In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain paints the story of a friendship that develops between two completely different people that society at the time considered unacceptable and taboo. Huckleberry Finn is a thirteen-year-old white boy and Jim is a middle-aged black runaway slave. They meet by coincidence while both are hiding on Jackson's Island, located in the middle of the Mississippi River, Huck is hiding from the townspeople who think he is dead, and Jim has escaped and is hiding from his owner. During their journey together, Huck and Jim's relationship goes from being mere acquaintances, then to friends, then to having a father and son relationship. When Huck and Jim first meet on the island, they are just acquaintances who have had little history together. but the decision they make to help each other foreshadows their relationship later in the story. When Jim first finds Huck, he states, "Good heavens, is that you, Huck? And you didn't die, you didn't drown, you came back again? It's too good to be true, honey, it's too good to be true. Let me look ." darling, let me hear you. No, you're not dead! You're back again, "live en soun", it's the same old Huck, same old Huck, thank goodness!" (Two). By this time, Jim has heard the news of Huck's "death", so when he they meet on the island is a surprise to Jim. “People would call me a low-level abolitionist and despise me for keeping quiet, but that doesn't make any difference. I won't say it and I won't go back there anyway” (Twain), he thought After Jim told Huck that he was a runaway, Huck promised not to tell anyone, which shows his values ​​and foreshadows their relationship later in the story After leaving... middle of paper. .. going for Huck as a father would. “I went forward without fixing any particular plan, but trusting only that Providence would put the right words in my mouth when the time came” (Twain). doesn't have a plan yet, the first thing he'll do once he has one is carry it out and free Jim. This shows her loyalty towards Jim as she will always come back to him, which shows how much she cares for him and their strong bond. During their journey together, Huck and Jim's relationship goes from being mere acquaintances, then to friends, then to them. have a father-son relationship. If they had never coincidentally met on Jackson's Island they would not have made it to the point they did at the end of the story. They both grew and matured in their relationship and became loyal to each other.