Huckleberry Finn grew up in a unique situation. His father, Pap, the town drunk, cared more about liquor than his son. Huck, trying to escape this situation, ended up on a raft with Jim, a runaway slave. Jim nurtures Huck in a way Huck never experienced in his short life. Jim gave of himself to Huck, Huck gave of himself to Jim, and both grew closer together (//). Jim cares deeply for Huck and HUck’s feelings and Huck’s fears. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim protects Huck in a way Huck never before experienced, and Jim presents to Huck a fatherly figure completely unknown to Huck. Jim loves Huck like a father loves his son; this love makes Jim Huck’s true father.
Huck lives a with his benefactor the Widow Douglas, but the realization that his abusive father possibly might return creeps into Huck’s mind. After Huck sees the familiar tread of a boot in the snow, he instinctively knows that the boots belong to his father(Per.). The tread, characterized by a cross made by nails in …show more content…
To save himself, Huck fakes his death and retreats to an island until he can make further plans. After Huck spends several days on the island observing his surroundings, Jim suddenly reappears. Jim also ran away (B.S.). Like Huck, Jim ran to free himself. In his critical essay “Huckleberry Finn” Lionel Trilling explains what situation Huck met when he ran away, “He was not a runaway from Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas and his brutal father to a completely individualistic liberty, for in Jim he finds his true father” (Trilling 108). Huck ran away from the stifling natures of Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas, and the abusive, uncaring life with Pap. Unbeknownst to Huck, in running away from his former life he ran towards a relationship that would improve and help him find himself. Jim met Huck downriver on Jackson island by chance, but neither returned up the river the
Huck lives a with his benefactor the Widow Douglas, but the realization that his abusive father possibly might return creeps into Huck’s mind. After Huck sees the familiar tread of a boot in the snow, he instinctively knows that the boots belong to his father(Per.). The tread, characterized by a cross made by nails in …show more content…
To save himself, Huck fakes his death and retreats to an island until he can make further plans. After Huck spends several days on the island observing his surroundings, Jim suddenly reappears. Jim also ran away (B.S.). Like Huck, Jim ran to free himself. In his critical essay “Huckleberry Finn” Lionel Trilling explains what situation Huck met when he ran away, “He was not a runaway from Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas and his brutal father to a completely individualistic liberty, for in Jim he finds his true father” (Trilling 108). Huck ran away from the stifling natures of Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas, and the abusive, uncaring life with Pap. Unbeknownst to Huck, in running away from his former life he ran towards a relationship that would improve and help him find himself. Jim met Huck downriver on Jackson island by chance, but neither returned up the river the