In this book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck would do anything to get out of his old life. Huck runs away from his dad and fakes his death. He runs away to Johnson Island. His friend Jim runs away to the same island. He ran away because he was going to be sold as a slave. Everyone in the town gets the idea that Jim ran away because he kill Huck. It is ironic that they both ran away in a couple of days a part. Everyone in the town figures that Jim killed Huck.
The only reason I think that they are doing that is because that Jim is a black person and he is a slave. Even thought that Jim has some white in his blood they don’t think that slaves should be equal as white people. Huck is surprised that Jim, of all people would run away. When Jim tells Huck that He ran away being all ashamed by saying, “I- I run off” and Huck replying in shock “Jim” (Twain 56). Huck has to choose to make either to not tell anyone about Jim or tell someone. Huck thinks that Jim shouldn’t have done that. I think that Huck shouldn’t tell anyone about Jim. If Huck didn’t have Jim, Huck would be lost and wouldn’t know what to do on the island. Jim is in the story because i think he is a foil to Huck. Making Huck look better than what he is.
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That is a good point but i would not turn in Jim. He helped Huck in his journy.
ReplyDeleteThis is important because Huck would not have servived whith out his help. Jim is a big help to Huck. Turning in Jim would hurt his chance of living. Jim and Huck make good friends and if they are spilt up, the book would go bad. Plus the one on top is form me. I didnt mean to post it.
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Jim is a very important character in this book. Their relationship seems to be a relationship of Jim and Huck heavily relying on each other to get through tough times. And I think that throughout the book Huck sees how much he does matter to him, and how much he has helped him. So it makes Huck re-think slavery, and how underneath the skin everyone is a human being.
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