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Huckleberry Finn quotes.

"Do you reckon Tom Sawyer would ever go by this thing. Not for pie, he wouldn't."

This quote is similar to the first two quotes that I responded to. It is proving the thought that Huckleberry Finn wants to be like Tom Sawyer. He gets the oppourtunity to board a wreck in the river where murderers are, and decides to go just because he thinks that Tom would go. He doesn't even talk about his safety. The first thing that comes across his mind is Tom. Further on in the book, I predict that Huck will realize his "dependence" and that will make self-reliance that much more meaningful to him once he finds out who he is.

"It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger; but I done it, and I warn't ever sorry for it afterward, neither."

In this quote, Huckleberry Finn finds out a little more about himself, although he may not realize it. He understood that he did something wrong to Jim but he didn't want to apologize to Jim because of Jim's race. After a little while though, this mistake began to eat at him and eventually drove him to apologize. This not only shows that Huck has a conscience, but it also shows that Huck has himself somewhere inside of him and that he isn't Tom Sawyer. This is shown when he actually apologizes to Jim. At this point in history, black people were still slaves. Jim would have been considered lower than a normal slave because he had run away from his master. Huck showed originality in apologizing to Jim because he would not have learned that from anyone around him. Him seeing Jim as somewhat equal to him was something that he created inside of himself because he thought it was the right thing to do.