Thursday, May 6, 2010

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn- Jordan Perkins

Huck Matures throughout this entire story, and can be seen in many instances; but I will show two. In the beginning when Huck finds Jim on the island he always planed to turn Jim in. As the story progresses, Huck finds himself becoming less racist, and starting to believe all people are equal. Even when Huck places the dead snake in Jims sleeping bag, which gets Jim bit by the snakes mate. Jim always was able to forgive and forget, show that he was just as big a man, or bigger man than Huck is. When Huck and Jim travel down the river, and the steam ship clips the raft; in which Huck and Jim are separated. Jim gets supplies for them to keep moving, and try’s to get Huck to stay with him. Yet if Huck was placed in the similar situation some might believe he would leave Jim at that point in the story. Yet the main point where it is evident that Huck has changed is when Jim was sold by the kings, and turned into a slave again. This tears apart Huck on the inside, and makes him want to try anything to get Jim back, even going to hell.

The second evidence of this is when Huck finds the “king” and “duke”. Even though he can tell they are complete con-men, he lets them travel with him, and even is told to call them “sir” and “your lordship”. But almost as soon as he met them he remember things he has learned from his dad, “The best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way,” (137). This second point shows how throughout the story Huck puts up with them just so there is now trouble on the raft. If Huck had been put into this situation when he was still in town he would have right away called them out and let the trouble begin, but with all of these new experiences and life changes, he has grown and see’s how thing will turn out. -Jordan Perkins

2 comments:

  1. I think that Huck does mature throughout the book and this does show through his relationship with Jim. However, I do not think he made the right choice with keeping the Duke and the King on the raft. The only thing they could do was make trouble, and they did. If they were not as good as they were at what they did, Jim and Huck could have been killed. If another person tried to do what they pulled off, they probably would have been caught. I would have kicked them off the raft, even if it had to be by force while they were sleeping, when they told their first lie. Maybe not for any lie, but it was a huge lie.

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  2. Yeah, I think that Huck mature the book. Huck learns not to be so raciest against black people. He learns that everyone is equal and everyone should be treated the same. I don’t think it was right of Huck to let the duke and king on the raft and have them keep on going down the river. It would have been better to have left them as they were when they first meet them. Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn .New York: Penguin Book, 1986, 1884. Print

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