Huckleberry Finn Dialectical Journal

Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn shows the development of a young boy named Huck Finn. We see Huck develop in character, attitude and maturity as he goes on his adventure down the Mississippi River. This is displayed through his search for freedom from civilization and it's beliefs and through his personal observations of a corrupt and immoral society. Most importantly, we are in Huck's head as he goes through his confusion over his supposedly immoral behavior and his acceptance that he will “go to hell” as he conquers his social beliefs.

The book introduces Huck as the first person narrator which is important because it establishes clearly that this book is written from the point of view of a young, less than civilized character. His character emerges as a very literal and logical thinker who only believes what he can see with his own eyes. In this section Huck’s life with the Widow Douglas and her attempts to raise him as a civilized child sets up the main theme of this book which is the struggle or quest for freedom. Huck’s struggle for freedom from civilized society is paralleled by Jim’s struggle to escape from slavery. Irony as a key literary

The first book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, features Huck, who narrates his adventures along the Mississippi with Jim, a runaway slave. Huck escapes from his alcoholic, abusive father early in the book, and, immediately thereafter, is primarily concerned with his own survival and contentment. However, even these basic amenities are threatened as he continues his voyage south. First and foremost, Huck must survive in the wild, a task he undertakes with remarkable skill and resourcefulness. Early on in the novel, Huck's skill at living in the wilderness is plainly established, and the reader never doubts his ability to provide for himself.

His father yells at him for being able to read and go to school. He dislikes how Huck is trying to be better than he will ever be. Huck is forced to move in with his father in a cabin away from the Widow Douglas and Mrs. Watson. Hucks dad continues to torment him and take money for alcohol. One night Huck’s father is so drunk he almost kills Huck, in defense he holds a gun all night just to be safe. With no other way out, Huck fakes his death by making it look like Pap killed him and runs away without telling anybody. This stop is significant for Huck because it reminds him of what his old life was like. Just as he was starting to like his new life and getting used to being civilized, he had to revert back to his old ways. Finally, this stop showed that Huck was so desperate to get away from his father that the only thing he could think of doing was to fake his own

It lifted my heart and put a smile on my face to read that Jim was unchained and praised for his good deeds. It was touching to see that the community was finally praising him for his works, no matter the color of his skin. I would also like to point out that the only two lasting relationships that Huck had were concerning Tom and Jim. They were his true friends, and they were his family. It was also satisfying to see Tom pay up and thank Jim, as well as apologizing to Jim for all the trouble he caused. Jim is thrilled that he is finally rich like he had foretold. I applaud and admire

uckleberry Finn, a fun loving care free boy who lives along the Mississippi River slowly matured into a young man throughout the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. He has shown mental maturity various times through certain decisions he has had to make. He even goes against what he has been taught to do the overall right thing. He does the wrong thing in society's eyes to help his slave friend, Jim. He even goes against God. Huck’s mindset changes and enhances for the better. Friendship can mean the world to some. While Huck and Jim are on a raft heading down the river they are confronted by men who are looking for runaway slaves. Huck has been taught by Miss Watson and the widow that helping a slave is

Huck knew who he was because of self-realization, it caused him to understand who he really is. Huck says, “...I was mighty thankful,...” (Twain, 317) because he was grateful it shows that great growth he has made. Huck gets adopted, “...she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me and I can’t stand it,” (Twain, 325) but now he knows who is and will take a stand. Lies and deceit do not support the theme because Huck doesn’t have to lie, he’s mature enough to know who he is now. Self-realization is important to the theme because it shows Huck maturing and growing into who he really

Huck Finn is a young boy and the main character Tom sawyer is the best friend of huck and the leader of the boys gang. Widow Douglas and Miss Watson take care of Huck Finn Jim is Miss watson's slave.

It shows Huckleberry Finn in a moment of understanding and compassion. He displays a new level of maturity with the decision to help Jim, instead of turning him in. He is reminded how Jim has shown nothing but kindness to him, “I see Jim before me all the time: in the day and in the night-time, sometimes moonlight, sometimes storms, and we a-floating along, talking and singing and laughing...I’d see him standing my watch on top of his’n, ‘stead of calling me, so I could go on sleeping”. Huck was also reminded of the time Jim called him “the best friend old Jim ever had in the world, and the ONLY one he’s got now” Huck is forced to decide between two things, everything society has told him or his own personal judgment. Ultimately, he decides on what he thinks is right and because of this, he is able to free his dear friend

The adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a book written by Mark Twain. The book is home to many great characters that, each, have very different qualities. In this essay we will describe some of the most important characters in the story; characters like Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Jim, and Miss Watson. Also we will compare Huck and Tom, exposing their similarities and their differences. Huckleberry Finn or Huck is the son of the town's drunk, "Pap" Finn.

From these words at the very beginning, the reader quickly begins to sense Huck’s deep disgust for the ways of the upper class. While this can be brushed off as teenage rebellion, a closer look reveals mature thoughts about life and the worth of their surface level ways.

It shows how hard it is to form your own ideas in society and how Huck is trying to form his own ideas on slavery as he grows up. Although his rebellion might seem childish to some at the end of the novel it is the only way Huck feels like he will be allowed to be himself and think the way he thinks. Without his rebellious nature and the development of what civilized people act like in the last section of the novel the reader would not understand Twain's commentary on society. The ending is important because it shows how hard it is to change how people feel about slavery when they are raised around such

By having Jim with him, Huck decides that he wants to set Jim free. This is significant because it shows how society would have kept him from trying to free Jim, but being away from society he realizes that this is what he wants to do. He spends a lot of time with Jim, and Jim becomes almost like a father figure to Huck in certain sense. This is significant because Jim is able to relate to Huck and Huck is able understand Jim because he feels he has been Jim’s only friend. When he sees Jim crying because he was missing his family he came to realize that he loves his family as much as a white man would love his family.

In the beginning of the book huckleberry fin is living with a widow in a large house in a small town along the Mississippi river. But, when he discovers his father's foot prints in the snow he tries to avoid him but one day on his way to school his father catches him and takes him to his cabin. Then, Huck fakes his death and goes down the river to an island where he meets Jim a slave that the widow had owned. Later, Huck and Jim find two men that claim to be a duke and a king who lie to them and lie to the people of multiple towns just to earn money. Then Jim is captured by slave catchers that put him on a farm to work but luckily the owners of the farm turn out to be Tom Sawyer's aunt and

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, the protagonist Huck goes on many adventures along the Mississippi River. Huck and his friend Tom Sawyer differ vastly in the choices they make throughout the book. Huck differs from Tom by how he is a follower, his views on slavery and his realistic way of thinking. Tom is always in charge of their adventures. He is the leader of their gang, Tom Sawyer’s Gang.