Huckleberry Finn, chapters 7-11

In these chapters, we see Huck grow as a person and strive to be on his own. He seems to be very comfortable with the idea of living on his own for the rest of his life, but i think without his crossing paths with Jim and finding companionship, he would have found himself alone and missed his past, regardless of how bad it was. By being so contained by his father, Huck is forced to toughen up and i can see why he would feel the need to escape and be on his own, and you see him transform into a strong, independent person who can handle himself and pull his own weight. Although Huck and Jim found themselves in the same situation, but because of different factors, I think that they will continue to benefit each other. Sometimes Jim suggests things that are a little crazy and out there, but they somehow always seem to make sense and Huck appears to be gaining a lot of respect for Jim and not seeing him as just a dead weight to mess with, as Tom made him out to be in the beginning of the story. Huck seems to be able to handle the situations that have come his way so far, and I believe that with Jim they can make a great team and learn how to keep Jim from being sold and keep Huck from being abused. Jim is very superstitious, but Huck is learning that maybe he is not crazy, for example with the snake bite when Huck was just trying to play a simple joke. This may have been a coincidence, but I think that by that happening, he realizes that Jim is a lot smarter than he thought.