Huck Finn Point Of View

“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

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,