Huckleberry Finn may not be very smart but he can read and write. I have always loved playing tricks on Huck because he acts as a lackey to me. He looks up to me and sees me as being august. My greatest prank I have ever pulled off was the time when the gang had just broken up. Huck and I were talking about a month after the gang had broken up. I was thinking about playing a subterfuge on him. I said that there was a group of Arabs and Spaniards who had set up camp in town and had hundreds of different animals and also had diamonds. My plan was to unobtrusively sneak up and to the animals, who were holding the diamonds, and surreptitious the diamonds. I was ready to pull off this amazing prank on Huck. I had no idea where we were going or what would happen. …show more content…
I told him that we were going to be furtive as we up and rob a bunch of arabs. When Huck came out from where we hid close by, he was very surprised. As I had suspected there were no Arabs, Spaniard, or animals, but there was something going on as Huck jumped out and tried to sequester the territory. He had interrupted some type of class that was in session. Later we learned that it was a Sunday school, that we had interrupted. I have always thought of Huck as being slavish. To Huck all my stories appear to be ostensible. There has never been a day yet where Huckleberry Finn has caught me fibbing. In a way I have sequestered Huck Finn and can get him to anything I want. This was by far one of the greatest pranks I've done on Huck. I have told him some crazy things and I think that he believes everything I have told him. It is only a matter of time till he starts to learn if what I tell him is a prank or not. Until then I am going to to keep telling him crazy and unbelievable
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.
Huck realized how bad Jim felt after he played this prank on him, and even though the time period they are in, Huck still felt bad for doing this to Jim. He vowed never to play a trick like that on him again, which shows that he sees Jim as a friend, and is treating him like a human being, rather than a slave. Another time when Huck demonstrates true friendships is when he did not turn Jim in. While Huck and Jim were traveling down the Mississippi, they ended up needing some more supplies so Huck had to go into town to get some things. While he was in town, he found out that some men were going to go looking for Jim on the island that they were staying on.
Huckleberry Finn was quite the mischievous kid. In fact, in our culture today, he would be found atrocious. Huck may act in misconduct, but he didn 't have much guidance growing up. His family certainly didn 't provide leadership. Huck, being in such a situation, doesn 't seem to have faith.
There was a couple of times where Huck realized that what he was doing was not only wrong, but illegal, and wondered if he should do the right thing, but decided against it. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck sees Jim as a slave, friend, and a father
I wish we could have some bad luck like this every day, Jim” (Twain 66). Later, Huck begins to realize that his lies are not helping, but only building up internal emotion and affecting others negatively. Huck confesses while talking with Mary Jane, "Mary Jane 'll be in mourning from this out; and first you know the nigger that does up the rooms will get an order to box these duds up and put 'em away; and do you reckon a nigger can run across money and not borrow some of it?" (Twain 207). Huck is starting to grow up and really understand right from wrong.
Comparison: My Life to Huck Finn’s Throughout my life, there have been numerous occasions in which I haven’t felt completely free to do what it is I want. Much like Huck, I would often try to sneak away from my house to explore. I can’t remember a time that I actually got away with it, but I would always try nonetheless. However, it never felt like I was being forced into a way of life like Huck was. Huck had it much harder, and grew up in a more harsh condition than what I was put into.
174. When Huck was talking about this about the king and duke shows he is maturing and had a true feeling for people. In the book, The Adventures of hHuckleberry Finn by Mark Twain , Huck realizes some important lessons on his trip to save Jim. He takes in the aspects of life, and the line between good and bad. He also knows that now the immaturity of some level of jokes can undermine the lives of others if not thought out right.
Imagine a character whose morals grow throughout the novel as well as develops into a mature and sophisticated man. This is what a bildungsroman novel is all about, however this is not Huck Finn. Throughout the entirety of the novel not once does Huck show any means of growth or change in maturity. Huck doesn’t know where he belongs in the world and never finds out in the end. He runs away to the west to avoid the convention of society and expectations of him in society.
The Superstitious, and the Supernatural What is Superstition? Superstition is defined as “ a widely held but unjustified belief in supernatural causation leading to certain consequences of an action or event, or a practice based on such a belief. “ From beginning to end, superstition plays a big role in the characters of Huckleberry Finn, and is an ubiquitous theme throughout the novel. In this interpretation, Huck rebels against society, religion is a symbol for society, and huck uses his superstition as a mean to escape from it.
Huckleberry Finn is a story about a rambunctious young boy who adventures off down the Mississippi River. “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain demonstrates a situation where a Huck tries to find the balance between what is right and what is wrong. Huck faces many challenges in which his maturity will play a part in making the correct decision for himself and his friend Jim. Huck becomes more mature by the end of the novel by showing that he can make the correct decisions to lead Jim to the freedom he deserves. One major factor where Huck matures throughout the novel is through his experience.
When Huck hears this from Jim, it tares at Huck. He decides not to turn in Jim (which he could have done easily.) Huck’s conscience basically ate him alive. Huck was on the verge of turning in Jim, and seemed that was what he should do. However after thinking about it, Huck decided he would feel worse if he turned Jim in as opposed to keeping him free.
They asked him about a runaway slave and Huck said he did not know on the runaway slave but he would keep a lookout. Huck said that his Pap was on the boat. That his mother and rest of his family got sick and died. Which made the slave hunters turn away. Before they left they pushed a piece of board with silver to huck.
To begin, Twain targets Huckleberry Finn's innocence and uses it as a way to show that anyone being raised in a racist, pro-slavery America was conflicted between morals and laws. At first, Huck is a "rebel" in his own mind, so to say, and tries to avoid becoming "sivilized" from the Widow Douglas. He sticks to what he knows, and uses his experience with people and his own judgment to make decisions like an adult, something quite
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a classic novel that takes the reader on a series of thrilling adventures full of life threatening situations, racism, and slavery. The author Mark Twain, uses the novel to highlight the flaws in society by creating a character like Huck, whose personal sense of morals and justice are more noble than those of the very people trying to civilize him. Throughout this captivating novel Huck endures his fair share of trouble and morally challenging decision but he always comes out on top by following his heart and doing what he feels to be right.
Naturally, as his bond with Jim cultivates, Huck unknowingly treats him as a human. Through Huck’s sensibility, he states, “It didn’t take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn’t no kings nor dukes at all … I hadn’t no objections, ‘long as it would keep peace in the family; and it warn’t no use to tell Jim, so I didn’t tell him” (Twain 125). Correspondingly, Huck gains a consideration for Jim and his personal feelings, which he expresses nonchalantly through motley aspects of their journey.