Huck Finn
In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the central characters, Huck and Jim, develop a meaningful relationship while journeying down the Mississippi River. Huck's "civilized" idea of Jim is the same as most of the South, which is that Jim is a slave and therefor is less than human. Huck's perception of Jim changes through the unfolding of the novels many themes. This understanding of Jim also helps Huck in the building of his own conscience and character. The conventional morality of the South during Hucks time is that slaves are property and have very little if any rights. This is the type of morality Huck has at the beginning of the novel, but slowly begins to see the truth and how society is wrong. There are two instances that stand out where Huck says that Jim appears to be human or "white inside". In chapter sixteen Jim says that the first thing he would do when he got to a free state would be to save up some money to buy h
Huck from this point will slowly no longer see Jim as a slave or a black, but as an equal to him. This statement by Jim shows that Jim has feelings and compassion for his family and is the beginning of Huck's realization that Jim is human. This will define their friendship throughout the novel. By the end of the novel Huck is a new man, he has claimed his own morals and conscience. En all you wuz thinkin', bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jom wid a lie. Huck actually feels sorry for this act and after awhile apologizes to Jim. The major scene that makes Huck realize what friendship is, is when they are separated in the fog and Huck tricks Jim into thinking it was a dream. These two themes combined to develop and complete a mature view of human experience for Huck as a person and how he sees Jim. This is the focal point of where Huck begins to treat Jim with the dignity that is due to all human beings. Huck risks his life to free Jim even though he knows it's against what society believes. En when I wake up en fine you back ag'in, all safe en soun', de tears come, en I could' a' got down on my knees en kiss yo' foot, I's so thankful. Huck and Jim both learn to rely on each other and that they need one another. One theme that really appears to stand out in the novel is that of the friendship between Huck and Jim. Huck is at first blind to the idea of Jim being his friend, but as the novel unwinds their friendship progresses and helps Huck in a personal way. This public showing of Jim's remorse for hurting his daughter begins to show Huc!k that even blacks have emotions and that Jim has the potential to be held to level of whites.
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