In Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck left the widow Douglas and met up with a runaway slave named Jim. Was it a good thing that Huck ran away? Yes, I think it was a great thing that Huck ran away and met and experienced his adventures. There are several reasons that Huck's character benefited from his run away escapades. Huck gained qualities in three main ways. He learned survival skills. He also became a good judge of character. Lastly he learned the reasons why slavery was wrong.
             Huck discovered that he knew many important survival skills. These skills would not have been exposed to Huck if he had not ran away from widow Douglas. Huck's fist sign of survival skills was when he broke out of the cabin. Huck took food, cookware, and other useful items to the canoe. "I took all the coffee and sugar there was and all the ammunition" (Twain, 181). He covered up the hole where he escaped. He killed a pig and spread the blood through out the cabin to make it appear that Huck was murdered. This took any suspicion away from Huck for running away
             The second survival skill that was shown by Huck was by eating wild berries and fish. Jim and Huck hide in a cavern to keep out of the bad weather. Huck is taught by Jim how to build a raft. The two traveled at night and slept during the day. Huck learned as well as discovered survival skills which make him a well rounded person, because of the qualities that he uncovered.
             Secondly, Huck learned how to become a good of character. Huck and Jim ran into two men one night on the river, they were known as the Duke and the King. Huck, at first, believed the Duke and the King. He believed they were truthful people who just got into some trouble. Thorough out their lies, schemes and mystery, Huckleberry Finn decided that they were dirty rotten scoundrels. The Duke and King were pretending to be people that th
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