Huck Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain
Twain’s portrayal of Jim changed throughout the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In the beginning of the book, Jim was running away to the North, had a strong individual identity, and did not believe that white people were smarter than he was. In the last half of the book, this all changed drastically.
Jim ran away so that he could go to the North and be free of slavery. Jim talked of the free states frequently during the first part of the book, “We would see the raft and get on a steamboat and go way up the Ohio amongst the free States, and then be out of trouble” (pg. 137). Jim and Huck were floating down the river until they reached Cairo, and then Jim would be free. Jim also talked about being free after Huck played a trick on him and he was deciphering his dream, “…but if we minded our business and didn’t talk back and aggravate them, we would pull through and get out of the fog and into the b...