... would get away from this situation, and never go back. Huck then escaped, and made his way to Jackson's Island, where to his amazement found Jim " it was Miss Watson's Jim! I bet I was glad to see him" (Twain, 49). Huck knew that someone else was on the island, but coincidentally turned out to be Jim. Since Jim ... was already at the island, he had to have escaped himself, with no help from Huck, and gotten away from his owner, Miss Watson. Another piece of evidence that I would like to present if is sweet Huckleberry Finn had turned Jim in, he would be risking his own life as well. Whe...

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... really care for Moses because he is dead and has been for a long time. Huck also meets Widow Douglas sister, Miss Watson. After meeting her, he is unwilling to act civilized for Miss Watson because of his dislike for her, "She said it was wicked to say what I said; said she wouldn't say it ... and sticking to the status of their race. In the beginning of the story Huck says, "Alright then, I'll go to hell". Because Miss Watson told him that Tom Sawyer would probably going there, and in the end Huck would be going to hell anyway if he helped Jim escape. Another powerful ... Jim is like a...

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... as he debates aiding Jim in his escape. Huck and Jim have one major similarity, and that is that they are both runaways. The Widow Douglas and Miss Watson took Huck in in order to civilize him properly by making sure he went to school, dressed appropriately, ate correctly, had manners and had a place to live ... she was going to sell him in order to get the eight hundred dollars that a slave seller said he was worth. Although Jim says that the Miss Watson was pretty rough on him at times, he still did not want to be sold into another unpredictable group of circumstances, so he ran off and...

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... and life for the sake of his friend, Huck. Everything about Jim is presented through emotions as evident in his reason -2- for running away from Miss Watson's; in his aspirations to buy his family's freedom; and in his protection and care form Huck throughout their journey. Twain's purpose is to make the reader ... known, Huck, along with the rest of the community, viewed slaves as property, therefore, Huck was helping to steal the property of poor old Miss Watson. Huck knew that he would be in trouble with the law if he concealed this and he also knew that his reputation would be ruine...

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... hide there for a while. After being on the island for awhile he stumbles upon a campfire and decides to seek who made the fire (J.N. Smith 1). The next day he finds Miss Watson's slave, Jim, is also living on the island. Jim ran away because he overheard the Widow talking to a slave trader about selling Jim. If he was sold then he would ... would rather just go to the "bad place", hell, than have to live with the Widow Douglas who is trying to make him fit in with society. Miss Watson even tells him that there is no way that him and Tom Sawyer will ever go to the "good place", heaven. H...

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... brought to the reader via the theme of slavery. Huck was brought up living in an "uncivilized- manner. However, he was brought under the caring wing of the widow Miss. Watson who attempted to "sivilize- him. Eventually Huck is ordered to be under the custody of his father. Loathing the experiences of practically being enslaved by his father, Huck escapes his ... escape the captivity of his father, because many slaves felt the necessity of escaping from their enslavement. Soon Huck met up with Jim, "Miss. Watson's big nigger- (Twain 6). Huck learned that Jim had run away from Miss. Watso...

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... beatings and endless embarrassment. He becomes comfortable with this lifestyle, feeling that it is better to be beaten and live with Pap than to be conforming and live with Miss Watson. However, after spending time with Jim on the raft, he realizes that the cruelty he encounters on land can be escaped. While with Jim, good laughs and in-depth conversations ... society, Huck and Jim were never able to truly achieve freedom. The standards of others were forced upon them and their lives were controlled by the "older" and "wiser." Miss Watson created a lifestyle for Huck that consisted of o...

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... 't like to work and is also superstitious. He lived with Widow Douglas, who took him as a son and tried to "civilise" him. He also lives with Widow Douglas's sister, Miss Watson, she was always telling Huck to sit up straight etc. He lived life there being told what to do and believe quite a lot. Huck felt that he lived a constrained life ... living with them, life in captivity. Huck wanted to do things, get out and to have adventure. Huck had his own opinion on things mainly. When Miss Watson told him about the good and the bad place, he chose the bad because it seemed better and more i...

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... ignorance to the fact that slaves are just as equal to any other human being. Aunt Sally is oblivious in that Nige*s are just as human as everyone else. Mrs. Watson, Jim's owner also takes part in cruel acts towards slaves. She plans to sell Jim to another plantation owner for 800$ before he decides to escape. Mrs ... . Watson is willing to sell Jim as if he were a piece of property not a human being. She also tries to do the impossible task of putting a value on his life when ... ...

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... . Jim starts out as Huck's family slave and basically had no relationship with each other at all, until they actually spend time with each other. For example, Huck says, "Miss Watson's nigger, Jim, had a hairball as big as your fist-(17). Huck's feelings toward Jim seem like how he feels about every other slave because of the fact that he calls ... him "Miss Watson's nigger". Jim and Huck don't even appear to be friends but just two people who are made to know each other. In addition, when they first start they journey, Jim ... ...

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... protected him. He lied to men saying his family had smallpox and he needed help, just to scare them away so they wouldn't see Jim. He also contemplated writing Miss Watson a letter telling her where her runaway slave was. Over his increased attachment and understanding to Jim, Huck decided "All right then, I"ll go to hell" (Twain 31) during the climax ... give up everything for his friendship with Jim. Even being sent to hell is reasonable, as long as he won't lose Jim. Society would have written the letter to Miss Watson a long time ago, but the value of friendship is one of the greate...

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... rational decisions. His friendship with Jim is a big part in his moral growth throughout the novel. The epiphany he has when he decides not to send the letter to Miss Watson was a personal triumph. Twain uses Huck's friendship with Jim to gain sympathy from his readers for not only Jim, but also Huck himself. In one scenario during the float down ... know at the time, but Jim was shielding the youngster from staring his dead father in the face. There is a difference however, between Jim's actions towards his previous owner Miss Watson and his services unto Huck. Jim worked and did the t...

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... , you"ll go to the bad place" a.k.a. hell. However, this was most frequently said by those who also did things that may have resulted in being cast into hell. Miss Watson, the sister of Widow Douglas and Huck's teacher, frequently told this to Huck. In contrary, she had quite a few downfalls or sinful ways herself. For example, she owned slaves and ... was forced upon children, therefore provoking them to rebel once they were older, as did Mark Twain. In Twain's novel, Huck is forced to learn about the bible by Miss Watson and Widow Douglas, whether he wants to or not. As a result, durin...

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... with slavery gone. Slaves were used to these daily conditions and could therefore make right decisions on what and what not to do. In one instance, Jim over hears Miss Watson talking to another slave about selling Jim. Jim says " she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she always said she wouldn't sell me down ... , where is he? I want my nigger" (Twain 216-217). This statement shows how once again whites view slaves as possessions and not as human beings. When Jim hears of Miss Watson's plan to sell him, Jim also says " but she could git eight hund"d dollars for me en...

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... protected him. He lied to men saying his family had smallpox and he needed help, just to scare them away so they wouldn't see Jim. He also contemplated writing Miss Watson a letter telling her where her runaway slave was. Over his increased attachment and understanding to Jim, Huck decided "All right then, I"ll go to hell" (Twain 31) during the climax ... give up everything for his friendship with Jim. Even being sent to hell is reasonable, as long as he won't lose Jim. Society would have written the letter to Miss Watson a long time ago, but the value of friendship is one of the greate...

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... Twain tells of a teenaged misfit whose mother died when he was young, and was raised by his father. His father left him to be raised by Widow Douglas and Miss Watson finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their terrifying journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of ... ...

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... it and it was also funny and times. Slavery was a big issue in the novel for Huck mostly because he had nothing and he stole. Jim was stolen from Miss. Watson by Huck, because Huck wanted to steal something, but in the end they had a lasting friendship. Yes, Huck played tricks on Jim because Huck thought that Jim was lower than ... ...

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... turn Jim in to them. He still believes that turning Jim in would be the "right" thing, because he, helping her nigger to escape, has been feeling bad for Miss Watson, who seems to be a "good" person. At the end, Huck decides to do what's "handiest" disregard morality. After the two men go away, wondering that he would have felt worse ... ...

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... from the masses. The alienation of Jim throughout the story reflects the popular racist beliefs of the mid to late 1800s. The character of Jim is introduced as a "nigger." "Miss Watson's big nigger, named Jim was setting in the kitchen door- (P.6) The word "nigger" itself offends the majority of people in this country. It has become a trademark of racist and inhuman ... ...

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... to use his slave, and by this his moral strength grew. Huck's moral journey comes to an end when he had to decide on whether or not to tell Miss Watson about where Jim was. Instead, he decided to "go to hell" for Jim. Jim is very important to Huck. This shows the kindness and friendship between them. This was the ... ...

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