Defying all odds through friendship

In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, it shows how two complete opposite people can find common ground and become friends. As their journey begins, Huck, a white boy, and Jim, a run away slave, find common ground through being runaways. Huck and Jim develops a true friendship by showing important values such as trust, compassion, and loyalty throughout the book.
First of all, true friendship can not be established without trust. At the beginning of page 50, Jim is hesitant to tell Huck why he was on the island. “Well, dey’s reasons. But you wouldn’t tell on me ef I ‘us to tell you, would you Huck?”. Huck replies with “Blamed if I would, Jim”. This reassures Jim that he could be trusted not to tell. As a result, Jim tells Huck he ran off from Ms. Watson. Huck is shocked. “But mind, you said you wouldn’ tell-you know you said you wouldn’ tell, Huck.” Once again, Huck reassuringly says “Well, I did. I said I wouldn’t, and I’ll stick to it.”...