Huckleberry Finn Character Analysis

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’ Huck; I’s a free man, en I couldn’t ever ben free ef it hadn’ ben for Huck done it. Jim won’t ever forgit you, Huck; you’s de bes’ fren’ Jim’s ever had; en you’s de only fren’ ole Jim got now’” (p.89). This shows that Jim is friendly to Huck because, Jim clearly states that Huck Finn is his only friend. Jim treated Huck as a friend another time when they both still thought the king and duke were the real deal. “I went to sleep, and Jim didn’t call me when it was my turn. He often done that” (p.155). This shows that Jim is a friend because he took Huck Finn’s night shift and let him sleep longer. This

“‘Goodness gracious, it dat you, Huck? En you ain’ dead-you ain’ drownded-you’s back for true. Lemme look at you chile, lemme feel o’ you. No, you ain’ dead! You’s back ag’in ‘live en soun’, jis de same ole Huck-de same ole Huck, Thanks to goodness!’” (p.83). This shows that Jim was scared that he had lost Huck because he loves and cares for Huck. Another time Jim is caring to Huck is when Jim got out all the food and cooked it up for Huck Finn, after Huck got away from the feud. “I hadn’t had a bite to eat since yesterday, so Jim he got out some corn-dodgers and buttermilk, and pork and cabbage and greens-there ain’t nothing in the world so good when it’s cooked right-and whilst I eat my supper we talked and had a good time” (p.116). This shows that Jim cares for Huck because Jim made sure Huck was well fed, once he got on the raft. This shows that Jim cares for Huck, not only as a friend but as a