He is very literal minded, making him a good narrator. He is very free spirited and he does what he wants, when he wants. He is also able to adapt to his living conditions. He first lives in a nice house, then a small cabin, then the raft. Huck is also compassionate, he helps free Jim, and feels sorry for the crooks on the Walter Scott, and the duke and the king when they get tarred and feathered. A big debate surrounds Huck on whether he changes or not throughout the novel. Huck, in the beginning, seems very set in the south's anti-black ways, although, Huck states that he will go to hell to keep Jim out of slavery. At this point it seems like he does change, however, at the end of the book, Huck plays yet another practical joke on Jim, and seems as though any change was temporary.

A conflict in this novel would be the return of Huck's Pa. Huck sees footprints in the snow that he recognizes as his Pa's. Huck realizes that Pa has returned to claim his money, and so he quickly runs to Judge Thatcher and "sells" his share of the money for a "consideration" of a dollar. Pa catches Huck and makes him hand over the dollar

3 Cynicism: The belief that all human conduct is motivated by self-interest.

, and threatens to beat Huck if he ever goes to school again.

Some common words found in the essay are:
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Approximate Word count = 985
Approximate Pages = 4 (250 words per page double spaced)