In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, author Mark Twain comments

on the ills of postbellum Southern society through his development of the character

Huckleberry Finn and his relationship with Jim, a runaway slave. The two characters

both run from injustices and are distrustful of the society around them. Huck is an

uneducated backwoods boy on the run from his abusive father, constantly under pressure

to conform to the "civilized" surroundings of society. Jim is a slave and so is not

considered a person, but property. He is trying to escape to the North where he will

purchase his family's freedom when Huck stumbles upon him on Jackson Island and

decides to help him. In doing so, Twain is setting the stage for Huck to be the hero of the

novel. He does this for specific reasons. One of which is he draws us into the story more

with each chapter so that the unexpected ending where Huck does not turn out to be the

hero makes us question why Twain would employ such an ending. The surprise ending

quells all support that Huck is the hero of the novel. It is obvious he is not and that the

story actually lacks a genuine hero. In relation to this,

Grangerford episode, Twain creates the Phelp's plantation affair to finally finish the

society at the time. We as readers tend to associate ourselves with heroes. Twain created

story. In this final third of the novel, Huck's role undergoes a metamorphosis that strips

has technically advanced political conscience it cannot shed the way of life that has

Twain struggled to write an ending that brought together and summed up all of

which Twain develops their relationship for the majority of the novel. Huck is always

would develop a strong link with him throughout the novel, which in turn would shock us

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