Huckleberry Finn Relationships

A child's relationship with his/her parents is the key to a healthy lifestyle. Having a healthy relationship with your parents or parent, aids in the forming of relationships with others. A child’s actions are derived from the examples being set forth by the parents. Children esteem their parents for guidance, wisdom, and moral support as they begin to grow into mature adults. As the child grows older he or she will construct relationships with the people that he or she must encounter each day. If a child lacks a good relationship with his or her parents, that individual is already stunted in the social growth most young children have endured. In the book, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck grows up without a mother and the care of his …show more content…
In, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck and Jim (a slave who is running away with the help of Huck), meet two men who call themselves the Duke and the King. Although Huck and Jim are suspect that they are lying about their identities, they decide to continue on their journey with them. Huck enjoys the company of these men for they are without the constraints of southern gentility. This fondness is quick to subside when racist remarks offend Jim in Chapter 19 (174), and genuinely upset Huck. ("Because Mary Jane 'll be in mourning from this out; and first you know the nigger that does up the rooms will get an order to box these duds up and put 'em away; and do you reckon a nigger can run across money and not borrow some of it?" (Twain 283 ). Huck is greatly disturbed by these comments because the comments are taking value away from Jim’s life because he’s black. This rubs Huck the wrong way, because he now considers Jim a friend.) As racist comments continue Huck and Jim are ready to end their alliance. But before they end their alliance, Huck and Jim decide to stick with them for one more scam. They want to lie to town’s people, and scam them for all of their money. At first the plan sounds intriguing to Huck, but soon later seems that it might not be such a good idea. When the Duke and King are going around, scamming lots of people of their money. Huck questions what their true intentions are, for the money. Thankfully Huck and Jim quit the Duke and King’s plan, and form their own. At this moment Huck learns that staying inside of the law isn’t such a bad thing always. Especially because of the way the Duke and King ended up… tared and