Huckleberry Finn
The mighty Mississippi boils and rolls along as Jim and Huck raft down its broad channels experiencing one adventure after another. As they float along they find they must raft the river at night and hide under a towhead by day. They cover the raft with cottonwood branches to hide it from view and they pass the time of day talking and sleeping readying themselves for another night floating on toward their goal. In the evening, they watch the sun slip behind the horizon and clouds turn a fiery red fading slowly away as evening replaces the day and the river begins to flow calmly. As Huck and Jim slowly move down the river they experience the varying transformations of geography around them. Change is vital to everything and everyone around us. Adaptability is important to ones existence. In Samuel Clemens (pen name Mark Twain) novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the main characters must adapt to their pursuits. Adaptability is common in all situations of life as one experiences conflict and negotiations. Samuel Clemens characters find themselves adapting to life situations as the story unfolds. Religion is a hard concept for people to adapt, because it is not tangible it is more a spiritual feel
Huck could tolerate but the alternative was not acceptable either. As intolerable as lying was to Huck he had to fall back on this crutch in order to save the day or keep out of bigger problems. He found that many of his associates also stretched the truth in order to survive. So many of life's situations are thrown at you causing you to adapt using skills knowledge and skullduggery. “Well that’s infernal mean. Odd, too. Say, boy, what’s the matter with your father?” Lying is a way of life as this story unfolds. Most of the characters in the story rely on telling tall tales to avoid problems which might result in capture. Huck fibs in order to solve serious situations. He seems to be able to have a story when the need arises, the ability to adapt to any position. When Huck is caught on the river and faced with turning Jim in he is torn between the truth and a lie, he chooses the lie to save Jim. “Then Miss Watson she took me in the closet and prayed, but nothing come of it. She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get. But it weren’t so. I tried it. once I got a fish line but no hooks. It were’t any good to me without hooks. I tried for hooks there or four times but somehow I couldn’t make it work.”(twain11) The true charlatans in this story become serious problems for Jim and Huck. First they start out with the little lies to get both Huck and Jim to wait on them, but eventually they lie about major issues. They are referred to as the Duke and the King.
Some topics in this essay:
Miss Watsons,
King Duke,
Miss Watson,
Jim Huck,
Duke King,
Widow Douglas,
Abolitionist Huck,
Huck Jim,
Finally Huck,
Samuel Clemens,
jim huck,
story unfolds,
miss watson,
south slavery,
huck jim,
samuel clemens,
huckleberry finn,
understand pray,
ain’t a-going,
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Approximate Word count = 1345
Approximate Pages = 5 (250 words per page double spaced)
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