Imagine yourself floating down the river enjoying the company of a good true friend. Just about the time you think you’ve finally gotten free of all the cares in the world you run into a pair of dirty scoundrels. This is just part of what is going to happen with young Huck and his best buddy Jim. In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn we see and hear about the adventures of a orphan boy named Huck. Huck is trying to steer clear of his crazy Aunt who wants to civilize his wild ways. He decides his best bet is to run away from his home. On his way out of town he runs into none other than his Aunts slave, Jim, who is trying to escape his own fate. This is only the beginning of all of the adventures that Jim and Huck are going to have together.
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These men ran away from people who live an upstanding lifestyle just as Huck runs from the “proper” lifestyle. Huck begins to recognize that the lifestyle he was trying to escape is the very same lifestyle that the Duke and Dauphin love to swindle. He also begins to realize that the sophisticated lifestyle is definitely not for him, but that something in the middle of thievery and snobbery is more in his comfort zone. As time moves on in the raft Huck recognizes the true nature of the men more and more. They con every town they go to making them be run out wherever they go. In chapter 23 they explain how they were leaving town and that they had to “Walk fast now till you get away from the houses, and then shin for the raft like the dickens was after you!" (Twain, 153) In other words they had to get out of dodge and do it fast. This is because they had just conned the entire town. This sparks a memory for Huck that happened right before he meets the duke and dauphin. Huck finds a family just like how the Duke finds the town. They come into the town and familiarize themselves with it. They overstay their welcome and soon leave as soon as things start to look bad. In Huck’s case he finds a family gives them phony information and tries to fit in just like the Duke did. Huck was trying to snake his way in and trick people just like the Duke. Huck does not feel good about this similarity at …show more content…
Huck and Jim are friends just like the Duke and Dauphin, but just because they are friends don’t mean they are equal. We see that the Duke sees himself above the Dauphin from their fake names. A duke is very much above a Dauphin in the French Society. The Dauphin is seen as a lesser individual. Huck also sees himself above Jim in the same way because Huck is a free white man and Jim is a black slave. This is during a time when slaves were not really seeing as people. We even see Huck think about recapturing Jim. He says that he regrets taking him away from his master and wishes he had the strength to return
These men ran away from people who live an upstanding lifestyle just as Huck runs from the “proper” lifestyle. Huck begins to recognize that the lifestyle he was trying to escape is the very same lifestyle that the Duke and Dauphin love to swindle. He also begins to realize that the sophisticated lifestyle is definitely not for him, but that something in the middle of thievery and snobbery is more in his comfort zone. As time moves on in the raft Huck recognizes the true nature of the men more and more. They con every town they go to making them be run out wherever they go. In chapter 23 they explain how they were leaving town and that they had to “Walk fast now till you get away from the houses, and then shin for the raft like the dickens was after you!" (Twain, 153) In other words they had to get out of dodge and do it fast. This is because they had just conned the entire town. This sparks a memory for Huck that happened right before he meets the duke and dauphin. Huck finds a family just like how the Duke finds the town. They come into the town and familiarize themselves with it. They overstay their welcome and soon leave as soon as things start to look bad. In Huck’s case he finds a family gives them phony information and tries to fit in just like the Duke did. Huck was trying to snake his way in and trick people just like the Duke. Huck does not feel good about this similarity at …show more content…
Huck and Jim are friends just like the Duke and Dauphin, but just because they are friends don’t mean they are equal. We see that the Duke sees himself above the Dauphin from their fake names. A duke is very much above a Dauphin in the French Society. The Dauphin is seen as a lesser individual. Huck also sees himself above Jim in the same way because Huck is a free white man and Jim is a black slave. This is during a time when slaves were not really seeing as people. We even see Huck think about recapturing Jim. He says that he regrets taking him away from his master and wishes he had the strength to return