Huck Finn and american ideals
Mark Twain's, "Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," is a tale about a boy in search for a family and a place he can truly call home. Through his adventure, he rids himself of a father that is deemed despicable by society, and he gains a father that society hasn't even deemed as a man. This lonely and depressed young boy only finds true happiness when he is befriended with a slave named Jim. Although Huck Finn was born and raised into a racially oppressive society, it is through his personal growth that he realizes that the color of skin does not make a man, and he finds a father and true happiness in Jim. Throughout this tale Huckleberry Finn characterizes the American Ideals of independence, self-reliance, and nonconformity. After Huck escapes from his father, Twain introduces a stepping block of personal growth-Huck's new found independence. When Huck first arrives on the island he feels like he is the boss, like the island belongs to
However, Huck finally decided Jim was too good of a friend to turn in and he would go to hell for him. Huck finds Jim while searching the island. Yet, even though Huck has gained a liking to Jim he still questions himself as to whether or not he is doing the right thing by keeping Jim. He doesn't quite view Jim as a full person yet. Huck knows that society would deem his actions unlawful, yet he cannot get himself to turn Jim in. Huck has always been taught that slaves are property, objects. Huck gets this feeling of control by being in solitude on this island. By law, Huck is required to turn Jim, the fugitive slave, back into society. More than once, we see Huck choose to "go to hell" rather than go along with the rules and follow what he has been taught. In the beginning stages of Huck and Jim's friendship Huck is rather ignorant to Jim. However, he has grown up in a society where Africans are not even deemed men. However, begin in control does not necessarily mean that one does not need a friend. One needs to feel that they are their own person at some point in their lives.
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