Jim, The Greatest Black Man to Ever Walk The Pages of an American Novel
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain is a very controversial novel. Over the years there have been many articles and television specials that have challenged the book. One particular article, "A Muddied Mississippi Misadventure", by Pat Conroy, says, "Nigger Jim is the greatest Black man to ever walk the pages of an American novel" (line 27). Conroy's statement is true. Throughout this book Jim exhibits the true humanity of a black man and demonstrates the influence that one can have on a young white boy, like Huck. Jim's influence on Huck is basically in to ways. With his innate morality and his unselfish compassion for others, he helps Huck obtain these qualities through his influence. Because of their friendship, Huck learns to love and respect this ex-slave
Throughout this book Jim expresses feelings and shows the true humanity of a black man. Time and time again Jim does things out of the kindness of his heart to help Huck. For example, the time when the four of them (Huck, Jim, the King and the Duke) were on the river and Huck and Jim were supposed to trade watch. Instead of waking Huck for his shift he covers both shifts out of kindness. During this time in American history blacks were thought of as inhumane animal property with no feelings what so ever. In this book there are many times Jim proves that assumption wrong. For example, Jim feels great remorse and sadness for punishing his daughter for not doing what she is told. He later discovers that his daughter is deaf. His selflessness, remorse for not understanding his
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Approximate Word count = 527
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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