This is the Huck who will take Jim down the Mississippi in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel by Mark Twain, first published in England in December 1884 and in the United States in February 1885. With Tom's help, he learns to overcome his shyness and act on his virtuous impulses. He's torn up about the Muff Potter situation, and he's certainly tolerant of his fellow men he simply has trouble taking action. Huck character also develops a bit over the course of the book. His response to Tom is so bashful and so guileless, it totally dispels the "bad boy" aura that surrounds him. He is embarrassed to admit that he associates so closely with a slave, but only because there is a social stigma attached. He appreciates the help that he is given by Ben Rogers and Uncle Jake, and he does his best to repay the favor by helping to tote water when he can. A body's got to do things when he's awful hungry he wouldn't want to do as a steady thing." (28.31-2) In this one moment, Huck reveals himself to be modest, vulnerable, and caring. Sometime I've set right down and eat with him. He likes me, becuz I don't ever act as if I was above him. I tote water for Uncle Jake whenever he wants me to, and any time I ask him he gives me a little something to eat if he can spare it. He lets me, and so does his pap's n***** man, Uncle Jake. Now, where you going to sleep?" "In Ben Rogers's hayloft.
After running away to a safe place, the boys say good night to each other: "That's all right. No, we get a closer look at Huck just after he and Tom have found Injun Joe dead drunk on the floor of the haunted room. So who is the real Huck? He certainly doesn't seem to be the "idle, and lawless, and vulgar and bad" kid the townspeople make him out to be. He agrees to go to Jackson's Island and he helps look for treasure, but it isn't until the very end of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer – when he goes to the Welshman for help – that Huck really comes out of his shell.
Huck is happy to accompany Tom on almost any adventure, but here's the thing: Huck, despite his reputation, never really has much of a say. The kids, on the other hand, wish "they dared to be like him" (6.43). Petersburg think he's a menace to society he's "cordially hated and dreaded by all the mothers in town" (6.43).
Huck Finn means a lot of different things to a lot of different people.
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