The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

I believe that the relationship between Huck and Jim is interesting because Huck doesn't know what to do half the time with Jim. At first he takes Jim with him out of sympathy. They become friends but later Huck thinks of turning in Jim. He doesn't because Jim says that he is his best friend. After that they become great friends and Huck risks his life as well as Tom's to save Jim and help him become a free slave.

The setting is at a real life location so it makes the story even more believable. On the Mississippi river the boats and ferries were and still are real life things. People use them regularly and it really contributes to the story because that is how Jim and Huck get away the whole time.

I wonder why people that day were so critical about slaves and why it was such a big deal that a slave ran away when it seems that a lot of slaves in that day ran away from home. Big rewards were set out for Jim, but why didn't the family just buy a new slave? It would have probably been easier to buy one then to hunt down a runaway slave.

I think the theme is to care for the people that care for you.