Throughout The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Jim and Huck’s relationship develops throughout the the novel. Before the adventures had begun, Jim was a mere slave to Huck. Huck had a poor relationship with his father, a low drunkard. Because of that, Huck didn’t have much of an adult figure in his life. He runs away from his father to Jackson Island. There he finds Jim and the adventures begin. They travel south together on a raft they found. Huck grew closer to Jim, understanding him as a person. Huckleberry didn’t have much experience being with older men, moreover a black man. Huck was a mere kid, yet Jim was a mere black. It could be argued that either one of them would’ve been more of a leader. Along with the ideas of racism…show more content… This time period was filled with racism and including that helped readers understand the time period. Almost all characters in the story were racist towards African Americans. In Twain’s time period, racism was common and even accepted, that is why his writing has racism as a norm. “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a n*gger; 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 (Twain, pg 135).” This was said by Huck after he had apologized to Jim for playing games on him. It took him 15 minutes to be ready to apologize to a black man. We can infer that it would be completely different if Huck was apologizing to a white man instead. In our time period, apologizing to someone is generally simpler than Twain made out to be with Huck. Another aspect of racism is that people respect blacks in the sense that they wouldn’t even help them. “Jim said it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well, I can tell you it made me all over trembly and feverish, too, to hear him, because I begun to get it through my head that he was most free—and who was to blame for it? Why, me (CITATION).” This quote shows how Huck feels ashamed for helping a black man. Jim is close to freedom with the help of Huckleberry,
