Huck Finn - Friendship
Everyone needs someone to care about them. Usually a person relies on their family to fill that role. Besides caring, a family member offers many other roles. A family provides for, relies on, teaches and protects one another. A family member also teases, plays jokes and gets mad at each other. Regardless of the type of relationship two family members have, they are there to care for and guide one another. Throughout the story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the two main characters, Huck and Jim go through many situations with only each other to rely on. They show the love, hate and other emotions that are dealt with in being a part of a family even though they are not biologically related. Huck and Jim provide the qualities of a family member, as if they were born into the same family. Regardless of the way society will look upon him, Huck helps Jim escape from slavery. Slavery is banned in some states, but not in St. Petersburg where Jim is a slave. Jim runs away from St. Petersburg hoping to escape from slavery. Even though slavery is taught to Huck as being correct, Huck would rather help Jim be free. Huck has the opportunity to turn Jim in when men are out hunti
In Huck's lifetime, he has not had a positive, loving family or role model. Pap, Huck's father is a drunk. He does not love or care for Huck. The only thing Pap cares about is that Huck does not become better than him and that he can have Huck's money. Huck is adopted by the Widow Douglas, because Pap is not around to raise Huck. While Huck lives with the widow, he attends school and learns to read. Pap shows up in town after leaving Huck and tries to get Huck and his money. When Pap finds out Huck can read, he is discouraged because his son is smarter than him. Pap threatens to "lick" Huck for going to school. Eventually he hides Huck in a cabin, until Huck gets away. Pap is not a father to Huck, he does not provide or teach Huck anything. Jim provides guidance and love for Huck unlike Pap. ng for runaway slaves. From a distance, they can see the raft that Jim is on. Huck almost turns Jim in, but then lies and tells the men that the man on the raft is his father with smallpox and they shouldn't go near him. The men believe Huck and leave. Huck saves Jim and his future. The qualities of a family member are the same qualities Huck and Jim provide for each other. Huck and Jim represent the love, hate and other emotions that are dealt with in being a part of a family. Huck and Jim care for one another, guide, play jokes and get mad at one another. These are qualities that are found with people born in the same families. Everyone needs someone to fill this role. While on the river, Huck tries to play a joke on Jim. On the raft, Huck and Jim go through a big patch of fog. Jim is sleeping during the fog, but wakes up to notice wha
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Approximate Word count = 1123
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)
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