In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck is the protagonist. Huck is described as being practical, logical and conscience driven. All throughout the novel readers see these characteristics in Huck throughout his adventure.
Huck's practical views and insights provide much of the sarcastic humor of the novel. Even though Huck himself never laughs at the absurdities he describes. For example, Huck does not laugh at humorous situations and statements simply because his literal approach does not find them to be funny; he fails to see the irony in most of the situations that happen throughout the novel. He does not development any social, religious, cultural, or theoretical distinctions in situations because he has never learned …show more content…
There is many incidents throughout the novel where he lies to get out of sticky situations. For example while floating down the Mississippi river a boat stopped him and asked him what was underneath the blanket on the raft. As Huck calmly came up with a detailed story about his family fell ill with Yellow Fever and he needed to get help for his “sick” family the people on the boat passed by, however not before Huck also got some money to “help” his sick family. When Pap brought Huck to the cabin and locked him in there for a couple days he used his surroundings to get himself out of that abusive situation further proving that he can logically think while under horrifying conditions(Huck Finn, Twain). Those examples shows how Huck persevere in these situations, Huck lies, cheats, steals, and defrauded his way down the river. However, even though Huck might have deceived, stole or done something bad he always had a reason, most of which were to save Jims life and to bring Jim to his freedom. If it wasn’t for Jim it was for Huck’s own safety or to save someone else either by helping them out when they needed it. When he stole the money from the Duke and the King yes it was stealing but it was stealing to give it back to its rightful owner Mary Jane (Huck Finn, …show more content…
When he first starts the journey down the Mississippi river he keeps telling himself he should turn Jim in but as they travel together Huck realizes that just because society says this man is a slave that it does not mean it is okay. As readers go through the novel you start to see foreshadowing of the civil war which as history shows after the Civil War the slaves gained their freedom. When Huck declares, "All right, then, I'll go to hell,"(Huck Finn, Twain) he refuses his place in society and heaven, not because he doesn’t believe in it but because he believes that slavery should not exist and if that makes him an enemy of society then so be it. That statement alone shows the magnitude of his decision and sets his role as a heroic figure. His is very heroic because no white person in this time period would dare help a slave escape and bring them to freedom. It shows how Huck does not believe in many of the teachings he was taught throughout his childhood he refuses to believe his father and takes Jim to freedom. Along the way even though both Huck and Jim ran into many troubles for example, Jim getting bit by the rattlesnakes mate,the fog separating Huck and Jim or even at the end when Jim was captured. Every single one of those events Huck either helped save Jim or Jim saved
Huck's practical views and insights provide much of the sarcastic humor of the novel. Even though Huck himself never laughs at the absurdities he describes. For example, Huck does not laugh at humorous situations and statements simply because his literal approach does not find them to be funny; he fails to see the irony in most of the situations that happen throughout the novel. He does not development any social, religious, cultural, or theoretical distinctions in situations because he has never learned …show more content…
There is many incidents throughout the novel where he lies to get out of sticky situations. For example while floating down the Mississippi river a boat stopped him and asked him what was underneath the blanket on the raft. As Huck calmly came up with a detailed story about his family fell ill with Yellow Fever and he needed to get help for his “sick” family the people on the boat passed by, however not before Huck also got some money to “help” his sick family. When Pap brought Huck to the cabin and locked him in there for a couple days he used his surroundings to get himself out of that abusive situation further proving that he can logically think while under horrifying conditions(Huck Finn, Twain). Those examples shows how Huck persevere in these situations, Huck lies, cheats, steals, and defrauded his way down the river. However, even though Huck might have deceived, stole or done something bad he always had a reason, most of which were to save Jims life and to bring Jim to his freedom. If it wasn’t for Jim it was for Huck’s own safety or to save someone else either by helping them out when they needed it. When he stole the money from the Duke and the King yes it was stealing but it was stealing to give it back to its rightful owner Mary Jane (Huck Finn, …show more content…
When he first starts the journey down the Mississippi river he keeps telling himself he should turn Jim in but as they travel together Huck realizes that just because society says this man is a slave that it does not mean it is okay. As readers go through the novel you start to see foreshadowing of the civil war which as history shows after the Civil War the slaves gained their freedom. When Huck declares, "All right, then, I'll go to hell,"(Huck Finn, Twain) he refuses his place in society and heaven, not because he doesn’t believe in it but because he believes that slavery should not exist and if that makes him an enemy of society then so be it. That statement alone shows the magnitude of his decision and sets his role as a heroic figure. His is very heroic because no white person in this time period would dare help a slave escape and bring them to freedom. It shows how Huck does not believe in many of the teachings he was taught throughout his childhood he refuses to believe his father and takes Jim to freedom. Along the way even though both Huck and Jim ran into many troubles for example, Jim getting bit by the rattlesnakes mate,the fog separating Huck and Jim or even at the end when Jim was captured. Every single one of those events Huck either helped save Jim or Jim saved