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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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Huck has always seen Jim as a slave until they crossed paths while going down the river. The two develop a friendship and Huck starts to care about Jim and his well being. Although Huck views Jim as someone he cares about, he still sees him as a slave as well. “ I would do the right thing and the clean thing, and go and write that nigger’s owner and tell where he was,” ( Document E). Huck is in a continuous battle with his inner self when it comes to his views on Jim.

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(chapter 17). In this dialogue, Huck is beginning to show a more powerful conscience and sense of responsibility from his actions. Both passages demonstrate that he is beginning to understand the meaning of actions and their consequences. This process of growing continues for the rest of the novel, as seen when Huck, felt remorse about his position in the “dirty jobs”. For example, he felt uncomfortable when he was told to rob the Wilks girls of their inheritance: “I says to myself, this is another one that I’m letting him rob her of her money.

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He goes from playing a trick on Jim which hurts him physically, to saving his life, and in doing so himself so he doesn’t get in trouble for helping an escaped slave, and then finally he plays another prank on Jim, which almost ruins his friendship with Jim. Through his constant compassion and love for Jim he goes against what convention sees as wrong and apologizes to Jim. However, he does it with a lot of hesitation and embarrassment. This shows that Huck’s compassion for Jim grew but didn’t change his morality and character at all. This is because he had compassion for Jim in the beginning of the novel and all it did was grow but it still didn’t affect the way he felt about his actions he was doing towards Jim.

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