The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, is a story of complex and evolving relationships. The central relationship of the story is that of a runaway slave, Jim, and a young and adventurous boy, Huck. In the ... Jim, who as a black man would be considered inferior by all of white society, is in fact morally superior to virtually every other character in the story. In the opening chapters of the novel the reader views Jim as a rather flat character. In these pages one hears almost exclusively about Jim's various superstitions. Huck tells a few stories involving Jim and th...

• Word Count: 1224
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Huckleberry Finn is but a young boy. Mark Twain makes that fact unmistakable throughout the whole book. Most adult characters have complete control over him, every adventure is something new and thought-provoking, ... to . . ." (237), Tom complains as they figure out a plan. He goes on describing more wild and farfetched ideas while Huck disagrees. Tom's childish ideas, magnify Huck's maturity level. In these chapters Tom shows aspects such as selfishness and the upper hand in everything, the standard of white society at the time. Huck may have more moral values than Tom and actually ... th...

• Word Count: 1184
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School