This is an analysis of the main character, Huck in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. He is a boy. He is adopted widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson. He has a father who is a very drunk and often attaches his body every time that his father encounters him. He is a bright, cheerful Kid, intelligent, a good astuteness, humourist, trickster and what is important is he love the adventure.
Very well written post! In response to the first question you posted: I think that the Duke is merely just using Huck because he thinks he is young and can be easily taken advantage of. In the end of Chapter 30, Huck has made the decision to go and save Jim from the people he was sold to. On his way to do so, he meets the Duke on his way. The Duke says that he will tell Huck where Jim is if Huck agrees not to turn in him and the King.
Ch 13 “I judged she would be proud of me for helping these rapscallions, because rapscallions and dead beats is the kind the widow and good people take the most interest in” (pg 53) Ch 13 Although Huck has left his home, he still follows her rules, and keeps her ideals close, as shown in the quote. Huck sees people like the widow as fixers.
In stage two, the hero goes into their journey portion of the quest in which transformation of the individual occurs. Within this stage, the Road of Trials are commenced. It is a “series of trials and tribulation the hero goes through in order to develop the necessary skills and traits it takes to become the hero” as according to the Discovering the Monomyth powerpoint presentation by Marc Bray. Huckleberry Finn underwent a series of 4 trials in which he gained the traits and skills to become the hero. One of the trials he underwent was when he got separated from Jim and the raft.
In this selected passage Huck decides he is not going to send the letter he wrote to Miss Watson with the intention of turning Jim in. Huck initially writes the letter because he is thinking about God and his state of sin, as he believes he is committing a sin by stealing another person’s property. He never sends the letter because he realized how much he trusts Jim and doesn’t see him as his property, but rather as a best friend. Previously he has stayed with Jim because it was easy, but this scene marks the time when he is able to stay by Jim’s side even when he believes it will come at a great personal cost.
As the novel progressed, Huck cared more for Jim, and he eventually learned that the idea of slavery was wrong and misleading when determining who was and was not a human being. Natural law is based on personal observation and personal experience with a certain controversial topic
During the nineteenth century, numerous Americans felt that their voices were unable to be heard in such a large and busy society. Many people were busy working to provide for their families or were undermined by others in the government. This time period consisted of cultural turmoils around the nation, which also provoked the ideology of individualism to spread. Although this was a tough era for an abundance of the population, numerous people sought to express their thoughts on individualism that was pitted against the large roughneck society of the United States of America.
During the reformation across Europe, there was many forward thinkers who were able to make sense of the ‘pressing problems’ of their day and age. One philosopher in particular, John Locke, was able to press on, and make sense of the problems that he faced in England during his time. However, the philosophers Locke, More, and Hobbes, contributed to society through the various arguments that they brought about. The arguments placed by Locke, Hobbes, and More in society acted as a building block for people in society to either follow, or disregard.
In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck found himself subjected to the will of the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson, who he lived with after being abandoned by his abusive and drunken father. When his father became aware of the abundance of money Huck acquired with his friend Tom Sawyer, he attempted to make an appearance back into Huck’s life by kidnapping him. In order to escape the nightly beatings bestowed upon him by his father, Huck faked his own death to obtain freedom. After fleeing to Jackson’s Island, Huck observed his guardians and other friends searching for him from a ferry.
Although there are numerous instances where Huck’s moral growth can be seen, the individuals around such as Jim, will influence his moral growth greatly. Jim, a runaway slave, is the most influential individual when it comes to Huck’s moral development. During the beginning of the novel, Huck’s morals are primarily based on what he has learned from Miss Watson. Huck begins to become wary of such ideals that Miss Watson has imposed on him, and decided all he wanted “…was a change” (Twain 10).
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a novel first published in the United Kingdom in December 1884 in which Mark Twain, the author, presents a detailed portrait of racism and slavery in the years before Civil War. Huck Finn, Twain’s main character and the protagonist, is a thirteen-old dirty and frequently homeless boy who comes from the bottom of the society. He has an alcoholic father who disappears on end and the community failed to protect Huck from his father’s abusing and harassing. Huck received some education and religion from Widow Douglas, who adopted him, however he resisted it at first.
Huck thinks about Miss Watson and how he is betraying her by helping Jim escape. Huck encounters slave catchers and he is internally whether to tell about Jim but decides not to and says, “They went and I got aboard the raft, feeling bad and low, because I knowed very well I had done wrong, and I see it warn’t no use for me to try to learn to do right; a body that don’t get started right when he’s little ain’t got no show -- when the pinch comes there ain’t nothing to back him up and keep him to his work, and so he gets beat” (Twain 102). Then later in the novel Jim is sold by some con men for $40 which upsets Huck and causes him to realize he cares about Jim and says, “All right, then I’ll GO to hell” (Twain 225). Huck is defying society’s laws by deciding to help captured Jim. Huck is maturing significantly because his perception of Jim has changed.
Friendship Isn’t Always What You Think How do you expect to be treated by your friends? Well in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Jim is a father figure to Huck because he is friendly, caring and protective. Jim is friendly to Huck when Huck go es to see if the town is if a was Cairo. “‘Pooty soon I’ll be a-shout’n’ for joy, en I’ll say, it’s all on accounts o’
The journey ends. The escape is successful, and the characters reveal their secrets. Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has a happy and exciting ending, yet many critics call it a failure. Critics harp on the childish resolution that Tom Sawyer brings to the story, which is inconsistent with Huck’s quest for freedom and maturity. Despite Tom Sawyer’s influence, the ending is still entertaining and acceptable.
There are not many people in this world that would take it upon themselves to be selfless beyond the point that could send him or her to jail or a harsh punishment in place of someone else. Few people try their hardest to see their peers and fellow associates in a good place if it means that he or she could possibly jeopardize his or her own life/career. I have a huge admiration for a character that displays a caring, fatherly attitude, will take it upon himself to protect a young lad from harm no matter what the cost, and promotes peace no matter what the time or circumstance. This extremely friendly character holds the name of Jim. Jim originates from the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and sets a wonderful example for what kind of
