Huck Finn Running Away Analysis

No matter how far Jim tries to runaway, Jim remains unfree. Initially when Jim and Huck attempt to runaway, Jim voices that he specifically wants a “raff” because “it doan’ make no track.” No matter where Jim goes throughout the novel, he will remain unfree unless he is able to make it to Cairo. Cairo is Jim’s promised land where he can truly be free from the chains of slavery. In order to get there, he has to avoid all the people who are a potential threat to his freedom. He understands the harsh reality of being a man of color in a racist society. Jim also has the burden of taking blame for Huck’s feigned death. As a result a three hundred dollar bounty is placed on his head. The significance of him running away increases from the bounty. Therefore, it is easier for him to …show more content…
Every time that Pap gets drunk in the novel, he abuses Huck. Later on, Huck meets a wealthy family: the Grangerfords. He soon learns that they are involved in a bloody feud with a family called the Shepherdsons. Children and adults take participation in this feud; each of them trying to revenge a fallen family member which inevitably prolongs the conflict between the two families. Huck meets a young boy his age named Buck Grangerford. Curious about why Buck tried to kill a Shepherdson, Huck asks if the boy had done anything to him. Buck replies, “Him? He never done nothing to me...only it’s on account of the feude”. Ironically, the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons go to church that Sunday and bring their guns with them. Both families set their guns in the back of the church and listen to the preacher talk about brotherhood and love. At the end of church, both families fall back into their daily routine of killing one another. Later on, Buck goes off with his cousin to fight and Huck hides in a tree to witness it all. Sadly Buck and his cousin are shot dead by a river and Huck covers their faces before he departs from