The most significant themes in Huck Finn are friendship and going against what society tells you is "right". The major turning point in the story is when Huck Finn decides to "go to hell" and help Jim out of slavery. Huck does this because he is very close friends with Jim. Huck goes against what the world is telling him to do, which is turn in the black slave because he's inferior to Huck. Instead Huck follows his heart and rips up a letter he wrote to Tom Sawyer to tell Miss Watson where Jim is. We asked Huck what made him do this and he said, "It's this easy: Jim is my friend. I weren't gunna turn in my friend even if it were the right thing to do. I havern't ever been one to follow them rules anyhow." We think this shows that Huck has matured over the course of this story, going from a very selfish boy to someone who cares about his friends.
--Kelsey H. and Kelly H.
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