The Question and Answer section for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a great resource to ask questions, find answers, and discuss the novel.
Jim's willingness to help Tom is a comedy routine.... Jim does everything Tom asks, even when he is appalled by the suggestions. In this, we see Jim's complete innocence and lack of individual thought. He blindly follows along and does exactly...
Twain uses Tom's "stealing" of the spoon and sheet as a source of humor.
Huck is torn between helping or not helping his friend. He believes that helping Jim is a sin, but he also feels great guilt about allowing his friend to be captured without doing anything about it. In the end, friendship trumps sin, and Huck...
