Friendship In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

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In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, a major theme that transpired was one of friendship between two unlikely characters. This novel tells a story about the different experiences and developing friendship of the novel’s main characters, Huck and Jim. Huck was a young boy trying to escape from his life, and Jim, was a black slave, wanting to escape from being sold to a farmer in the South. They begin their journey on a quest to find freedom. Huck is seeking to free himself from the bitter grasp of society, and Jim is looking for freedom from oppression. Huck has been taught to despise the abolitionist’s beliefs, and finds himself in a predicament, when he is called upon to help a slave. Circumstances prevent him from finding a good enough reason to turn Jim in, and as a result, the two develop a special bond. One of the main characters Huckleberry Finn grew up in Missouri, and from an early age felt he did not belong there. He grew up in a household where his father was a drunk and rarely home, and his mother had passed away. He never had anyone who cared for him. He did not have a role model present in his life. Huck started caring for Widow Douglas and Miss Watson, who quickly changed Huck’s way of life and made him believe that slavery was acceptable and that anyone helping a slave would go straight to Hell. They believed he needed to grow up and become an adult. Not long after moving in with these retired ladies, Huck ran away. When he came back he started school and attended church. A few months later Huck’s father returned and kidnapped Huck. Huck staged his own death and ran away, determined to never be found. When he makes it to Jackson's Island in the middle of the Mississippi River he runs into Jim who was one of Miss Watson’s slaves. Jim had overheard that he was going to be sold to a farm in the south, so he made the decision to run
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