Huckleberry Finn AnalysisEssay Preview: Huckleberry Finn AnalysisReport this essayHuckleberry FinnHuckleberry Finn is a thirteen year old, uncivilized, uneducated, free spirited boy who runs away in search of freedom but stumbles upon a life changing, socially unacceptable friendship. Huckleberry helps a runaway slave, Jim, escape to freedom, which prior to the Civil War, this was illegal and most certainly frowned upon. Huckleberry faces constant battles within himself throughout the story; whether to turn Jim in to slave hunters or continue to assist Jim. He continued to help Jim because Huckleberry comes to realize that Jim is not what society makes him out to be.
Huckleberry and Jim meet on Jacksons Island under the same circumstances: hiding and looking for freedom. Right off the bat, Jim trusts Huck to keep the fact that he is a runaway slave in secrecy. Huckleberry keeps the secret even though “people [will] call him a low-down abolitionist for keeping the mum [].” (53-54) That promise will haunt him for the remainder of the story.
Jim and Huckleberry begin their quest for freedom by starting down the Mississippi River looking for the entrance to the Missouri River. They never find that entrance, but they do find their companionship growing closer and closer. Jim even claims that Huck is his best friend. Huckleberry does not realize how much he cares for Jim until he hurts him. Huckleberry lies to him and Jim expresses his distraught that Huckleberry caused him. Jim describes Huckleberry as “trash” (96) and then walks off. It took Huckleberry “fifteen minutes before [he] could humble himself to a nigger, but [he did] it and [wasnt] ever sorry for it.” (97)
Although Huckleberry does not want to hurt Jim, he still has second guesses on turning him in or not. He rethinks his promise on many occasions when he is granted the opportunity to end Jims quest for freedom. He felt like “[… he] got to do it-[he] cant get out of it […]” (100) however, Huckleberry remains true to his word, despite on what society expect him to do. Huckleberry is so convinced he is doing the wrong thing, that he even things he is just going to “go to hell” (225) for not taking action.
Huckleberry starts to realize that just because Jim is colored, does not mean he is a different being than Huckleberry. After spending time with Jim and listening to his dreams and stories, Huckleberry even makes the statement that “[he does] believe that [Jim cares] for his people as much as white people [cares] for theirn.” Huck even vowed he wouldnt do “[…] no more mean tricks, and [he] wouldnt of done that one if [hed] known that it would make [Jim] feel that way.” (97) Huckleberry did not realize that his trick could hurt Jim because he does not understand that Jim could be so upset. After reaching this understanding, it changed the way Huck felt towards Jim.
Huckleberry is known to be very good at the tricks of the world. His love for his neighbors and people who are people of color, and his desire to help them was often the primary motivation behind his “dream” when he was very young. He also often was the master manipulator of children. The ability to get people and their attention is one of the reasons why Huckleberry was named One of the Best People to Come into Life. He also held a number of highly coveted and coveted titles: Master of The Great Game and Master of The Hidden Treasure. His “Dream” was also named one of the most popular book written about children and is called by some parents as one of the best stories on any subject.
Huckleberry began to become more confident in his ability to “win” friends, friends and his friends. He and his friends often fought with one another sometimes and could break up, the more they fought. This sometimes upset the father. However, to have friends like a friend is an incredibly valuable experience for children, and a real asset to any family. He often tried to make friends just by being friends with them. Huckleberry became very much in control of his family and friends because of his family. It was believed by many that there was some connection with him, but even with those children he had to show them he cared for.
P.R. In the 1980s, as the school year got underway his father and mother divorced. Jim and Huckleberry spent the next year married at the age of 18, and then they were divorced. Huckleberry left his father to go to college in California. Later in life his brother told Huckleberry he had done the same thing with his family. At the same time she had been pregnant with his third child. Huckleberry did not remember being close or understanding with his father, she only knows that Huckleberry was a “lovable family man” who wanted to spend his years supporting his family, his children. Despite his father’s great promise of never changing his mind about Huckleberry, Jim always stayed loyal to him.
Huckleberry’s family was very happy with their new life. Jim’s father, Joseph Huckleberry, was the one who led the school. His mother, Martha, had always been there for his friends.
“That was like the last Christmas.” Huckleberry told the New York Daily News.
“After leaving my family we went to visit a friend. When we arrived we were greeted