Huck And Jim's Relationship Analysis

In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain it talks about the adventures of a young boy named Huck and his perspective on life around him. This book takes place in Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas near the Mississippi River around the 1830s-40s. Slavery is legal during this time. In this book Huck meets a slave named Jim. Huck and Jim’s relationship develop throughout the book and it can be viewed in different ways. Huck views Jim as a friend, father-figure, and a slave based on the time period in which the book is set. One of the ways Huck views Jim is as a friend. In Document B it says, “I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn’t lonesome, now.” This shows that Huck enjoys Jim’s company. You wouldn’t enjoy someone’s company if you didn’t like them. Huck likes talking to Jim and he finds Jim as someone he can be comfortable around and he can talk to him. “You’ll say it’s dirty low-down business; but what if it is?--I’m low down; and I’m agoing to steal him, and I want you to keep mum and not let on.” Huck …show more content…
In Document E it says, “...At last I had an idea; and I says, I’ll go and write the letter--and then see if I can pray...So I got a piece of paper and a pencil, all glad and excited, and set down and wrote….” This shows how Huck viewed Jim as a slave because he was going to send his owner a letter letting her know where Jim was. Huck knew that Jim belonged to someone so he wanted to do the “right” thing and return him to his owner. This still shows a sign that Huck obviously remembers Jim is a slave. Despite Jim being a slave Huck still wants to hang around him. Only probably once or twice in the book Huck would refer to Jim as a n--ger. The difference Huck never said that talking to him, but when it came to talking about Jim he probably only said that like once or so. I feel like in the book that signified not only someone was black, but I also feel like they also kind of signified that the person was a