Reading Reaction -- 8.26.09

[Ryan Browne]

Please compose a reading reaction to ONE of the following prompts. 250
words.

1. Point out specific places in the text where Twain uses irony
(irony: a contrast between what is said and what is meant). Point out
specific places in the text where Twain uses satire (satire: the
assertion of a critical outlook on humanity through the use of
ambivalent or loaded terminology, sarcasm, irony, mockery, hyperbole,
or understatement).

2. Do you think Jim trusts Huck? Cite specific examples from the text.

[Luke]

Jim knows Huck won’t turn him in and while he looks out for Huck’s
safety, Huck looks out for his. Because Jim is a runaway slave, Huck
knows better than to tell the truth when he’s questioned about Jim.
For example, in Chapter twenty, the duke and king, ask Huck if Jim is
a runaway slave and he lies. Huck tells them that he was his own with
his family’s property (Jim) after the raft was run over by a steamboat
and killed his Pa, so Jim was the only thing he had left. Also, that
too many people would come up in broad daylight and ask if Jim was
runaway so they could take him away and that’s why they only traveled
nights.
After Jim is sold off by the duke, Huck writes a letter to Tom Sawyer
to tell Miss Watson about Jim’s situation but then realized Jim would
be sold by her anyways. Huck then vows to go save Jim from captivity
and that doesn’t care if he goes to hell (Chapter 31). I think it is
now revealed that Huck truly cares for Jim and their friendship makes
Huck listen to his own judgment of moral code, rather than the beliefs
that society is trying to teach him to follow.
Huck had always been a true, but probably, the only friend, Jim has
ever had since his family was sold off. After every obstacle they ran
into on the river, Huck saved him from being taken away back into
slavery and he knew that Huck was Jim’s only way of reuniting with his
family.

[Tricia]

Jim may not have initially trusted Huck, but through simple acts of
kindness their trust and friendship bonds grew throughout the
adventure. The initial act of Huck showing respect for Jim was when
Huck came to Jim and respected his belief of a hairball as psychic and
advice on dealing with his father. This showed Jim that Huck respected
him as a person and his viewpoint on life. Huck’s initial respect was
a great platform on which the journey could begin.
Another reason that Jim’s trust in Huck could develop was the fact
that Jim believed and supported Huck when he explained how he had
faked his own death. Jim says, “Well, I b’lieve you, Huck. I-I run
off” (134). The belief and support Jim shows for Huck helps him to
pledge to Jim that he will never tell that he has run off “people
would call me a low down abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum.
But that don’t make no difference…”(134). For a young boy raised in a
racist society that is a huge promise and gives Jim a lot of
confidence in Huck.
Lastly, if being his companion on the entire journey is not enough to
make Jim trust Huck than giving him payment after making him play
prisoner is a great act of kindness and confidence on Huck’s part. Not
only is Huck helping set Jim free, but also he is paying him to help
him make his way to freedom! This is when Huck truly denounces society
and views Jim as a friend and fellow human being.
Jim and Huck had to work at a trusting relationship just like any
other human beings. With a strong platform and simply acts of honesty
and kindness, Jim definitely learns to trust Huck.

On Aug 25, 8:57 am, Ryan Browne <ryan.j.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Cori Powell]

1. Mark Twain demonstrates the use of irony and satire many times
throughout this novel. Some are more apparent than others, however ,
I’ve noticed so many already in the readings that our class has
accomplished.
The first example I found, was Twain’s wording of describing Jim as a
“savage.” This is ironic, because throughout the novel, we find that
Jim seems more level-headed and has a more civilized code than a lot
of the other characters in the story. This is also proved with a
quote from chapter 14, "...he judged it was all up with him anyway it
could be fixed; for if he didn't get saved he would get drownded; and
if he did get saved, whoever saved him would send him back home so as
to get the reward, and then Miss Watson would sell him South, sure.
Well, he was right; he was most always right; he had an uncommon level
head for a nigger."
Huck’s father also had opinions of his own. “Oh yes this is a
wonderful govment, wonderful. Why looky here, there was a free nigger
there from Ohio...,” Mark Twain quotes Pap to satirize both the
government and racism. Pap represents the close-minded, southern
whites and how they felt about free blacks. He mocks how the
government has outlawed slavery in the northern states and how the
southern states couldn’t do anything about it.

On Aug 25, 8:57 am, Ryan Browne <ryan.j.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Cori Powell]

In the first chapter of the book, Jim clearly does not have
trust for Huck. Huck and Tom run into an encounter with Jim and I if
there was trust from the start, Huck would have run out and spoke to
Jim instead of causing a “look out” commotion. As the adventures begin
to unwind, Jim has to learn to trust Huck. They both are run away
people in society. You can clearly see some trust starting in this
section of reading on page 187. Jim is incredibly happy to see Huck
because he thought he had been shot. They both quickly hop into the
raft and head down the river to save Huck from anymore fights. Trust
has to be enlisted before Huck should hop in a raft with Jim and take
off. I feel that the trust grows stronger when the two encounter two
gentlemen who quickly call themselves “king” and “duke”. They ask Huck
if Jim is a run away slave and Huck slams out sarcasm saying “Goodness
sakes, would a runaway nigger run south?” (pg 193). Not only does Huck
prove that Jim should trust him but Jim shows his faith in Hucks
decisions. On page 146, Huck gives Jim specific orders to get the raft
ready and even though Jim was scared, he followed the orders perfect
to save them. The final example of why I believe Jim trusts Huck is
because Jim always asks for Hucks opinion. “Don’t it ‘sprise you, de
way dem kings carries on, Huck?” (pg 210) Jim always listens to what
Huck has to say and has faith in his opinion. I think the way these
two characters lean on each other is exceptional to read and allows
their adventures to carry on.

[Calan]

Does Jim trust Huck? I believe that Jim trusts Huck simply
because Huck is all he knows at this point. They are two runaways that
need each other to survive. Jim has no choice but to trust Huck. I
also believe that Huck has been a loyal friend that deserves trust.
When Huck and Jim are separated in the night of the big fog I realized
how much Jim loved Huck. When the two met up again the next morning
after being apart for the night a tear came to Jim’s eye when he saw
Huck’s face. That tear did not come to Jim’s face because he was an
emotional man. The tear came to his face because he had just reunited
with the person that he had trust could get him out of slavery. Huck
played it off like he was on the raft the entire night and that Jim
simply dreamed that the two separated. Jim was confused at first then
he realized what Huck was trying to do. This made Jim pretty mad so he
told Huck that only trash would treat a friend that way. At that point
I thought Huck had lost Jim’s trust but the next day Huck leaves Jim
no choice but to trust him. Huck’s conscious was telling him to turn
Jim in to the authorities and quit helping Jim escape when Jim mention
stealing his children out of slavery. Huck knew in his heart that he
should help Jim through the situation so Huck covered for Jim after
being confronted by people of the town. The two have developed a
strong bond that is made stronger with trust.

[Kristofer Khoury]

Do you think Jim trusts Huck?

In the story of Huckleberry Finn it is obvious that Jim has a
gullible nature. This shows that Jim has faith in most of his friendly
encounters, especially Huck. When Huck makes up a story to the duke
and king asking "is Jim a runaway slave?" Huck lies to help preserve
Jim's freedom. Jim then states how he will never forget Jim's
kindness. Jim has a love for Huck that is deeper than just a friendly
relationship but more as a father and child figure. This establishes
when he does not want Huck to see his dead father's pain when arriving
towards the house boat knowing it is Papa Finn. Just like Huck, Jim
will sacrifice his life for his friends. Huck saves Jim in every river
encouter to keep him out of slavery. Huck seems to be Jim's only
friend, especially since all of Jim's family was sold off.
There are countless opportunites for Jim to leave Huck in the
tale yet he sticks by Huck's side so they can escape together. Later
in the story when Jim and Huck get separated in the fog is foreshadows
that Jim freedom is not worth Huck's life. Jim states, "heart wus mos'
broke bekase you wuz los', en I didn' k'yer no mo' what bcome er me en
da raf'." This reminds readers that Jim will readily risk his life to
help Huck. In the end when Jim has a chance for freedom he stays by
Tom Sawyer giving another example of his loyalty. Not only did Jim
trust Huck, he was a loyal friend to Huck and Tom and his own family.

[mikecb122]

With both Jim and Huck being run aways so to speak they had some what
of a natural bond. Obviously in the beginning Jim had trouble trusting
anybody, so their friendship took some time to develop. Huck would
eventually prove how much he cares for Jim when he said "I'd rather go
to hell rather than betray the trust that has grown between us". Huck
may have been over stating his feelings a little bit, but it became
very evident that the two had a real bond. It could be argued that Jim
doesn't necessarily trust Jim, rather he is just dependent on the help
of a white man to exist. Even when Jim reached Jackson's island, he
made no real effort to escape to the slave free area of Illinois. He
stayed there for days until recieving help from Huck. When Huck told
countless lies like Jim having smallpox in order to save him from
slave hunters, Jim began to realize that Huck was a true friend, but
even Jim had to question his motives. Was Hucks' personal struggle
between right and wrong in this time of great controversy over slavery
a personal moral quest, or was the two of them forming a true bond?
All things being considered, I would have to lean towards the notion
that Jim trusted Huck more out of necessity than choice.

On Aug 25, 8:57 am, Ryan Browne <ryan.j.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:

[cjrogers]

I do think that Jim trusts Huck.Jim may be nervous trusting Huck due
to the fact that Huck is a child and Jim is not sure how reliable Huck
can be. Although Jim may have been skeptical of Huck's motives, Huck
proves to be trustworthy when the Duke and King ask if Jim is a
runaway slave. Huck explains that Jim belongs to him and is just
following him. This is where I personally think that the trust is
fully embraced. Jim realizes that Huck is looking out for him. Jim
looks out for Huck in the physical sense. Jim can defend him and keep
him safe, but it is a mutual friendship because Huck also protects Jim
from being arrested for running away. They both are alone and could
not survive without the help of the other. So while Jim may be
skeptical, he has no other choice but to trust him because Jim needs
Huck's protection as much as Huck needs Jim's. Obviously Jim has to
have some trust in Huck if he is wiling to run away with him to try to
escape society together. It takes a lot of trust in an individual to
run away and depend on them to help you through your journey. After
Jim gets sold, Huck attempts to save him, this truly shows the bond
that they have created because Jim was confident that Huck would
actually free him and Huck did not want to let his friend be taken
somewhere.

[Matt Rotenstreich]

Matt Rotenstreich
Reading Response
Question 2

I think Jim and Huck have developed a long lasting, trustworthy
relationship throughout their journeys on the river. Huck constantly
protects Jim by avoiding people while on the river to disguise Jim so
he doesn’t get taken back into slavery. When Huck lives with the
Grangerford’s for a few days, Jim waits patiently for Huck in swamps,
living in harsh conditions. This devotion shows Jim’s care and respect
for Huck, letting the readers know that they trust each other. Jim and
Huck spend many nights on the raft talking and looking at the stars.
Jim tells Huck stories about his family and trusts that Huck will help
to get him home safely to them. Jim is still on the run and Huck is
the only white person he has a choice to trust. He is trying to get
back to his family and he trust that Huck has a plan to do this. Huck
also proves his loyalty to Jim by lying to the Duke and King when they
ask if Jim is a runaway slave. Huck lies and says that he is his
family’s slave and all Huck has left of a family. This furthermore
proves to Jim that Huck can be trusted and is looking out for Jim’s
best interest. The only skeptical part about this relationship is that
Jim should be the one to be looked up to because he is the adult in
this situation. I think that Jim was nervous at first but learns to
adapt and trust Huck as these situations keep arising.

[John]

I think that Jim trusts Huck completely. Huck treats Jim like a peer
and does not condescend him. Huck and Jim share a special kind of
bond in that they both don't really have any family to speak of and
really no true friends until they set out on their adventure with each
other. They become extremely close through shared hardship and it's
this relationship that makes Jim so completely trusting of Huck.
Throughout the story they are constantly looking out for one another
and saving each others lives. The most pivotal point in their
relationship is in chapter XV when Huck plays a trick on Jim and makes
him believe that he had dreamed that Huck was lost. Jim realizes that
Huck has tricked him and tells Huck how it really made him feel,

"my heart wuz mos' broke bekase you wuz los', en I didn' k'yer no mo'
what become er me en de raf'. En when I wake up en fine you back
agin', all safe en soun', de tears come en I could a got down on my
knees en kiss'yo'foot I's so thankful. En all you wuz thinkin' 'bout
wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie."

This makes Huck feel pretty low as he shows in this quote,"It was
fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself
to a nigger- but I done it, and I warn't ever sorry for it afterwards,
neither. I didn't do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn't done
that one if I'd a knowed it would make him feel that way."

This example shows the real forming of their deep bond and there are
countless other events throughout the book that show them taking care
of each other.

[vsjackson]

Mark Twain begins his novel with a “Notice” for his readers. This
notice is ironic because Twain does not literally mean what he has
written in the notice. For example, he says that persons attempting to
find a plot in the novel will be shot. This is obviously not true, but
it does make the reader focus on the plot and on what Twain is really
writing about. Mark Twain was expecting controversy over his novel and
wrote this notice to let his readers know that he knew that the
material in the novel will come across as controversial to some.
Twain also uses satire throughout the novel. On page 124 Pap is
talking to Huck and says. “ They call that a govment that cant’t sell
a free nigger till he’s been in the State six months. Here’s a
govement that calls itselft govment, and let on to be a govment, and
thinks it is a govment, and yet’s got to set stockhill for six months
before it cn take ahold of prowling theivin, white shirted free
nigger, and—“ Twain is making fun of the government because they are
giving a slave a little bit of freedom only to take it from them 6
months later. The government may let a slave vote in one state but
they are still not free and can be sold after 6 months of being in the
states. Twain is mocking the government because it thinks it is being
open minded and kinder to black people but in reality it isn’t at
all.

On Aug 25, 9:57 am, Ryan Browne <ryan.j.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Kristen]

2. Do you think Jim trusts Huck? Cite specific examples from the
text.

I believe it is quite obvious from the beginning the Jim trusts
Huck without a doubt. He trusts him enough to tell him as soon as he
sees him that he ran away. He only asked him once to not tell anyone
and left it at that. In my opinion, if he doubted him at all, he
would have been making sure and double checking that he could trust
Huck.
The trust that Jim has for Huck, I believe, stems from the fact
that they both have broken families. Jim was separated from his
family when he was sold to the widow and Huck's father is only around
when it is convenient for him. Huck, in a way, sees Jim as the father-
figure he never had but not in a way that seems authoritative. He,
really, is just there for him and easy for him to talk to. And Huck
is there in much the same way for Jim; except Huck allows Jim to be a
father while he is separated from his own children. They trust one
another because they are there for one another and they fill each
other's voids. Not to mention, they are both in fear of being caught
for the same thing. And, in all honesty, given Pap's way of
punishment, I feel they both were in fear of the same repercussions.
Therefore, they trusted one another to keep the other's secret.
Huck only further proves that Jim can trust him when he says that
he is not a runaway slave. Huck could very well get Jim in more
trouble than he's ever known but they had bonded together and Huck
would never have betray him.

[Ali Smith]

Mark Twain develops an unlikely but strong bond between Jim and
Huck in the novel. The two boys, although of different races, have
been placed in very similar situations. Huck escapes to Jackson Island
to get away from his cruel and drunken father who has recently been
keeping him hostage. However long Pap disappears for, he always seems
to be a constant scare for Huck. Jim, on the other hand, escapes to
Jackson Island for fear of being sold to a slave owner; a fear that
Jim constantly faces throughout the novel. Once on the island, the
boys are force to depend on one another and quickly bond. From the
beginning, Jim and Huck display signs of friendship for each other
that continue to grow stronger as the novel progresses. One of the
first instances is when Jim tells Huck to stay back from the boat; he
wants to protect Huck from seeing his father dead. Huck constantly
struggles with the issue of whether or not to turn Jim in. Twain
places Huck in a situation where he is forced to choose between what
society says is right and what he believes to be right in his heart.
After Jim is captured by the Dauphin and sold, we are able to see Huck
prove himself a loyal friend. In chapter 31, Huck declares, “All right
then, I’ll go to hell!” and resolves to “steal Jim out of slavery.”
Though these boys are of different races in a time where a friendship
of the sort would have been prohibited, they form a family and a loyal
bond to one another.

[Tracey]

1.
Twain uses Huck as a proxy for his own ideas and thoughts about a
number of things throughout the novel. Twain kills off Huck's father,
but has already replaced the father-figure with Jim. In Chapter 9, Jim
shows his affection for Huck by shielding him from the potential pain
of seeing his dad dead. Jim knew the deceased man was Huck's father,
but kept Huck from looking by telling him the sight was "too ghastly."
Not only did Twain kill off Huck's father, he replaced him with a
person that was considered to be lower class than an alcoholic. Jim
was a slave, a runaway slave at that, but proved to be a better
substitute dad than Huck's paternal father. Jim has some very
superstitious beliefs. It is incredibly ironic that Huck believes in
superstitions, but has no use for organized religion. Huck thinks
Jim's beliefs make more sense than the Widow's. In the novel,
religious views are looked upon by Huck as meaningless, because they
have no effect on his current situation. Huck asserts that prayer must
be only for those who hold a certain station in life, because when he
tried to pray, he didn't get the outcome he was hoping for. Organized
religion seems absurd to Huck, but it must be absurd for a reason. The
logical conclusion is that Huck finds religion absurd because Twain
finds religion absurd. Huck finds society revolting; Twain finds
society revolting.

[Michael]

Michael Patrick
Reading Response 8.26.2009
Mark Twain- Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Mark Twain is known for his various uses of humor in The Adventures of
Huckleberry Finn and throughout his other works as well. Twain’s use
of humor shows up a lot in Huckleberry Finn. One specific example is
the satirical humor he uses near the beginning of the novel when he is
talking about religion. “ Here she was a bothering about Moses, which
was no kin to her, and no use to anybody, being gone, you see, yet
finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good
in it.” Here Twain is mocking the blind following of religion in the
Antebellum period.

Another example of Twain’s humor is shown through irony. “… he had an
uncommon level head, for a nigger.” Huck Finn automatically assumes
that since Jim is an African American that he is not as smart as white
people, because he has been raised to believe that African American’s
are not capable of the intelligence of white people. His display of
astonishment at the fact that Jim has a level head is humorous because
of the common belief among white people that black people aren’t as
smart.

[Laura Pope]

2. Do you think Jim trusts Huck? Cite specific examples from the
text.

Although Jim is a black man and also now a runaway slave, I think that
he does trust Huck and that he and Huck have a very trusting
relationship. Even though Jim could be turned in by Huck, and in a
way, still probably feels that he must answer to Huck, because he is
not only white but also because Huck was adopted by his former owner,
making him sort of a slave to Huck in the beginning of their
friendship, I think he knows that Huck is not trying to wrong him in
any way. For example, at one point, after stealing food when they
weren’t able to buy any, both Jim and Huck start feeling bad about it
so they sacrifice some of their stolen food in an attempt to make
themselves feel better. This shows that Huck has a good heart just as
Jim does and I think lets him know that Huck is a good person and
wouldn't do anything to harm him or get him in trouble. Also, when
dealing with the King and the Duke, Huck has to cover for Jim, saying
that Jim is not a runaway slave, but a slave of his own family's. It
seems to me that Jim would realize at this point that if Huck was
untrustworthy, he probably would’ve just turned Jim in to keep himself
out of trouble since they’d already made it a long way in their
journey, and could maybe even make it the rest of the way without Jim.
However, whether Jim realized it or not, he is a major reason why they
had made it as far as they had by this point, and it would’ve been
harmful to both of them had Huck done something like turn Jim in.
Throughout their journey they have to do things like lie on each
other’s behalf, or travel only at night because Jim was in more danger
of being caught in the daytime. These types of sacrifices and favors
they do for each other, I think, make Jim very comfortable about their
relationship and trust Huck whole-heartedly.

[courtney]

In the book Mark Twain uses examples of both irony and satire. An
example of satire is in chapter nineteen when Jim and Huck meet the
two men. One of the men mentions that he is a duke. He goes on to tell
them how they should address him and that they should bow before they
speak to him and Jim even ends up waiting on him at dinner. Then after
all of that the older man goes on to say that he is a Dauphin. He even
had more requests that he wanted Jim and Huck to go. He told them to
get down on one knee when they spoke to him. Then he even wanted them
to not set down until he asked them to during a meal after they had
waited on him. It is easy to tell that these men were not telling the
truth. Especially since they had both made up a story. Huck even had
realized this but did not want to say so because he did not want to
start any fights.An example of irony is also in chapter nineteen. The
men asked if Jim was a runaway slave, Huck ends up sticking up for Jim
and says he belongs to his family. Huck mentions that if Jim were
running away he would not be running south. This shows that Huck does
care about Jim because he is trying to protect him. He even makes up a
story about what they were doing with the raft to make it seem more
believable.On Aug 25, 8:57 am, Ryan Browne <ryan.j.bro...@gmail.com>
wrote:> Please compose a reading reaction to ONE of the following

[Caleb Hall]

2. Do you think Jim trusts Huck?

Well like any relationship, Jim does not immediately trust Huck when
he meets him because that would be reckless and chances are that trust
would be betrayed. However, Jim does come to trust Huck throughout
their journey. There are several occasions throughout the novel that
Jim displays this trust and his feelings about Huck. Jim lets Huck
know that he does not know what he would do if anything happened to
Huck.
Huck in turn is the same way. The bonds of friendship cause trust to
grow between the two. Huck lies to people for Jim telling them that
Jim is not a runaway slave. Jim is like a bodyguard to Huck. Without
Jim, Huck’s adventure would definitely not have been as successful, if
it was successful at all. Jim protects Huck, watching over him almost
like a parent would watch over a child. Jim takes reassurance in
knowing that Huck is safe. I would say that Jim absolutely trusts
Huck, even if there is a slight doubt in his mind, he still trusts
him. Huck has shown great kindness to Jim on several occasions. The
trust that is between them is necessary for their adventure. Just as a
captain must trust his crew and vice versa, Jim trusts Huck.

On Aug 25, 8:57 am, Ryan Browne <ryan.j.bro...@gmail.com> wrote:

[Brittani Boice]

2.      Do you think Jim trusts Huck? Cite specific examples from the
text.

At the beginning of the book, I think that there is not much trust in
Jim and Huck’s relationship. This is demonstrated when Huck is
sneaking out of his house to meet Tom; Jim comes outside shouting
because he can hear someone. If Jim and Huck trusted each other at
this point, Huck would not have felt it necessary to sit completely
still for so long and then quickly run away but rather tell Jim it was
just him making noise. Although Jim and Huck do not have a trusting
relationship in the beginning, I think that their friendship changes
and trust develops between them as the novel progresses. I think that
Jim trusts Huck because it becomes clear that Huck tries to protect
Jim during their journey; Huck avoids other people and when questioned
about if Jim is really a runaway slave, Huck covers for Jim by saying
that Jim belongs to him. Just the fact that they both set out on the
journey together shows that Jim trusts Huck because if he did not, he
would not have risked his life with him. I think one of the reasons
that Jim allows himself to trust Huck so much is because Huck is his
first real friend and Huck treats Jim as a friend.

[Michael Bodkin]

Huckleberry Finn is filled with irony and satire. One of example of
irony is in chapter 14 when Huck says “he had an uncommon level head
for a nigger”. Because Huck has been born and raised in the south, he
has the same assumption as many other white southerners that blacks
are less intelligent so Huck is somewhat surprised to hear Jim say
something so rational. Another example of irony in the book is the
journey that Huck and Jim are on. They both believe that of the sail
down the river and make it to the north that they will both have much
better lives. The reality, however, is that neither Huck nor Jim know
for sure what will happen to them during this adventure. They have no
clue if they will be caught and not make it to freedom or even if they
do make it north, they do not know for sure that they will even be
safe there. Mark Twain also uses satire in this book. One of the
best examples of his use of satire is at the beginning of the book
when Huck, Tom, and some of the other boys are meeting to form their
band of robbers. Tom says they will capture people and hold them for
ransom but no one really knows what the word “ransom” means. They all
just assume that it means to just capture people and wait till they
die. This use of satire is showing that something someone believes
could be completely incorrect but if they majority of people believe
it to be true, than it becomes true.

[Tanner Logan]

Jim seems like he trusts Huck slightly he is just being cautious. He
does not want to be caught while he is in his situation, he knows what
will happen if this is the outcome. Huck seems to not understand the
complete seriousness of the situation. I do not think Jim believes
Huck would turn him in yet it is smart to remain in the protective
state he is in. Like when the Duke and King come along the two tell
them that Jim is Huck’s property due to his family’s death. They
wanted to keep the fact that Jim was a runaway slave just to be on the
safe side. Jim of course knows not to just throw out information like
that and Huck did well going along with it. Jim and Huck have started
to build a serious friendship and Jim tries to look out for Huck. He
protects him in many ways, hiding him from the body of his father and
the rattlesnake incident. Jim tries to shield Huck to help his moral,
I feel like Jim would not do this if he did not have some trust and
respect for Huck. There is a good deal of trust I believe in the two
of these characters and I think Jim knows Huck would not do anything
to jeopardize their situation. They both somewhat want the same thing
even though Huck knows Jim will have a better life once it is all
over.