Huck Finn Escape Analysis

After this Huck spent all his energy on stealing Jim from the Phelps family, and he did not even feel guilty about it. At the beginning of the novel, Huck believed that slavery was right and that it was not immoral to support slavery. By the end of the novel, Huck had become truly moral because he realized that everyone was just human. Jim's presence in this novel and in Huck's adventure allowed Huck to achieve this great moral growth, It was through Jim that

While he understands the need to work quickly, he doesn’t care enough to simplify his plan, instead opting for having fun at Jim’s expense in the meantime. More interestingly, however, the way in which Tom frames the entire situation is mimicked by Huck during the aforementioned case-knife scene. Huck uses the same altered version of ‘morality’ as Tom, indicating that while he is still in favour of getting Jim out quickly, he contextualizes the problem in the same way that Tom does, whose views on the subject have already been shown to be ethically dubious. Although his specific perspective differs from Tom’s, the way in which he is interpreting the problem at hand speaks volumes about his change in attitude. A mere few chapters prior when Huck said “All right, then, I’ll go to hell”, Jim’s enslavement was a real threat, and it corresponded to an incredibly difficult ethical dilemma in Huck’s mind (Twain, 214). In contrast, the issue in Trying to Help Jim has been rendered abstract, and consequently neither Huck nor Tom take the problem with the appropriate gravity or

In the end, Huck treats Jim as a friend. He wrestles with it a while and the whole idea upsets him greatly. Society tells him Jim belongs to his owner as property, thus giving Jim his freedom is stealing and lying. Huck cannot bring himself to turn Jim into the authorities. He treats Jim like the person he is and not as property. At this point, the reader is shown Huck’s bravery. He is willing to live against society’s rules and even “go to hell” in order to live in a way he believes is truly right

Jim is very happy to see Huck again, even calling him affectionate names like a father would do to their child. Later on in the novel Jim is accepting of Tom’s extravagant plans to break him out of where he being held at Uncle Silas and Aunt Sally’s home. He does so because he cares about Huckleberry like his own child, and parents often go along with their children’s whims to ensure they are happy. Secondly, Jim protects Huck from what might harm him, either mentally or physically. When they first see the house that is floating down the river, Jim goes into the house first to make sure it is safe.

They meet up at Jackson’s Island, and decide to stay together while they set out on the river. At this point, Huck is known to lie about many things. Any time he gets into trouble, he will lie to help himself. However, growing extremely close with Jim changes him, and after the Duke and the Dauphin sale Jim, Huck stops lying and becomes a better human. Jim did not just provide someone for Huck to go through life with, Jim provided a true friend who changed Huck’s outlook on what is right in life. He considers turning Jim in several times, but eventually makes the decision to not turn him in and cause his friend to go back to the life he left. At the start of the book, Huck would have turned Jim in with no hesitations, but Jim helped Huck to discover that what is right by society’s rules is not always morally right. Thus, his relationship with Jim makes him less civilized in society’s eyes, but more civilized through the eyes of people who have a good heart and want to help others. Society would have condemned Huck for these choices, but considerate people would praise him for making a kind decision. Without Jim, Huck would not have been able to make a decision like this that showed his good

Beyond a shadow of doubt, there are a lot of things I learned in both these books. Their story lines are amazing and they left me powerful messages that are useful in life. Moreover, though these books were written in different settings, Huck Finn which was written when slavery was still legal and Long Walk to Freedom, which was written secretly in prison, they send identical memos about challenges and how wrong is can be. Also that, it can lead to fatalities and terrible endings. As well as, nobody was born racism, kids are taught it, therefore racism is cruel. Lastly, listening to our hearts can sometimes be important because it is the only way for us to live according to the natural moral circle.

Jim knew that Huck would be devastated if Tom had died and so Jim risked his freedom to save Tom for Huck. Although it was not always obvious Jim was putting Huck’s happiness above his own and doing whatever he could to protect

11/17/17Mrs. UtleyEnglish 3Analyzing Huck(Rough Draft)We have all had a ride of passage at one point in our lives. Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is all about the adventure of maturity. We follow this story from the perspective of Huckleberry Finn, or Huck Finn as he is called in the book, on his journey where he has many trials and tests that built his character from a childish boy who plays “cops and robbers” to a young man who understands what is right and wrong in his own society. One of the many influences that affect Huck throughout the book is how the Duke and the Dauphin scam the Wilks family.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain provides yet another interesting and playful story in the same world as his previous writing. Huckleberry Finn, or Huck for short, stages his death and flees to an island to get away from his father. It just so happens that the well known Jim, a runaway slave, also flees to the same island. Jim had a rocky upbringing and longs to be a free man. Jim and Huck stick together as they start the escape-adventure down south. Huck helps Jim through the journey and vise versa, at least, that is what it looks like on the surface. The devil's advocate would obviously be able to point out how Jim is just using Huck for his personal gain, leading to his ‘grand escape’ at the end of the story. Huck is doing anything and everything for Jim, but receives no reciprocation. Jim is using Huck as his white pawn and never formed the friendship the reader is under the impression of.

Although Huck admitted that it was wrong to free a slave in God’s and society’s eyes, he couldn’t find fault in Jim and couldn’t betray him after all they’d been through. Huck was wrestling with the climactic decision of whether or not to turn Jim over, or help him escape. During this process Huck states, "And I see Jim before me all the time. But I couldn't seem to strike no places to harden me against him. He would always call me honey, and pet me, and do everything...said I was the best friend old Jim ever had in the world"( Twain 214). The reason that this event is so important in the book as well as a life lesson is that it shows the power of emotion, feeling, and the heart. Huck befriended Jim and built a strong father-son friendship that persuaded him to declare “All right, then, I’ll go to hell”( Twain 214). A final decision was made in which the heart won over the conscience. Society, however forceful, was overcome and abandoned by Huck, who broke the constraints and made a critical decision to become independent and put into place his own individualistic and moral

Jim is introduced and seen later in the story. Jim is a slave owned by Miss Watson, who

A difficult moral situation is presented to Huck that has no option which completely satisfies his conscience after he discovers the Phelps farm purchased Jim. Huck is afraid of the social repercussions he might face for his previous actions with Jim if he notifies Ms. Watson about Jim’s location. On the other hand, Huck has pity for Jim if he were to be detached from Huck. Huck disregards the social consequences he may face and attempts to reunite with Jim anyway. His decision goes against the way he was nurtured as a boy, showing an ability to think individually even if his opinion is unpopular. Huck’s decision to help Jim is courageous because it opposes the racially discriminatory qualities and unethical morals Huck developed as a

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.” But the widow still cared about him, “the widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb..” He faked his own death and took off, Huck could have just went back to the widow but he doesn’t like it there either because he didn’t like the rules like you can’t eat unless you said a prayer and you had to be on time. “The widow rung a bell, and you had to come to time. When you got to the table you couldn’t go right to eating, but you had to wait for the widow to tuck down her head and grumble” He wants to be free of rules and the so he ran away to the Jacksons Island and he was there on his own for a while until Jim showed up. Huck wants to be free from the civilized world and rules, he wants to be on his own. And honestly with Jim and him together they could make it, they made it this far by using their wits and lying a little. And in the end they formed a strong

Jim isn't only a gullible follower of Huck. He also has a very good sense of reason and intellect. Although Jim wants to become free as soon as he can, he also has the best interest of his friends in mind constantly. Some may argue that Jim wants to become free more than he cares about his friends, although he shows the reader this isn't true multiple times. One example of Jim putting his friends before himself is towards the end of the book. After someone shot Tom, instead of running to freedom Jim tells Huck to get a doctor as he comforts Tom. After reading this passage from the book makes even the most adamant reader rethink their views. It makes the reader ask how could Jim give up the one thing he was striving for if he didn't care about

As evidenced in the introductory instances regarding death, Huck’s morality is defective and his sympathy is missing. Perhaps, Huck’s flaws are due to his close contact with the iconic delinquent Tom Sawyer, who is likely corroding Huck’s ethics. Consequently, when Huck bonds with his new partner-in-crime, Jim, a stark juxtaposition is evidenced between the ideals of Tom and Jim. However, luckily “youth is a time of greater potential for change than any other stage of life”, and Jim’s positive influence proves beneficial (Trites 53) . Specifically, Jim is extraordinarily superstitious and attaches a copious amount of meaning to just about everything, even a measly snake skin (Twain 162). Of course, this means that Jim does not completely disregard the significance of death and importance of sympathy, as Tom and his mischievous mates do. Consequently, Jim “has proven himself as a morally admirable figure” (Bollinger). As a result, after prolonged exposure to Jim, Huck starts to exude more concern for the life of others, as evidenced in quite a few scenarios that take place on his and Jim’s journey.