Huck Finn ch 31-43

The theme of betrayal is instantly portrayed in chapter 31 when the king sells Jim for drinking money. Seriously? And to make things better, the duke gave Huck false information regarding where Jim was. They went through all that trouble to protect Jim and they just give him away? More importantly, Huck and Tom's friendship pops up again. While I first got the impression that Tom thought he was hot stuff and Huck was his little sidekick, I have come to find that maybe that isn't the case after all. When Huck asks Tom to help him out with the whole Jim situation, instead of judging him because he's helping out a slave, Tom agrees without saying a word about it. Through this, I realized that not only did Huck and Tom mature as characters over the course of the novel, but their friendship did as well. Overall, the betrayal took place in the beginning/middle of the book. The most evident had to have been Pap's mistreatment towards Huck. It's okay though because he's dead now. Boy, do I love happy endings. The theme of friendship was more prominent. Readers really got to see the relationship between Huck and several other characters. Huck and Jim went from being practically acquaintances to best friends I would say. Not only did we see a friendship form, we also got to see the relationship between Huck and Tom mature. If you compare the two boys at the beginning of the novel and the boys at the end, it is clear that both are now thoughtful and considerate of others; a quality that was never there to begin with.

Huck Finn ch 23-30

The friendship between Huck and Jim develops further in these chapters. Evidence of this would be when Jim tells Huck more personal details about his life, such as hitting his daughter for disobeying him when in reality, she couldn't hear him because she was deaf. Little things like that really make me appreciate Jim as a character. I'm beginning to think Huck's relationship toward Jim is genuine now because readers start to see him looking out for the runaway slave. I also find it interesting how the conmen look out for Jim as well; disguising him so he doesn't get caught and making a "wanted" poster just in case anyone asks about him. I have mixed feelings about them, seeing as though they betray every living thin they come across yet protect Jim. Why waste their time helping him out? I'll never know.
I will never be one to encourage betrayal, but I was completely supporting Huck's decisions throughout this part in the story. I especially was amazed by how mature he seemed. This Huck and the Huck we've come to know from the beginning of the novel are two completely different people. Not only was he being thoughtful, he was also being selfless. Maybe Huck isn't so bad after all. All these chapters, I saw him as a bratty little kid and was more of a fan of Jim, but something about him in these past few chapters is making him grow on me. Is betrayal acceptable when trying to protect a friendship? In this case, Mary Jane and his? I say yes but that's my biased opinion on the whole situation. I really hope this isn't the end of their friendship though. Did anyone else sense a couple in the making or was it just me? Nothing like a good old romance to shake things up hahaha.

Huck Finn ch 16-22

In chapter 16, I was kind of torn between wanting Huck and Jim to continue their "adventure" further and wanting Huck to do the right thing and turn Jim in. This is where I saw the themes of both friendship and betrayal come together. It made me realize how a friendship can easily be broken because of it. But seriously Huck, Jim is all you have at this point and you want to turn him in? It's okay though because Huck found himself some new friends, the Grangerfords. Huck grows especially closer to Buck Grangerford, who's about his age. It's all rainbows and sunshine until the feud between the two families gets out of hand and Buck and most of his family members die... A cliche form of betrayal was performed by Sophia Grangerford, who ran off to marry a member of her family's rivals. How Romeo and Juliet-esque. These chapters basically consist of small forms of betrayal along with temporary friendships. I'm still unsure at this point that Huck is truly friends with Jim. I know Jim's feelings are genuine, I mean he makes it pretty obvious when he tell him, "Jim won't ever forgit you, Huck; you's de bes' fren' Jim's ever had; en you's de only fren' ole Jim's got now." The grammar may put you off, but honestly how cute is that? Ugh come on Huck, how can you betray that?