Famous author and businessman Philip Crosby said, “Making a wrong decision is understandable. Refusing to search continually for learning is not.” As Philip Crosby said, learning from mistakes is more important than committing them. Along with learning from mistakes, every people needs someone who can let them know about their mistakes and make them learn from them. In today’s world where people are mainly scared about making mistakes, people are forgetting to learn the most important lessons of life that are, nobody is perfect and learning from mistakes. These principles are seen in the protagonist of the Adventures of the Huckleberry Finn who makes mistakes and then realizes his mistakes and learns from them because of the help of his friend Jim. Through juxtaposition and symbolism/characterization of Huck as both good and evil and the important lessons Jim teaches Huck, Twain illustrates that nobody is perfect and learning from mistakes is essential than committing them. …show more content…
They show the mistakes making the side of him where he does not necessarily learn from his mistakes. When Jim tells Huck about how his life has been when they meet for the first time since Huck started living with Grangerfords, instead of being happy and thanking god for saving his friend, Huck informs Jim that he was not informed “[Jim] was here” and so he just came there because “[the slave will] show [Huck] a lot of water moccasins” (115). This shows how Huck’s characterization has changed after living with Grangerfords. Due to his changed characterization, he has forgotten Jim who helped him survive on his journey just to live a luxurious life with Grangerfords. Moreover, it also demonstrates the bad qualities of Huck that represent that he is imperfect even though he is the protagonist of the