The Adventures Of Huck Finn: Jim Is A Hero

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it since he does
not want to reveal the truth about Pap to Huck. This is a second and more
direct approach that is used in the story in order to show this same point.


Jim is also basically a good person. Although he is ignorant, he
knows that it is a good thing for him to show Huck that he has worth so
that Huck can think of him as an equal. This is a tough idea for Huck to
realize because at this point in time he still thinks of Jim in terms of
being a slave, and not on equal footing with him. This is shown by Jim's
statement of his own self worth.

"Yes; en I's rich now, come to look at it. I owns mysef, en I's wuth eight
hund'd dollars. I wisht I had de money, I wouldn' want no mo'."

This statement is one of the first that lead to the reversal of
Huck's attitudes toward Jim while they navigate the river. Huck states
that:

“People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping
mum...”

Huck's statement shows that he cares significantly more for Jim
than ...

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