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Huck Finn Character Analysis

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As the story progresses, Huck's views change drastically. Scattered instances of childish, irresponsible actions still occur, but they are accompanied periods of reflection. An example of this is when he tricks Jim into believing he was dreaming about the fog. When Jim says, "en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren's en makes 'em feel ashamed" (Twain 90), this makes Huck feel bad enough to apologize which truly costs him alot of pride as he says "It was 15 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 afterward, neither. I didn't do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn't have done that one if I'd `a' knowed it would make him feel that way." With this …show more content…

Jim has feelings too. Jim has helped Huck grow but there are other characters which were a push to his maturing. The Duke and King have also been able to change yucks mindset. Through the their bad actions and their deceiving of people he realizes that theyre lifestyle is not for him. He doesn't want to be a thief or a con man. He doesn't want to hurt other people. He saw the duke and the King trying to scam the Wilkes girls and morals kicked in and he learned to be a bit selfless. The Wilks' girls were very grateful "I shan't ever forget you, and I'll think of you a many and a many time, and I'll pray for you too!" (Twain 188). These lying thiefs shiwed huck that you can't lcheat your way through life . Another person who set an example all his life to make it "easier" by making others harder was Pap. He taught Huck a lot of things which are unethical and most immoral "Pap always said, take a chicken when you get a chance, because if you don't want him yourself you can easy find somebody that does, and a good deed ain't ever forgot." (Twain 71). "It was kind of lazy and jolly, laying off comfortable all day, smoking, fishing, and no books, nor

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