Chapters 7-11

In these few chapters Mark twain paints us a vivid image of the protagonist in this story, Huckleberry Finn. He characterizes who Huck is by his education or probably most truthful, his lack of education and his beliefs on a daily life basis which goes contrary to the people of that time. In chapter 8, page 43 we see the side of Huck which makes us want to like him, "I'll stick to it. Honest injun, I will. People would call me a low down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum." even though Huck is poorly educated by books and lacks proper social behavior he is shown to at least have a sense of morality about honesty and the right of freedom to slaves even though it would be met with harsh criticism by the proper folks at that time who were educated. Even though Huck is poorly book learned it is pretty evident that he is very intelligent in the tools of survival as he successfully stays alive with Jim while they runaway. Later in chapter 10 Huck's superstitious side comes out, this aspect demonstrates the ignorance of Huck because any educated person could prove that superstition was a hoax and that it was looked poorly upon by people of society. This look into Huck's beliefs also shows what the lower class of society choose to believed in, the best example is Jim who's life revolves about superstition. These chapters in my opinion best define who Huck is as a person and what is needed to understand Huck as character.