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Jim and Huck Finn
Jim and Huck in On the Raft, illustration by E.W. Kemble for chapter 12, page 92, of the first U.S. edition of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
Jim
fictional character
Jim, fictional character, an unschooled but honourable runaway slave in Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark Twain. Some critics charge Twain with having created a two-dimensional racist caricature, while others find Jim a complex, compassionate character. The relationship between Jim and Huck forms the crux of the novel, with Jim acting as a surrogate for Huck’s loathsome father.
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