As many did not realize, there is much more to life than the civilized world and is bigger than any race or discrimination of others. Throughout the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain, Huck is always on the run from the ‘real world’ to live a free life with his black best friend, Jim. In the midst of this, Twain is continually evolving Huck as a character to expose the flawed thinking in the world around him. In the beginning of the story, Huck is very oblivious to everything going on around him including abuse, slavery, and stealing. Huck knows that Pap is crazy but doesn’t understand that what he does is illegal and morally wrong. Huck here writes on what pap does all the time; “When he had got
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Huck no longer feels ashamed to help Jim escape to freedom and Tom is going to help Huck do it. Tom agrees with Huck saying, “I wouldn’t give shucks for any other way. Now you work your mind, and study out a plan to steal Jim, and I will study out one, too; and we’ll take the one we like the best” (Twain 234). Huck goes to Tom and says that Jim is chained up and never thought Tom would say he would help if he was asked a million times, but he says he will the first time Huck asks. At this point, Huck is more worried about setting Jim free and getting him with his family than getting caught not dead because Jim is important to him. Ironically, Huck almost turned in Jim not too long ago and now he will do anything to get Jim to the free states including Tom’s insane unnecessary plan. After Tom’s plan taking what felt like years to complete and set Jim free, Huck had completed his journey. Huck feels that “If we got Jim out all safe... be a hero, and so would we” (Twain 292). Huck’s journey in the beginning when he faked his death was very simple; Escape Pap and live a new and free life. Once Huck found Jim on the island and they helped each other survive, his journey purpose flipped around to Jim. Now that Huck and Jim have gone through everything together and he has freed Jim, Huck has fulfilled his purpose and is going to go do whatever he wants now. Huck is much farther ahead mentally than Tom is when Lynch comments that “A relationship like Huck and Uncle Jake's--a relationship that lies outside any conventional authority--lies beyond Tom's schema”(Lynch). Huck understands that people are all the same so he can be friends with anyone. Tom though, still thinks that slaves aren’t even people but property so he can’t even register that a white and a black are friends. Although Tom does change later in the
Huck no longer feels ashamed to help Jim escape to freedom and Tom is going to help Huck do it. Tom agrees with Huck saying, “I wouldn’t give shucks for any other way. Now you work your mind, and study out a plan to steal Jim, and I will study out one, too; and we’ll take the one we like the best” (Twain 234). Huck goes to Tom and says that Jim is chained up and never thought Tom would say he would help if he was asked a million times, but he says he will the first time Huck asks. At this point, Huck is more worried about setting Jim free and getting him with his family than getting caught not dead because Jim is important to him. Ironically, Huck almost turned in Jim not too long ago and now he will do anything to get Jim to the free states including Tom’s insane unnecessary plan. After Tom’s plan taking what felt like years to complete and set Jim free, Huck had completed his journey. Huck feels that “If we got Jim out all safe... be a hero, and so would we” (Twain 292). Huck’s journey in the beginning when he faked his death was very simple; Escape Pap and live a new and free life. Once Huck found Jim on the island and they helped each other survive, his journey purpose flipped around to Jim. Now that Huck and Jim have gone through everything together and he has freed Jim, Huck has fulfilled his purpose and is going to go do whatever he wants now. Huck is much farther ahead mentally than Tom is when Lynch comments that “A relationship like Huck and Uncle Jake's--a relationship that lies outside any conventional authority--lies beyond Tom's schema”(Lynch). Huck understands that people are all the same so he can be friends with anyone. Tom though, still thinks that slaves aren’t even people but property so he can’t even register that a white and a black are friends. Although Tom does change later in the