Huck, the protagonist in this novel, is generally a good guy throughout the book. He has many good traits.
             He is very literal minded, making him a good narrator. He is very free spirited and he does what he wants, when he wants. He is also able to adapt to his living conditions. He first lives in a nice house, then a small cabin, then the raft. Huck is also compassionate, he helps free Jim, and feels sorry for the crooks on the Walter Scott, and the duke and the king when they get tarred and feathered. A big debate surrounds Huck on whether he changes or not throughout the novel. Huck, in the beginning, seems very set in the south's anti-black ways, although, Huck states that he will go to hell to keep Jim out of slavery. At this point it seems like he does change, however, at the end of the book, Huck plays yet another practical joke on Jim, and seems as though any change was temporary.
             A conflict in this novel would be the return of Huck's Pa. Huck sees footprints in the snow that he recognizes as his Pa's. Huck realizes that Pa has returned to claim his money, and so he quickly runs to Judge Thatcher and "sells" his share of the money for a "consideration" of a dollar. Pa catches Huck and makes him hand over the dollar, and threatens to beat Huck if he ever goes to school again.
             Judge Thatcher and the Widow try to gain court custody of Huck, but a new judge in town refuses to separate Huck from Pa. Soon thereafter, Pa steals Huck away from the Widow's house and takes him to a log cabin. Huck says that he enjoys the life at first, but he soon decides to escape after Pa starts to frequently beat him. Another conflict, unfortunately for Jim and Huck, during the fog they passed Cairo, and they lost their raft, and as they float down the river a steamboat smashes the boat and Jim and Huck get separated.
             Huck has an internal conflict on whether he should turn in Jim or not. They travel down the river and Jim starts talking
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