Huck Finn

In the essay, “Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Matthew Hurt writes that “Jim's lecture on friendship does not elevate Jim in Huck's eyes, but rather degrades Huck to a lower position” (Hurt). Hurt’s statement further explains Huck’s humiliation towards his uncalled-for prank on Jim. Jim’s speech helps Huck realize that Jim is also a human being and that he should be more grateful and kind to him. Being a father himself, Jim assumes the role of Huck’s father and helps guide him with his morality and decisions, which includes how he treats others. Twain’s purpose of slowly progressing Jim’s character was to eventually develop him to become the hero he was meant to be.

In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, the main character Huck grows with his morals and maturity throughout the book. Huck Finn was a thirteen year old boy with a deadbeat drunk dad. Huck lived with his adoptive mother Widow Douglas, his care taker Miss. Watson, and her slave Jim. Huck shows a growth of maturity when he fakes his death to escape his father, when he helps Jim escape, and when he stands up to the king and duke. Throughout their adventure Huck Finn exemplifies a major growth of maturity and a deeper understanding of his morals.

The relationship between Huckleberry Finn and Jim are central to Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Huck's relationships with individual characters are unique in their own way; however, his relationship with Jim is one that is ever changing and sincere. As a poor, uneducated boy, Huck distrusts the morals and intentions of the society that treats him as an outcast and fails to protect him from abuse. The uneasiness about society, and his growing relationship with Jim, leads Huck to question many of the teachings that he has received, especially concerning race and slavery. Twain makes it evident that Huck is a young boy who comes from the lowest levels of white society. Huck's father, Pap, is a drunk who disappears for

In Mark Twain's novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the adults in Huck's life play an important role in the development of the plot. Pap, Huck's father, constantly abuses the boy, never allowing him to become an intelligent or decent human being. He beats and attacks Huck whenever they meet up, and tries to destroy Huck's chances of having a normal life. This situation is balanced by several good role models and parent figures for Huck. Jim, the runaway slave, embraces Huck like a son, and shares his wide ranging knowledge with him. He also protects Huck on the journey down the river. Widow Douglas is another good role model for Huck. She tries to civilize him and make him respectable to society,

In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain follows protagonist, Huck Finn throughout his endeavors. This coming of age story displays Huck’s actions that lead to him running away from home. From a young age, Huck is forced to become emotionally and physically autonomous due to his father’s alcoholism. Huck runs away and begins his adventure with fugitive slave, Jim. Together they meet a diverse range of individuals and families. Mark Twain illustrates Huck Finn’s character development by exposing him to different moral systems.

In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the two protagonist, Huck and Jim are on an adventure to freedom, the freedom described in their own personal way, and an adventure of challenges that will define the kind of character that they are. In Huck’s journey, he has to make an escape from his abusive father, to lead to his self-involved adventure until he runs into Jim, whom is also on an escape to his own personal Journey. Pap Finn is Huck’s Father, Pap is an abusive drunk and is despised by Huck and is Huck’s call to escape from the life that he is living "Yes, he's got a father, but you can't never find him these days. He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a year or more." (2.13) This quote talks about how pap was never a good father even from before and that with him gone, hucks life was 100% better and could’ve been completely different. With

The first contrast between Jim and Pap is the initial reaction Huck has when encountering them. When Huck is on Jackson’s Island, presumably alone, but then comes across a smoldering fire, he is at first frightened, but once he sees that the other refugee is Jim, he pops right out of the bushes and greets him. He is glad for his company. However, when signs of Pap being around are apparent, Huck is seen to panic, and rushes off to rid himself of his fortune. He knows that Pap is greedy enough to steal from anyone, even his own son. When they come face to face, it becomes clear that Huck is afraid of his father, who used to beat him while in a drunken state. During this confrontation, it becomes clear that Pap resents that Huck is being educated, and feels threatened by it. On the contrary, Jim teaches Huck what he knows, and is proud of him for thinking up schemes, such as faking his death to escape his father’s grasp. As Jim and Huck travel together, Jim shows more consideration and a protective nature for Huck, and he tries to act, as much as he can, as a shield between Huck and the corrupt world, which is something Huck’s father never did. On the contrary, Pap exposed Huck to more corruption than most others his age, such as Tom Sawyer, were expected to have been exposed to.

This is in contrast to the way Huck’s father is depicted, who Twain describes using all of the above characterizations and more. The reader views Jim as a good friend a man devoted to his family and loyal to his

(Twain 118)Pap isn’t much of a father to Huck. Another person in the novel that is somewhat similar to Pap is Ms. Watson. Though in the novel she is helping to “civilize” Huck, she still has some problems of her own. When Jim explains to Huck why he ran away Jim says, “...but she could git eight hund’d dollars for me, en it ‘uz such a big stack o’ money she couldn’ resis’.” (132) Ms. Watson is willing to send Jim away from his family so that she can make a profit.

Twain uses the relationship between Huck Finn and Jim to portray a change in Huck’s view of society. Huck lives in a world where slavery is accepted, abused, and viewed as the “norm.” Growing up in this society, where the dominant race demonstrates racial superiority to the inferior, Huck also part takes in the activities that the society allows . Huck’s father, Paps, is a great example of the lenses of a white man in this vulgar society, “But when they told me there was a state in this country where they’d let that nigger vote, I drawed out... I says to the people, why ain't this nigger put up at auction and sold?”

In every man’s life he faces a time that defines his maturation from boyhood to manhood. This usually comes from a struggle that the boy faces in his life. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck’s defining moment of maturity is Huck’s struggle with Tom in helping Jim escape. Tom sends Huck and Jim through a wild adventure to free Jim because of his Romantic thinking. Tom represents society and its Romantic ideals while Huck struggles to break away from these and become his own realist individual. These Romantic ideas lead Huck into many dangerous situations that pit Huck and Jim as Realist individuals versus a society infused

Good morning Ms Watt and student. Twains portrayal of Huck, Pap and Jim helps to contribute to the enduring value of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as they help deal with societal problems that face everybody around the world. Twain is not only a novel writer but also a social critic, this persona comes out throughout the novel especially as Twain criticizes the constrictions and hypocrisy of society. These are presented respectively through the characters of Huck, Pap and Jim who are the main characters in the novel. Twain judgment on his society reflects the contextual influences on him during pre-civil war and post-civil war Twain’s exploration of the constriction of society is a major concern in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as it depicts all the restriction of society that are forced upon Huck.

Pap was always away from home and went home only to “get his claws on it [the money]”. When he is with Pap, Huck is “laying off comfortable all day, “smoking”, “no books nor study”, “cussing”, because his father “hadn’t no objections”. (Twain, 26). However, Jim is the one who substitutes his role. He does everything that Huck’s biological father ought to do, from depriving himself from sleep so that Huck can sleep to saving him from a variety of adversities they encounter.

Huck's father is absent until he finds out that Huck has found some money.  Pap is an outcast full of hate for blacks and pretty much for all of society.  Huck, as a product of his society, speaks the language of his society.  By choosing as his point-of-view a young boy from the slave south, Twain is able to present and challenge the values and assumptions of this time.  Among the assumptions and values of the time that the reader encounters in the book are the strict definitions pertaining to Huck's world and the people who inhabit it:

Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a story of a boy, Huck Finn, who runs away from home and travels down the Mississippi River with a “runaway nigger” named Jim. Huck’s father, Pap, is a drunken low life who doesn’t seem to care for his son. He comes from a poor, troubled family and isn’t very educated which is something he seems to embrace. “Huck Finn runs away not only from an abusive father but also from his good-intentioned guardian, Miss Watson, who tries to civilize Huck, educate him, and make him a Christian” (Sienkewicz). Whether he knows it or not his journey down the river isn’t just an escape, it is a learning experience. Huck learns a few life lessons from dealing with his conscience, to friendship and