Do Huck, Jim And Tom Overcome Issues With Immortality?
“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” by Mark Twain is about three people named Huckleberry Finn, Jim, and Tom Sawyer who adventure together throughout the story. Huck is a low-class, white, “tween”, who is technically an orphan. His father, an alcoholic, disappears for months at a time and when he returns, is abusive and incoherent. Because of his parental situation, Huck has no guidance from adults and turns to he, and his friend’s instincts to survive. He has no social values or morals and doesn’t follow the traditional white’s mindset. He often questions societal structure and tries to resist reformation from adults. Some of his thought is inevitably imposed on by society but on his adventures, he learns for himself what the truth is. Jim is an intelligent, compassionate, and loving man who is willing to do anything for his family. Although he is a runaway slave, his is very trustworthy, noble and sensible. He tags along with Huck on his adventures in search of freedom. At times he is very naïve but his submissiveness is solely there to mask his eagerness to be free. Tom is Huckleberry’s best friend although we find that he is the exact opposite of him. He is a middle-class “tween” that has lived comfortably his whole life. Unlike Huck, influences on his beliefs come from his adult family and adventure books. Tom exemplifies what a young white man in society of his time was supposed to be, selfless, and prejudice with a large ego. In the story, Huck, Jim, and Tom all go on elaborate adventures and are forced to make choices that can get them caught and set back, or advance them to their destination. Both Huck and Jim overcome their issues with immortality while Tom does not.
The issue of immortality in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is the belief of invincibility. Invincibility is the incapability of being conquered, defeated, or subdued, meaning that it doesn’t matter what you do, and you aren’t going to...
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