Doing the wrong thing can sometimes be right, even if society doesn’t accept it. This statement is proven true in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. It is about a thirteen to fourteen year old boy named Huckleberry Finn (Huck for short) who embarks on a journey that requires him to make choices not many kids his age would. He meets up with Jim, a runaway slave, who helps Huck develop some new traits. During his adventure he also realizes the importance of friendship and doing the right thing. Huck’s loyalty, mischief, and smartness save him from many dilemmas.
At the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck was loyal to a few people, like Tom Sawyer, but as the book progresses, he shows loyalty towards Jim. Huck …show more content…
Throughout the book Huck plans out many ingenious pranks on the characters, but some of his pranks have consequences like when Huck went to a cavern to get tobacco and found a rattlesnake. He “killed him and curled him up under the front of Jim’s blanket, ever so natural, thinking there’d be some fun when Jim found him there.” (50) Huck soon forgot about the snake and its mate bit Jim. Huck also played a prank on Jim when they lost themselves in the fog, he hurts Jim’s feelings by saying, “I hain’t seen no fog, nor islands, nor no troubles, nor nothing. I been sitting here talking with you all night…” (79) After this incident Huck realizes that he shouldn’t have pranked Jim. Even though being mischievous is one of Huck’s main traits many of his pranks …show more content…
When put in the any situation Huck can be a quick thinker. A good example of this was when Jim and Huck went through the abandoned house on the river, and collected the items found there. Afterwards Huck decides to go ashore, dressed as a girl, to get information. A woman named Judith Loftus invites Huck into her home. He tells the woman that his “name” is Sarah Williams. Mrs. Loftus later asks Huck his name again and Huck says it’s Mary Williams. He recovers quickly by saying, ‘“Sarah Mary Williams. Sarah’s my first name. Somes calls me Sarah somes calls me Mary.”’ Huck is also a quick and smart thinker when he plans his fake- death. He cuts a pig’s head with an ax and pulls out some of his hair to put on the ax. This makes him a smart person because his pranks save him from being
At the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck was loyal to a few people, like Tom Sawyer, but as the book progresses, he shows loyalty towards Jim. Huck …show more content…
Throughout the book Huck plans out many ingenious pranks on the characters, but some of his pranks have consequences like when Huck went to a cavern to get tobacco and found a rattlesnake. He “killed him and curled him up under the front of Jim’s blanket, ever so natural, thinking there’d be some fun when Jim found him there.” (50) Huck soon forgot about the snake and its mate bit Jim. Huck also played a prank on Jim when they lost themselves in the fog, he hurts Jim’s feelings by saying, “I hain’t seen no fog, nor islands, nor no troubles, nor nothing. I been sitting here talking with you all night…” (79) After this incident Huck realizes that he shouldn’t have pranked Jim. Even though being mischievous is one of Huck’s main traits many of his pranks …show more content…
When put in the any situation Huck can be a quick thinker. A good example of this was when Jim and Huck went through the abandoned house on the river, and collected the items found there. Afterwards Huck decides to go ashore, dressed as a girl, to get information. A woman named Judith Loftus invites Huck into her home. He tells the woman that his “name” is Sarah Williams. Mrs. Loftus later asks Huck his name again and Huck says it’s Mary Williams. He recovers quickly by saying, ‘“Sarah Mary Williams. Sarah’s my first name. Somes calls me Sarah somes calls me Mary.”’ Huck is also a quick and smart thinker when he plans his fake- death. He cuts a pig’s head with an ax and pulls out some of his hair to put on the ax. This makes him a smart person because his pranks save him from being