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The Everlasting Qualities of Huckleberry Finn In Mark Twain’s controversial novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huckleberry Finn finds himself on the run with a slave by the name of Jim. Set thirty years before the Civil War, the novel demonstrates the rarity of a white man and a black man adventuring together. Throughout the novel, Huck matures and begins to see Jim for the person he is. Although it may be true Finn matures through the novel, Finn’s loyalty, creativity, and superstition remain constant. Huckleberry Finn is a paragon of loyalty. In spite of several temptations while on the run, Finn stays loyal to Jim. In chapter thirty one, Huck struggles with himself internally with this decision. Despite temptations, he stays loyal and …show more content…

I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: ‘All right, then, I’ll go to Hell’” (Twain 215). Throughout Finn and Jim’s grand escape from their old lives, Finn is tempted with rewards and money if he is to turn Jim in. Although money would be very helpful for Finn living on his own, he decides that he rather have Jim’s presence and go to hell than any type of reward money. Finn remains loyal to the people he loves and does not give in no matter what the price. Finn also holds this same loyalty in his love for his father. Huckleberry Finn shows loyalty to his father disregarding their horrendous relationship. In chapter 6, Huckleberry Finn’s father comes home exceedingly intoxicated and mistakes his own son for an angel of death. His father attacked him with a knife around the house attempting to kill him, soon to collapse and pass out in front of the door. As explained by Finn, “By-and-by I got the old split bottom chair and clumb up, as easy as I could, and got down the gun. I slipped the ramrod down to make sure it wasn’t loaded, and then I laid it across the turnip barrel, pointing towards pap, and set down to wait for him to stir” (Twain 29). Although it may be …show more content…

Huckleberry Finn extravagantly plans a crime scene to fake his death. Finn’s abusive father kidnaps him and keeps him locked away in a shed in the woods. During the day, his father wanders around town and gets drunk, leaving Finn locked away and completely alone. Finn has enough of being excluded from the world, so he fabricates a grandiose plan to escape. He does this by faking his own death. As Finn explains, “Well, last I pulled out some of my hair, and bloodied the axe good, and stuck it on the backside, and slung the axe in the corner” (Twain 33). Finn fetches a pig in the woods, slaughters it, and splashes the pig blood all across the shed. He decides to add an even more convincing factor in his plan by pulling out his own hair and setting it on the already bloody axe. His young mind can plot more mischievous plans than the average kid today. Finn has the ability to come up with lavish ideas to save his life and has the impressive ability of being able to get off scot-free with those ideas as well. While he does have a creative mind, he also finds creativity in his beliefs. These beliefs segway into Huck believing in things some may find

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