Relationship between Huck and Jim

Masson Lopez

Mrs. Moore

ENG III P. 6

1 March 2018

Relationship between Huck and Jim

The adventure of Huckleberry Finn which was written by Mark Twain is a famed novel touching the classical American adventure story which throws the innocent and curious mind of Huckleberry Finn into a very hypocritical judgment as well as hostile world. In the novel, the audiences are made to understand that through friendship an individual can overcome prejudice, ignorance, as well as misunderstanding amongst themselves and other people. In the story, Huck meets Jim and they accept each other since they are both running for their freedom. However, at the beginning of the story, Huck viewed Jim as a slave who in some cases was taken as a piece of property, instead of a human being, as he said in the book “Miss Watson’s nigger” (Twain 17). Conversely, this changed as the two travelled down the Mississippi River, therefore, becoming dependent on each other. The main focus of this paper would be an absolute father-son relationship between Huck and Jim on their pilgrimage down the river.
​To begin with, throughout the journey, society’s views on the overall being of the black individual had a huge impact on how Huck behaved. At the beginning of the novel, we could see Huck and Tom going out and decided to play a certain trick game by taking Jim’s hat while he was asleep and placing it on a tree branch which was above his head. Throughout the whole journey, Huck could constantly play a prank on Jim (Greg). Apparently, Huck viewed Jim as a total joke, a standpoint that results from the color Jim possess. However, by the time Huck and Jim found each other besides Jackson Isle, it felt like a dream setting altogether.
​        Also, both Huck and Jim are portrayed to be yearning for freedom In essence, Huck had to break from the pressure caused to him by the society he came from, on the other hand, Jim was as well longing to have freedom from slavery, and both had to come together to look for freedom (Greg). However, they both viewed the nature of their freedom in a different manner altogether. While Jim hopes to be reunited with his family where he could regain the liberty of a common person, Huck’s freedom was in regard to personal freedom, a sense of escaping the rules and living an adventure as well (Greg). Huck was running to a place where he could do whatever he wanted.
​        However, their chances of being caught while on the run were when Jim fell sick, therefore putting both the individuals in a clear danger. Additionally, all through Jim did not reprimand Huck for the unthoughtful things that he did throughout the journey (Greg). Primarily this brought out the feeling that despite Jim was older, Huck superior nature comes in because he was a white individual while Jim was a mere back slave who could not say anything. Whenever Huck revealed to Jim about his wild plans, Jim always insisted that he should not do them; however, Huck could always find a way and do his wild ideas.
​        In conclusion, the journey down the Mississippi was never going to be easy given the different nature of both Jim and Huck. However, bound by their common agenda of freedom, they both sail well in the wake of a tough run. The relationship between the two personalities was separated by the difference between their racial alignments. While Jim was older than Huck, Huck always finds his way as being superior given the fact he was a white person and Jim a slave. This as an aspect that was clear throughout the journey especially when Huck and Tom played a prank on Jim, indicating he was no special but rather a joke.

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