Evolution Of Huckleberry Finn

The Evolution Of Huck Finn’s Morals
The novel read was The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. This timeless novel shows countless themes that transpire during the course of the novel. Although, there are the two main characters Huck and Jim, there is only one perspective in which the story is told by, this is Huckleberry Finn. He is a wistful and undependable young boy, about the age of 13 or 14 years old whom gradually grasps the concept of Bildungsroman, as in the maturity of the character throughout the text, we frequently see this towards the middle of the novel where Huck seems to come to the apprehension, and begins to have a dissimilar approach towards things happening in society. In this novel, he learns many

At the beginning of the novel, he is seen as a character who has a complex personality with no concept of purity, this is because of the lack of teachings from his elders, such as His father was an abusive drunk. He did not teach Huck any good values, did not allow him to get an education, taught him how to steal, neglected him, and commonly abused him. Huck had to stage an elaborate conspiracy of his own death just to escape from father’s abuse. However, Jim teaches what it is like to be loved and is continuously pleasant to him, within this newfound relationship between two very different people. He teaches him the values of companionship and dependability. For the first time, Huck has a father figure who shows him what love feels like. He cultivates emotionally by developing a bond towards someone, as he experienced a variety of different situations, he gains an insight into others perspectives and how their experiences differ from his. He learns to be more open to new and different outlooks on life. He learns courage, compassion, and the differences between law and

As Jim was worried sick whether or not Huck was all right, Huck felt guilty about misleading Jim because he got so upset believing He was dead. For the first time, he realizes slaves are just like anyone else , and justifies respect. Huck even states “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; 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.” (chapter 15 ) Huck harmoniously learns what are the right and wrong things to do, which is the major conflict throughout the novel. All along he has been dithering by the resolution whether or not to turn Jim in to the slave catchers. At first, he saves Jim because he needs him to survive as Huck is deserted as a young child and prefers to have company as he runs away from his father. However, this is somewhat selfish, about half way through the novel he truly is grateful that Jim was there by his side the entire time. Another reason that backed up the fact that Huck gradually grew was when Huck told outlandish men that there were no runaways on the raft only his father. He was trying to save Jim and as he was telling the men that his father had smallpox so they wouldn’t ask to speak to him. After he does this he feels