ex-slave friend Jim work together to escape the south by traveling down the Mississippi river. Their journey takes unexpected twists and turns that show Jim’s true characteristics. Contrary to the views of the period, Jim, a black freed slave, is not a heartless, mindless animal. He is a caring individual, who is just as human as Huck. Over the course of the novel, Huck is affected and changed by Jim, making him see Jim, and the world, in a different light. Instead of a laborer and worker, Jim becomes a…
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