Father In Huckleberry Finn

Huck could always count on Jim to never leave him side and Huck could do anything to help Jim in return. Jim was a really close friend to Huck. For example, “ Ole Jim,’ at ’ uz awluz yo ’ fren’ ” (Document B). Huck basically made a promise to Jim that they would always have each other.

Jim was the only person Huck had for the majority of their adventure and always had to be dependable on him. In Document F, this is the part where Huck comes up with the plan on how to save Jim from the Phelps’ farm. This primarily shows how Huck saw Jim as his friend, “‘Here’s the ticket. This hole’s big enough for Jim to get through, if we wrench off the board,” (Document F). This shows Huck’s plan to help set Jim free and he wouldn’t be going through this trouble if he thought Jim was worthless. He views Jim more as an equal since he believes that he should be free. In Document B, we see how frightened Jim is that Huck is going to tell where Jim is, however, Huck is thinking the complete opposite. Huck believes that it is right to not tell on Jim, “‘I ain’t agoing to tell, and I ain’t agoing back there anyways.’” (Document B). Since Huck won’t say anything about where Jim is, it shows how he sees Jim more as a friend and trusts him enough to go on an adventure together. Jim and Huck truly get to know each other on their adventure together. They get to share many laughs, smiles and talks. With these talks is where Huck gets to also view Jim as someone to look up

He was there to protect him. Most people who has a father figure in their life will feel protected by them. Huck is able to feel safe when he is with Jim because he never experienced a father figure prior to this. He never knew what it was like to have a person in his life who cared for him and would put him before themselves. Huck finally found these qualities in Jim and instantly knew he would be a very important person in his

Similar to Christ, Jim sacrifices his freedom for others without consideration of what could come of him. Even when he has the chance to escape to freedom on his own while Huck is with the Grangerfords, he sacrifices his chance and he “struck out for [the] woods to wait” (Twain 84) in order to stay with Huck. As a repercussion, he later on becomes enslaved and then escapes, going through all that trouble just to be with Huck. During that escape, with his

Huck was obviously more concerned with Jim’s safety and well-being than his own father, and perhaps this is because Jim is more of a father figure than his father ever was. Huck cares about Jim despite Jim’s ethnicity or background and it seems that Huck is learning what it means to be able to love someone. Chapter Twelve Response-

During the book, Huck hasn’t really experienced what life really was and what you might encounter during times that just come out of anything. Jim is someone that you might call strange and unexpected. When Huck

Jim’s words had a big affect on Huck, who realizes that Jim is a person, and that his feelings can be hurt.

In addition, when a group of boatmen came over to question Huck about runaway slaves, he lured them away by lying to them that his sick family was on the raft instead of Jim (89-90). Huck believes that it was the right thing to do, even though he knows that society is against this type of act. Huck and Jim both seem to harbor a father and son relationship, as they both look out for each other. Jim represents the moral compass in Huck’s life as Huck makes his decisions based on his feelings and not from the influence of

They then see that Jim is selfless and cares more for others then himself by this. But this is not his only act of selflessness. Through the story, Jim puts others thoughts and feelings before his. In the beginning of the story, Huck and Jim see a house floating down yeh river. Jim takes a look inside and goes in before Huck to cover a dead body so he wouldn't see how gross it was.

Jim becomes a father figure to Huck because he protects him. In Chapter Nine, Jim protects Huck when they find the abandoned boathouse. Jim protects Huck from seeing a dead man that was shot in the back. By covering the face of the dead man, who is later revealed to be

Jim knows that even though Huck does not like his father, seeing his father dead is going to give him sorrow because it’s his father. Jim waits until the very end to tell Huck the truth about the dead man in order to protect his feelings throughout their journey. “Doan’ you ‘member de house dat was float’n down de river, en dey wuz a man in dah, kivered up, en I went in en unkivered him wn didn’ let you come in? Well, den, you k’n git yo’ money when you wants it; kase dat wuz him”(Ch. Last)

Throughout all these situations that Huck goes through, Jim has supported him, even when Jim was not with Huck at every time. Jim first met up with Huck on the island. Jim escaped Widow Douglas’s home because he was to be sold down south, which would separate Jim from his family forever. Jim is hands down the most important person to Huck throughout the novel, putting himself in a category as one of Huck’s new family members. Jim has been associated as Huck’s father figure. During their time together, Jim and Huck make up a sort of alternative family in an alternative place, apart from society. Huck escaped from society for adventure and a new life, while Jim has escaped from society so that he wouldn’t be separated from his family by being sold down south. Jim is based off of his love, whether it’s for his family or his growing love for Huck. Jim was thought of by Huck as a stupid, ignorant slave in the beginning of the novel, but as Huck spends more time with Jim, Huck realizes that Jim has a different kind of knowledge based off of his years as well as his experiences with love. In the incidents of the floating house and Jim’s snakebite, Jim uses his knowledge to benefit both of them but also seeks to protect Huck. Jim is less imprisoned by conventional wisdom than Huck,

Huck not only realizes that Jim is a human being, but he also comes to terms with the fact that Jim is a good person, and has an extremely good heart.

Like a true father, Jim provides Huck with love and compassion. In the absence of his father, Jim makes it his rightful duty to give Huck the love he deserves. Jim and Huck overcome obstacles and trials to become closer than friends, they become family. Their time together strengthens the commitment they have put into their friendship. In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim demonstrates his compassion towards Huck when they encounter the dead man in the frame house on the island. By Jim covering the body with rags he is being compassionate of Huck, shielding him from the tragedy that is death. Jim protects Hucks childish innocence and is compassionate of his emotions. Jim also proves to be loving as he is tender towards Huck as he reappears in his life after leaving to the Grangerfords and after falling off the raft. Jim gives Huck the things Pap is unable to give him. Through this Twain proves Jim is Hucks true

Huck is forced to decide between his own thoughts that Jim is worth protecting and society’s values. He believes that if he continues to protect Jim he will be damned after death. " …Then I'll go to Hell." (P.215) he says he prioritizes Jim's protection over his own life. This act of loyalty to someone who has been trying to take care of him is a huge moral deveopment that is not commonly found in children.