Huck, an Uneducated Educator It’s crazy to think that a thirteen year old boy, who does not have a decent education, can have the ability to teach us so many different lessons about life. When you imagine a person who has encountered multiple different tragedies and hardships in their lifetime, you usually don’t picture a thirteen year old boy. But, Huckleberry Finn is an exception. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel with a wide variety of fantastic lessons that young readers can use and learn from. Huck’s overall growth and development throughout the novel has taught us not to hold prejudices, how following your heart is more important rather than believing your conscience, and how befriending and getting to know a different type
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It is very important to have the ability to override your conscience and follow your heart, and this is crucial in the life lessons that Huck learns. Huck goes through many struggles with Jim on the river, such as having the urge to turn Jim in for being a “runaway slave”. In Chapter 31, Huck wrote a short letter to Miss Watson telling her that Jim ran away, and is in Pikesville. He said that Mr. Phelps had him at his plantation, and Mr. Phelps would send him back if she gave him the money he wanted (Twain 213). But, Huck decided to shred the letter, and he said, “All right, then, I’ll go to hell” (Twain 214). In a very short amount of time, Huck becomes a true friend to Jim. Huck realized that Jim would sacrifice anything for him out of the kindness of his heart. Jim was taught to be kind to whoever he meets, and it really shows when Jim says, “En when I wake up en fine you back agin’, all safe en soun’, de tears come en I could a got down on my knees en kiss’ yo’ foot I’s so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin ‘bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie. Dat truck dah istrash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ‘em ashamed” (Twain 86). Jim was always concerned about Huck from the beginning of the novel. This quote by Jim shows how kind he is, because even though Huck lied to Jim at times, Jim never unfriended …show more content…
Even without an education, Jim’s good qualities allow him to guide Huck (Sang). Huck grew up with little to no rules, so he did whatever he wanted to do. But, when he got to traveling with Jim, he had to be set straight. Jim’s “rules” were about the superstitions he had. On one of the very first days Huck and Jim traveled down the river together, Huck thought it would be funny to play a joke on Jim. So, he found a snake and killed it, and put it under Jim’s sleeping bag. The snakes mate ended up biting Jim, but Jim wasn’t concerned about getting the poison out of his foot. He was more concerned about burning the snakeskin and eating the snake meat. Even though Jim’s rules may not be practical, they were still very important to him, and they taught Huck how to follow the rules. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a very inspiring novel to many different kinds of people. You can interpret these things in many different ways, and the life lessons Huck learned are very beneficial to readers. But, it’s sad to think that a young boy like Huck has already learned so much. All of the things he has dealt with in his life, and he is only thirteen years old. But, you can also interpret that as a good thing, that he has lived his life and experienced a lot at a young age. It just depends on the way you analyze it. Which way do you interpret The Adventures of Huckleberry
It is very important to have the ability to override your conscience and follow your heart, and this is crucial in the life lessons that Huck learns. Huck goes through many struggles with Jim on the river, such as having the urge to turn Jim in for being a “runaway slave”. In Chapter 31, Huck wrote a short letter to Miss Watson telling her that Jim ran away, and is in Pikesville. He said that Mr. Phelps had him at his plantation, and Mr. Phelps would send him back if she gave him the money he wanted (Twain 213). But, Huck decided to shred the letter, and he said, “All right, then, I’ll go to hell” (Twain 214). In a very short amount of time, Huck becomes a true friend to Jim. Huck realized that Jim would sacrifice anything for him out of the kindness of his heart. Jim was taught to be kind to whoever he meets, and it really shows when Jim says, “En when I wake up en fine you back agin’, all safe en soun’, de tears come en I could a got down on my knees en kiss’ yo’ foot I’s so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin ‘bout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie. Dat truck dah istrash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ‘em ashamed” (Twain 86). Jim was always concerned about Huck from the beginning of the novel. This quote by Jim shows how kind he is, because even though Huck lied to Jim at times, Jim never unfriended …show more content…
Even without an education, Jim’s good qualities allow him to guide Huck (Sang). Huck grew up with little to no rules, so he did whatever he wanted to do. But, when he got to traveling with Jim, he had to be set straight. Jim’s “rules” were about the superstitions he had. On one of the very first days Huck and Jim traveled down the river together, Huck thought it would be funny to play a joke on Jim. So, he found a snake and killed it, and put it under Jim’s sleeping bag. The snakes mate ended up biting Jim, but Jim wasn’t concerned about getting the poison out of his foot. He was more concerned about burning the snakeskin and eating the snake meat. Even though Jim’s rules may not be practical, they were still very important to him, and they taught Huck how to follow the rules. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a very inspiring novel to many different kinds of people. You can interpret these things in many different ways, and the life lessons Huck learned are very beneficial to readers. But, it’s sad to think that a young boy like Huck has already learned so much. All of the things he has dealt with in his life, and he is only thirteen years old. But, you can also interpret that as a good thing, that he has lived his life and experienced a lot at a young age. It just depends on the way you analyze it. Which way do you interpret The Adventures of Huckleberry