Monday, January 28, 2008
Huck and Jim are unlikely friends, but in a way they complete each other. Jim is very superstitious, which is in contrast to the Christian morals that Miss Watson and the widow Douglass were trying to instill in Huck. Huck attempts to talk Jim out of his superstitions, but they turn out to be right most of the time. Jim seems to be the most wise adult in the novel, and Huck learns to appreciate him for it. Huck learns to judge situations and people for himself, rather than letting the words of Miss Watson take over his judgement. He grows because he learns to tell right from wrong on his own. He makes very brave and unusual decisions for the time period. The most moving part of the novel is when Huck decides that he must not write Miss Watson to turn in Jim. He claims that he'll just go to hell for it, but in reality, he made the most moral decision of any character in the novel. Jim challenges Huck to see the world through his own eyes and to trust his own gut feelings. We see true humanity in both Jim and Huck. Jim is a loving and wise man who longs for his family, while Huck is a young boy struggling to discern right from wrong in a world where hypocrisy runs rampant.
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