Twain portrays Huck as an average boy of his time, mischievous, adventurous and funny. ... Watson's big nigger, named Jim, was setting in the kitchen door, we could see him pretty clear". ... Watson's run away slave in the story, is part of the black class. We see the sub ordinance that blacks were placed in America, because blacks were not allowed to be in the house, because they were uneducated, and had to be working in the fields. ... This shows the reader that blacks are so low, that the white people place prices on the blacks. ...

• Word Count: 1717
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Huck and Jim have a friendship, which is transformed through time and trust, but always has the reminder that one is white and the other is black. ... Huck is a strong-willed, free-spirited individual who attempts to portray himself as a bad boy, but he often finds himself doing just the opposite. ... I been setting here talking with you all night till you went to sleep about ten minutes ago, and I reckon I done the same" (93). ... As a result, Huck feels bad and apologizes to Jim, which shows that Huck now has respect for him, even though he is black. ... Though he doesn't make it cl...

• Word Count: 1792
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Huck Finn is a novel that incorporates the struggles of a young boy, Huck Finn, with that of a cruel, careless world, on his travel down the Mississippi River in attempt at finding his own identity. ... An example of his Pride is seen when an inebriated Pap verbally attacks free blacks in the States. ... For example, "There couldn't anything wake them up all over, and make them happy all over, like a dog-fight - unless it might be putting turpentine on a stray dog and setting fire to him, or tying a tin pan to his tail and see him run himself to death" (124). ... The wondrous adventure...

• Word Count: 1675
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Although their moral maturity is results of two very different time periods and settings, the reader notices a parallel between these two stories. This parallel is how each boy grows to understand either himself and/ or the society that he is living in and learns how to make decisions on his own. ... They see grown-ups in black and white; if they liked someone, that person was a hero, if they did not; he or she was a villain. ...

• Word Count: 1268
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain Plot, Character, and Setting Plot 1. ... Nevertheless, Huck is still a boy, and is influenced by others, particularly by his imaginative friend, Tom and Jim. ... Because Jim is a black man and a runaway slave, he is at the pity of almost all the other characters in the novel and is often forced into ridiculous and humiliating situations. ...

• Word Count: 1157
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although their moral maturity is results of two very different time periods and settings, the reader notices a parallel between these two stories. This parallel is how each boy grows to understand either himself and/ or the society that he is living in and learns how to make decisions on his own. ... They see grown-ups in black and white; if they liked someone, that person was a hero, if they did not; he or she was a villain. ...

• Word Count: 1277
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School