Jodi Lynn Anderson, author of Tiger Lily wrote “To not do what you can to protect someone, that's cowardly” (Anderson 1). If an individual has the ability to protect someone that they love, then it is that individual’s duty to use that ability. No matter how small the individual or how much of an outcast the individual may be, he or she still has the ability to make sacrifices and protect those whom they care about. In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain, Jim, although considered an ignorant slave, chooses to use his ability to help and ensure the safety of his friends. Jim can be seen as a Christ figure in Huckleberry Finn due to his protective instincts and sacrificial characteristics regardless of his negative stereotype as
