Most children delight in the idea of adventure and the thrill that comes with it. Many kids take that thirst for excitement too far, as displayed in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry Finn, more commonly known by the name of Huck, is a child who takes his shot into adventure by both faking his death and running away from his abusive father. On his journey he groups together with Jim, a runaway slave, and eventually with the unaffiliated scammers known by the titles of “King” and “Duke”.
However, before his titular adventures, Huck was a child who found joy in going on fake exploits with his friends. Although, Huck, while he did enjoy playing pretend, preferred things that fit in with his concept of logic rather than what occurred …show more content…
The task, though exceedingly simple, becomes absurd when Tom adds layer upon layer of difficulty to it, due to viewing it “as mild as goosemilk” (208). This sheds more light onto Tom’s character, as it shows how Tom adores adventure, even when it makes things overly complicated. Tom’s reading material led him to believe that for anything to be truly exciting, there had to be difficulties to it. Because of this, Tom wants to do things like dig a hole under the shed when he could, easily, take the key. Another example of this is when Tom wished to saw through Jim’s leg to free him of a chain, although he knew it was completely unnecessary considering how the bedpost he was chained to was easy to lift. Tom even writes letters to the Phelps family, warning them of what will occur, to add a danger to the mission and make it more of a tale found in a novel than what was probable. However, he does get what he wanted later, when during the actual escapade, Tom gets shot in the leg and Jim has to go back to help save
However, before his titular adventures, Huck was a child who found joy in going on fake exploits with his friends. Although, Huck, while he did enjoy playing pretend, preferred things that fit in with his concept of logic rather than what occurred …show more content…
The task, though exceedingly simple, becomes absurd when Tom adds layer upon layer of difficulty to it, due to viewing it “as mild as goosemilk” (208). This sheds more light onto Tom’s character, as it shows how Tom adores adventure, even when it makes things overly complicated. Tom’s reading material led him to believe that for anything to be truly exciting, there had to be difficulties to it. Because of this, Tom wants to do things like dig a hole under the shed when he could, easily, take the key. Another example of this is when Tom wished to saw through Jim’s leg to free him of a chain, although he knew it was completely unnecessary considering how the bedpost he was chained to was easy to lift. Tom even writes letters to the Phelps family, warning them of what will occur, to add a danger to the mission and make it more of a tale found in a novel than what was probable. However, he does get what he wanted later, when during the actual escapade, Tom gets shot in the leg and Jim has to go back to help save