How Is Huck Finn A Dynamic Character

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Huck, from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, was a very complex and dynamic character who develops in many different ways through out the story. The setting of the book took place back in the 1830s, in the southern slave states of America. Huck is a 12 year old boy living with his aunt Sally. His best friend is Tom Sawyer, another kid in similar age, but different in many ways. Huck is thrust into a crazy adventure when he runs away from his abusive Pap and finds himself helping a runaway slave, named Jim, escape into freedom. He quickly became fond of Jim and the reader can quickly see a friendship built. Huck Finn showed through out the book that going against society norms and sticking to your ethics can help build friendships …show more content…

Huckleberry Finn is only a 12 year old boy, but shows he is mature beyond his years many times throughout the story. He is a major and dynamic character who is also the main protagonist. When the story seems to show Huck is growing and developing into a young man, his best friend, Tom, is brought back and brings the child back out of Him. Tom comes up with these crazy plans and ideas, and Huck goes along with them, showing that he still has a ways to go before being a real mature person. Tom and Huck are trying to find a way to break Jim out of where he is being held, Huck tells the readers, "Tom told me what his plan was, and I see in a minute it was worth fifteen of mine for style, and would make Jim just as free a man as mine would, and maybe get us all killed besides. So I was satisfied, and said we would waltz in on it." (Twain 301). Tom just came up with a ridiculous plan while Huck had one that was …show more content…

The ones I think he is most like are Eragon, Holden Caulfield, and Percy Jackson. He is comparable to Eragon because they both are younger and take on a long arduous adventure. Eragon is only 16 when he must take down an entire empire with his dragon. They both are brave and show wisdom that far surpasses their age. I also believe he is like Holden Caulfield because both of them see how horrible the world can be when their on their adventure. Holden often calls people "phonys" because he thinks their not honest and just are pretenders. They both showed that they can handle life by themselves even though they aren't even adults yet. I compared Huck to Percy Jackson for much of the same reason I used Eragon. Percy is also thrust into an improbable adventure and he uses his bravery and friends to over come it. Percy and Huck shared that they both have a unstable family life, Percy only had his mom and abusive step-dad, while Huck had his aunt and his terrible

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