How Is Huck Changing

     In the beginning of the novel, Huck’s views on slavery had been skewed by society and by the civilized Miss Watson’s righteous and moral views. Huck finds it all fun and games when he and his comrade, Tom Sawyer, play a trick on Jim; Tom Sawyer and Huck remove Jim’s hat from his head and place it on the branch above him. When Jim wakes up, he believes he has been bewitched, adding to his dim-witted and brainless appearance. Only later on in the novel does Huck realize what Jim really means to him.

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

I ain’t a-going to tell, and I ain’t a-going back there, anyways. (46)” This shows that though Huck is going to keep Jim secret, that he is a runaway slave, it is only since he is not going back to his town. Then while on the raft Huck describes, “ I went to the cavern to get some, and found a rattlesnake in there. I killed him, and curled him up on the foot of Jim’s blanket, ever so natural, thinking there’d be some fun when Jim found him there.

Huck sees a few other men who are searching for Jim, and he tricks them by saying that

In the beginning of this novel Huckleberry was an ornery boy, who liked to do as he pleased. The superstitious Huck, and his friend Tom try to create a gang of robbers, While sneaking out at night to go on secret adventures, they find Miss. Watson’s slave Jim sleeping under a tree. Although they could just pass by him and ignore him, they decide to pull a prank on him. “Tom said he slipped Jim’s hat off of his head and hung it on a limb right over him, and Jim stirred a little, but he didn’t wake” (18). When they played

When Jim is sold to the Phelps’ Huck is forced to make his final decision as to whether or not to save Jim. Huck shows maturity when he says: “But somehow I couldn’t seem to strike no places to harden me against him, but only the other kind” (214). This was a huge struggle for Huck because he had no one to tell him what to do. When he finally says, “And for a starter I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery again; and if i could think up anything worse, I would do that too, because as long as i was in, and in for good, I might as well go the whole hog” (214). Huck finally shows that he is better than society’s twisted

This proves that Huck has evolve into a mature and independent young man. However, near the end Huck encounters Tom Sawyer which in return have a detrimental effect on Huck’s develop character. Due to Tom’s, Huck reverts to the childish young boy he once was but also puts in danger Jim’s freedom. Tom, not taking Jim’s freedom seriously, purposely forces Jim to go through much hardship and suffering, which proves that Tom is cruel to Jim. Tom in fact becomes the foil in Huck’s

After the situation goes too far for Jim's comfort he confronts Huck about his insensitive behavior and says, "I’s so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin’ ‘bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie" (86). , Huck realizes that he is wrong and states, “I didn't do him no more tricks, and I wouldn't dove that on if I'd a knowed it would make him feel that way” (86). Importantly, this scene shows how Huck's opinion of Jim is changing -- he realizes that Jim can feel and hurts just as he does. Indirectly, Jim teaches Huck the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. It is a very humbling point in the novel for Huck to relate to Jim in that way. Huck suddenly realizes why outsiders view Jim the way they do and admits, “It made me feel so mean I could almost kissed his foot to take it back” (86). Huck doesn’t approve of the way others treat his friend and he's embarrassed that he had ever done so. From that point on, the relationship between the two of them is different, even in trying

In return, Huck feels the same way and claims “Well, I warn't long making him understand I warn't dead. I was ever so glad to see Jim” (25). Huck sees Jim for who he is as a person and respects Jim greatly. Even though Huck learns lessons about friendship and loyalty, Huck also uses stealing and lying to be successful during his

In the early stages of their relationship Huck attempted to play many pranks and Jim. Unfortunately, he did not take Jim’s feelings into consideration, which resulted in damaging their relationship. Specifically, in chapter 15 when Huck was reunited with Jim after being, separated by a storm; he attempted to convince Jim that he had dreamt the entire situation. When Jim discovered Huck’s mean-spirited prank he responded, “What

While still on Jackson Island, Jim tells Huck not to touch a snake skin on the account of it being bad luck. They can not attract any bad luck before they set out on their dangerous journey. Huck decides to play a trick on Jim by placing a dead rattle snake where he is sleeping. The dead snake attracts his live mate who bites Jim. Huck and Jim have to wait patiently for many days while Jim recovers.

When Huck finds Jim on the island he wants to know why Jim is there. After swearing Huck to secrecy, Jim reveals that he has run away. Even though Jim's words take Huck by surprise, he does not waver from his commitment to remain silent on the topic of Jim's whereabouts (Twain 32). Jim and Huck stick by each other no matter what. At one point on the adventure, Jim tells Huck that he was going to be sold away from his family.

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.

Huck Finn begins on his adventure down the river with a runaway slave named Jim; they become good friends. Huck has promised Jim that he will not turn on him and reveal his secret. At one point, Huck starts to question whether or not turning Jim in is the right choice. Twain shows the reader that because of his friendship with Jim, Huck rejects what he has been taught and stays true to his word. In chapter 16 of the book, Huck thinks about whether turning Jim in to the slave catchers is the right choice. This eventually leads to Huck retreating on his mission.(140) This event shows how uneasy Huck felt about turning Jim in. Huck began to feel uncertain, which means that his instinct told him that turning in Jim was wrong. Earlier in the book, Huck’s instinct may have told him otherwise. Huck is obviously beginning to change. Another instance in the book where Huck’s friendship with Jim had an impact on his morals and decisions was when Huck realizes that slaves have the same amount of emotion and capability for love as white people. In this part of the book Jim is explaining what

Huck comes to the realization that lying has the power to save lives as he has saved his own life as well as Jim’s countless times already. Unlike the robbers, Huck realizes obscuring the truth for evil purposes is not acceptable, he feels as though lying to someone creates a burden that gets harder and harder to carry over time. Huck saves Jim’s l;ife yet again when they encounter two men on the river that wish to search the raft for escaped slaves; Huck quickly concocts a lie that Jim is his father and has smallpox, “’Well, I’ve told everybody before and they just went and left us’” (90). While he saved his friend’s life, Huck debates whether this action was justified since society regards Jim as a