In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn we are introduced to Twain's Character “Jim.” Jim Is a great, noble character with many good morals and lots of bravery. Throughout this book it reveals Jim’s nobility as a character reveals a lot in the story such as showing Huck the true feelings and actions of slaves/ African Americans in this time period, and also shows what he would do for other people despite the risks and what this reveals about his character.He also reveals central themes, but also protects, helps and teaches Huck many different things about what slavery is really about and how it affects African Americans. The book is in Huck’s perspective and we get to see all of his thoughts and actions. In the very beginning we see Hucks views/
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“But I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither. I didn’t do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn’t done that one if I’d a knowed it would make him feel that way.” (Twain 89). This shows how Huck starts notice how things like tricks are going to affect Jim’s feelings just as they would a white man and how he isn't just property. “He was thinking about his wife and his children, away up yonder, and he was low and homesick; because he hadn’t ever been away from home before in his life; and I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their’n. It don’t seem natural, but I reckon it’s so” (Twain 165). This is when we see almost a final push for Huck's view and how he really realizes Jim has feelings just like anyone else and he can care for his family just as a white man would to his family. “Huck considers his servant "my ***," and only a few pages later thinks of "my Jim" in the same fashion” (Bollinger). Just by the matter of a few pages and Huck's attitude towards Huck starts to dramatically change. Jim’s kindness and good heart really helps change huck’s attitude towards Jim and he starts to become a more respectful person to …show more content…
“I never see a man* that was a better nuss or faithfuler, and yet he was risking his freedom to do it, and was all tired out, too, and I see plain enough he’d been worked main hard lately. I liked the man* for that.”(Twain 272). He risks his life and his freedom to help Tom, a boy who didn’t even treat Jim fairly. Jim is an extraordinary character with excellent morals and a very heroic character. After helping Tom, Tom and Huck risk it all and spill the beans “ No, I ain’t out of my HEAD; I know all what I’m talking about. We did set him free-- me and Tom. We laid out to do it, and we done it.” (Twain 288) Jim as a character has now taught Huck and given him a new perspective on slavery and how slaves are people too and he tells the truth because he knows it’s the right thing and even with the risks he is doing the best thing. “He falls into another conversation and adds another voice to the mix, Jim's. Critics are right to note that Huck and Jim are not already best friends as their trip down river begins, and that Huck holds onto his racist attitudes for awhile. However, the temptation is to see Huck, through his relationship with Jim, as developing in a linear manner from racist to abolitionist, or at least to a non-racist. Huck's decision to free Jim and go to Hell himself, though, is arrived at through a complex web of experiences and conversations in which Huck finds himself involved.” (Boone).
“But I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither. I didn’t do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn’t done that one if I’d a knowed it would make him feel that way.” (Twain 89). This shows how Huck starts notice how things like tricks are going to affect Jim’s feelings just as they would a white man and how he isn't just property. “He was thinking about his wife and his children, away up yonder, and he was low and homesick; because he hadn’t ever been away from home before in his life; and I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their’n. It don’t seem natural, but I reckon it’s so” (Twain 165). This is when we see almost a final push for Huck's view and how he really realizes Jim has feelings just like anyone else and he can care for his family just as a white man would to his family. “Huck considers his servant "my ***," and only a few pages later thinks of "my Jim" in the same fashion” (Bollinger). Just by the matter of a few pages and Huck's attitude towards Huck starts to dramatically change. Jim’s kindness and good heart really helps change huck’s attitude towards Jim and he starts to become a more respectful person to …show more content…
“I never see a man* that was a better nuss or faithfuler, and yet he was risking his freedom to do it, and was all tired out, too, and I see plain enough he’d been worked main hard lately. I liked the man* for that.”(Twain 272). He risks his life and his freedom to help Tom, a boy who didn’t even treat Jim fairly. Jim is an extraordinary character with excellent morals and a very heroic character. After helping Tom, Tom and Huck risk it all and spill the beans “ No, I ain’t out of my HEAD; I know all what I’m talking about. We did set him free-- me and Tom. We laid out to do it, and we done it.” (Twain 288) Jim as a character has now taught Huck and given him a new perspective on slavery and how slaves are people too and he tells the truth because he knows it’s the right thing and even with the risks he is doing the best thing. “He falls into another conversation and adds another voice to the mix, Jim's. Critics are right to note that Huck and Jim are not already best friends as their trip down river begins, and that Huck holds onto his racist attitudes for awhile. However, the temptation is to see Huck, through his relationship with Jim, as developing in a linear manner from racist to abolitionist, or at least to a non-racist. Huck's decision to free Jim and go to Hell himself, though, is arrived at through a complex web of experiences and conversations in which Huck finds himself involved.” (Boone).