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Huck Finn Point Of View

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“There ain’t a minute to lose. They’re after us!” (Twain 69). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel of adventure, coming of age, and a commentary on social norms of the late 1800’s. The plot follows 12 year old Huck Finn running away from his hometown with a slave named Jim. The two have numerous episodic adventures throughout the novel and have a few difficulties with the law. Jim then gets captured and in the end he gets set free due to his owner writing in her will for him to be released. Mark Twain uses point of view and plot to highlight that the racist mindset of slavery is immoral in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Twain uses point of view within the characters to help illustrate the immorality of racism and slavery. Twain …show more content…

Immediately afterwards, Huck feels bad about playing the prank and shows he knows that he hurt someone with his prank even though Huck wounds a black man. This makes Huck a moral character for owning up to his mistake and shows that humanity does not end at skin color. With that, Huck has a perspective that most of the audience does not have, a fresh, curious, and open set of eyes on the world. Huck knows when he makes a mistake and recognizes the consequences of such actions to everyone involved. “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,” (95). Huck realizes that Jim legitimately cares for him and Huck makes Jim feel horrible because of the prank. Huck takes 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 afterwards, neither,” (95). Twain has Huck say this to convey how simple it is to just accept people for themselves, not their color. Huck knows that what he did was terrible to Jim, and Huck then did what he would have done if he plays that prank on anyone else,

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Had Huck been a white extremist, he may have utilized the chance to kill Jim. However, the good-natured protagonist does not do so, and instead shows to the reader his playful personality when he jokes around with Jim as a friend. At first, Huck’s prank on Jim may seem like an act of implicit racism or discrimination, but his words appear to be genuinely cheerful and light-spirited. Twain uses this example to further Huck and Jim’s whimsical friendship that develops throughout the novel.

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In this society, African Americans are looked down upon because they are seen as inferior. People see them as the help and not actual human beings. Also, society does not seem to care about them, so playing tricks and embarrassing them is okay. So when Huck plays a trick on Jim, he does not know the effect of how it makes Jim feel. As soon as Jim figures out what really happened he is hurt.

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In the book "The Adventures if Huckleberry Finn", Mark Twain's writing mirrors the society and problems it had in that time. This book promotes seeing African-Americans as people, which is absolutely groundbreaking and unheard-of in the time it was written, right after the Civil War. Throughout the book,, Huck has a complete change in his feelings towards Jim, starting with his highly influenced young mind, only able to view Jim as a slave, all the way to seeing Jim as a father-figure who can protect and provide for him. Although Huck tries to see Jim as a friend and fatherly-figure, society's beliefs don't allow him to see Jim as anything but a slave.

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic, it was the starting point for all great American Literature. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been awarded all of these honorable titles because of its abnormal and controversial plot line. During the time period when the book was written, it was unacceptable to view African- American’s as anything other than slaves. They were viewed as inferior to whites and were treated like property, they had no rights. The main character of the book, Huck, disagrees and disobeys these norms and pushes the boundaries of society when he becomes friends with a slave from his childhood; Jim.

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This shows how people view Jim and the severity of his escaping. The views of slavery are so set in stone that the black boy escaping is more heinous a crime than that of a white man killing his son. Twain uses figurative language throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. One example would be when he is describing a summer storm in chapter 9. Twain talks about the trees looking “dim and spider-webby,” and how when the wind blows through, it “set the branches to tossing their arms as if they was just wild.”

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The dramatic situations Huck and Jim share create trust, which strengthens their relationship despite society's view on black people. The juxtaposition of society and Hucks morals are put to test during the scene when Jim and Huck get separated due to fog. Huck believes it is a good idea to lie to Jim and tell him that's it was all a dream. Jim becomes angry at Huck, not for lying, but for not understanding the consequences of his actions. Huck was truly remorseful, and against society, he was willing to apologize to Jim, even though he was a black man.

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After lying to Jim and getting caught, Huck thinks on his actions. “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” (86). Huck knows that his actions are wrong but struggles to apologize to Jim because he is conditioned to believe that Jim has no real value. Huck tries to break free from the influence of society and in doing so, he realizes that his actions are not morally acceptable. With no interference from society, Huck is therefore able to humble himself to Jim and treat him in a way that opposes society’s expectations.

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“Now was the first time I begun to worry about the men-I reckon I hadn’t-had time to before I begun think how dreadful it was, to myself, there ain't no telling but might come to be murdered myself yet, and then how Would I like it?” This is the first time Huck question himself about the cause and effect of the other people. After he realized that he could now make a plan in order to save lives even though it’s considered a murder. “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” (Twain 65). Huck felt terrible for playing a trick to Jim because now he considers Jim as a human too.

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