Huck Finn
...d to scare him. However, from this bite Jim was sick for several days but finally recovered. Huck feels bad for Jim, and after this incident it helps Huck to realize that Jim is a real person, but he does not fully understand the whole concept yet. The novel did not show this trick that Huck did to Jim. In the novel when Jim and Huck were traveling down the river on the raft it was very foggy out, and they did not see a steamboat coming. The steamboat’s paddles damaged the raft and Huck and Jim were separated, but they find each other eventually. This is shown both in the novel and in the movie. However, in the novel, after Jim and Huck are reunited Huck finds Jim sleeping. When Jim awakes he is happy to see Huck, and. Huck tells Jim that they never got separated, and that Jim was dreaming it the whole time. Jim is very upset with Huck trying to trick him again. This is a turning point in the story. Huck realizes that Jim is a real person not just property. This trick played on Jim was not in the movie of Huckleberry Finn. This trick on Jim showed one of the most important morals in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Racism and slavery are also important topics show in the story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. During the time when slavery was allowed in America, slaves were not allowed to be educated. If slaves were caught with a book they would immediately be sold or beaten. In the novel of Huckleberry Finn Jim was not book smart however he had common sense and knew how to survive. In the movie of Huckleberry Finn Jim seemed very intelligent. This is not accurate because slaves were not very educated. People in the south did not think slaves were real people. They referred to slaves as property or possessions. When Huckleberry Finn comes to Aunt Sally’s house pretending to be Tom Sawyer he tells Aunt Sally that the steamboat blew a cylinder head. She asks him if anyone was hurt, and Huck replies no just a black person. Aunt Sally replies “that’s good no one got hurt sometimes people do”. This shows how people in the south looked at slaves. The novel and the movie both show how slaves were viewed in the south. In the book, Huck and Jim mostly travel during the night to avoid being seen by people because Jim is a runaway slave. This is actually what happened durin...