douglas, she took me for her son and she allowed she would sivilize me. In a rather ironic manner, Huck can not bring himself to do it, because he thinks he is wrong for helping Jim. Huck feels the same way about Jim when he finds him on the island. ' He was a mighty good nigger, Jim was" (170-1). The characters and actions in Huckleberry Finn embody the culture of a growing nation and the people that comprised it. I was ever so glad to see Jim" (46). It was morally correct to enslave another human being, but to help another was a crime. and so when I couldn't stand it no longer, I lit out" (1). In Huckleberry Finn, Huck comes to view Jim as both a representative of humanity and the true father that Pap never was, learning to accept Jim as an equal. Jim's fundamental characteristics of sympathy and kindness allow the reader to see him as a symbol of all humanity. Jim becomes more to Huck than just a slave.
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