Huck Finn, Mark Twain 8 important quotes

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Brittany  Birk

8 important quotes

The book “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, by Mark Twain, is a classic loved by many. There are many very memorable moments, and insightful quotes. The book is centered around Huck, a little white boy is the 1800s. He takes an adventure with a runaway slave to help free him from slavery.

I think that during his adventures Huck feels brave but also uncertain and maybe a little afraid. He could get in a lot of trouble for helping a slave runaway. "We catched fish and talked, and we took a swim now and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that we laughed — only a little kind of a low chuckle. We had mighty good weather as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us at all — that night, nor the next, nor the next."(Twain,12). I think if Huck were fully confident in his plan, they would be laughing and having a great time floating down the river. But, there must be some doubt in their minds that silence them. They probably feel lucky to have gotten as far as they have.

Huck than has a wrestle with what he is helping Jim with. Society has taught him that slaves are property and helping a slave runaway is bad. I think deep down Huck knows that it is wrong and Jim deserves to be free. "Conscience says to me 'What had poor Miss Watson done to you, that you could see her nigger go off right under your eyes and never say one single word? What did that poor old woman do to you, that you could treat her so mean?...' I got to feeling so mean and so miserable I most wished I was dead." (Twain,16).  Huck feels that he has stolen Miss Watson's property. But at the same time he doesn't turn Jim in because he knows he doesn't deserve that life.

This is another example where Huck is struggling with what to do. Turn Jim in or help him escape. "What's the use you learning to do right, when it's troublesome to do right and ain't no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?" (Twain, 16). Huck stumps himself with this question, what's the use of doing the right thing. I think in the end Huck chooses to help Jim, and do what he thinks is the right thing.

Huck is realizing Jim is just like a normal person even though he is a slave. "I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their n." (Twain, 23). Just because of the color of one's skin doesn't make them any different. Jim is starting to realize that and wants to help Jim escape from that.

Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Cape Cod: Peninsula, 1996. Print.