Huckleberry_Finn

Huckleberry Finn Twain, through this novel, reveals a boy's initiation into manhood. Huck's existence on the raft teaches him about life as it really is. Whenever he goes on shore, he sees the cruelty of society and man's inhumanity to his fellow man. When he returns to the raft, he feels the peace of nature and the nobility of the black slave that shares his journey. Southern society has taught Huck that slaves are sub-human creatures with no feelings, only a piece of property to be bought and sold. At the beginning of the novel, Huck buys into this philosophy without question. He cannot believe that he is helping "a nigger" escape to freedom. It is against everything he has been taught (and he knows Tom Sawyer could never do it.) Huck is amazed to learn that Jim cares deeply about his family, just as a white person cares for his (and more than Pap ever cared for Huck.) He is even more amazed that Jim can have his feelings hurt when Huck plays a trick on him. He huck, huckleberry, adventures, finn, society, novel, jim, taught, shore, sees, knows, goes, feelings, even, about, white, raft, out, never, life, hypocrisy, freedom, everything, end, cares, cannot, been, amazed, against, worth, without, wiser, whenever, west, way, understand, turning, truth