Examples Of Thoughtfulness In Huckleberry Finn

Jim

Inside every man lies the excitement of childhood burdened with responsibility. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain, Jim is thoughtful, logical, and superstitious. The first reason Jim is considered thoughtful is because he offers to help people without anything in return. For example, in the book Jim and Huck take turns doing night watch duty, so Jim will often tell Huck that he will wake him up when it is his turn, but let him sleep all night long, “I had the middle watch, you know, but I was pretty sleepy by that time, so Jim he said he would stand the first half of it for me” (p. 127). Jim offers to take the whole night shift, and not sleep at all that night, that act of kindness proves that Jim is thoughtful because he let Huck sleep becauses he knows that he is tired and wants to let him rest. Another example of Jim being thoughtful is when he and Huck climbed aboard of a boat that they found, and found a dead man lying on the floor of the boat, and Jim hurries and covers the man up so that Huck won’t see him, “Jim throwed some old rags over him, but he needn’t done it; I didn’t want to see him” (p. 50). That is thoughtful because he saves Huck from finding out who it really was.

The first reason Jim is logical is because he is

6). That is superstitious because there is no such thing as witches. Also, Jim believes that if people count their food then it will bring them bad luck, “Jim said you mustn't count the things you are going to cook for dinner, because that would bring bad luck” (p. 45). That is also superstitious because the food that is about to get eaten is just food, it can’t bring good luck, or bad