Jim is relived to see that Huck is safe. | “He nearly cried he was so glad “ | Jim worries about Huck and wants to keep him safe | “When I got all wore out wid work, en wid de callin’ for you, en went to sleep, my heart wuz mos’ broke bekase you wuz los’, en I didn’ k’yer no’ mo’ what become er me en de raf’. En when I wake up en fine you back agin, all safe en soun’, de tears come, en I could a got down on my knees en kiss yo’ foot, I’s so thankful” | Huck sees Jim as a person with feelings and regrets hurting them.
He apologizes for hurting Jim. | “I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterward, neither” | Huck is opposed to slavery and objects to Jim freeing his children | “ was sorry to hear Jim say that, it was such a lowering of him” | Huck sees Jim as more than someones property | Huck doesn’t give Jim up | Jim deeply cares for Huck and doesn’t want anything to happen to him | “He nearly cried he was so glad, but he warn’t sur-prised.
Said he swum along behind me that night,and heard me yell every time” | Huck never questions leaving Jim, he only ever wants to leave the king and duke | “Out with you, Jim, and set her loose! Glory beto goodness, we’re shut of them! ” | Huck is able to trust and confide in Jim about everything | ‘That made me feel easy and satisfied. Ofcourse when they got to snoring we had a long gabble, and I told Jim everything’ | Huck doesn’t see Jim as a slave. He sees Jim as a friend and is on Jim’s side when the king and duke turn Jim in. “After all this long journey, and after all we’d done for them scoundrels, here it was all come to nothing, everything all busted up and ruined, because they could have the heart to serve Jim such a trick as that, and make him a slave again all his life” | Huck deeply cares for Jim and decides to help him no matter what the consequences | “All right, then, I’ll GO to hell” — and tore it up. | Huck is devoted to helping free Jim | Huck will do whatever it takes to free Jim and help him get to his family | Huck sees Jim as equal | Huck says Jim is white on the inside |
The Essay on Turn Jim Huck Society Friendship
To turn Jim in, or not to turn Jim in, that is the question that Huck is faced with in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Whether it is nobler to protect a friend or to give in to the demands of society by ending a friendship. This novel portrays a period in American history where most Southern whites considered blacks as a piece of property. Huck, a white Southern boy, and Jim, a ...
