In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, Huck’s relationship with Jim is constantly growing and changing. Jim plays a fatherly role in his relationship with Huck. Wasserstein says, “While Jim’s paternal role cannot be denied, he is not only a father figure to Huck, he is a mother as well. As both father and mother—an androgynous figure—Jim fills the void left by the would-be parents and teachers Huck rejects in the novel” (Wasserstein). The significance of Huck and Jim’s relationship is shown through Huck’s relationship with Pap, the evolution of Huck’s perception of Jim, and the difference between their relationship on the shore and on the raft. Huck did not have a healthy relationship with his father, Pap. Pap was against
