many adventures on the Mississippi River. He escapes from Pap and

sails down the Mississippi with an escaped slave named Jim. Huck goes

through the moral conflict of how wrong it is to be helping Jim escape

to freedom. Eventually Huck decides he will help Jim and actually

steals him from a farmer with the help of Tom Sawyer, a friend.

Eventhough Huck and Jim are trying to sail to the Ohio River which

leads to freedom, they pass it in the dark.

Over the course of the novel Huck's opinion of Jim changes. In the

beginning of their voyage, Huck feels he shouldn't be helping Jim to

freedom and almost turns him in to slave catchers Twain 87 "I was

paddling off, all in a sweat to tell on him; but when he says this

(that Huck is his one and only friend) it seemed to take the tuck all

out of me.". Huck begins to enjoy having Jim's company, and when Jim

is sold by the Duke and the King, Huck breaks down and cries while

asking the Duke where Jim is Twain 208 "'sold him' I says, and begun

do get hurt." Back then negros were treated as objects or animals. The

describes them. One of the ironies is that plantation owners were

the real Wilkses arrive they decide that they'll kill all four of them

another man". Another way women are used in this novel is as

It may be suprising but Huck Finn wasn't considered a racist for

controlling figures. The widow and Miss Watson are two character who

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Approximate Word count = 750
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)