omething which simply is. This has been a part of Huck's life thus far to treat blacks as inferior. He proves this in his first encounter with Jim. "It warn't no use; he said it wouldn't talk. He said sometimes it wouldn't talk without money. I told him I had an old slick counterfeit quarter that warn't no good because the brass showed through the silver a little...and so that would tell on it every time. (I reckoned I wouldn't say nothing about the dollar I got from the judge)" (Twain, 18). Huck speaks with Jim in a civil manner but his actions show that he still regards him as inferior because what he is willing to give up is something which is no use to him. This idea of the inferiority of his race is to be questioned as Huck befriends Jim and even comes to rely on him.
             At first, the two of them simply drift along as equals, they live a simple life of ease and happiness, where there is no need for race distinction. However Huck continues to see himself as somewhat superior to Jim in how he is better educated and therefore able to reason better within their conversations, like that regarding King Solomon. He states, "I never see such a nigger. If he got a notion in his head once, there warn't no getting it out again. He was the most down on Solomon of any nigger I ever see. So I went to talking about other kings, and let Solomon slide" (Twain, 76). Here he shows that even though he may see himself as Jim's intellectual better, he will not sacrifice friendship simply for the sa
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