is caring, sensitive and fatherly towards Huck, Pap is selfish, cruel and dirty. After he fakes his own death to escape from Pap, Huck flees to Jackson Island in order not to be discovered. Jackson Island is also where Huck and Jim accidentally run into each other while running away from society. While their reasons for running away are clearly different, they decide to run away together. This is where Twain's concept of the ideal way of life is first presented in the novel . They both share a common desire to find freedom, and this leads them to help each other out, despite the fact that Jim is a runaway slave and Huck is agonizing over whether to turn Jim in or not to[44-54].The location of Huck and Jim’s hideaway in the novel changes when Huck finds out people are trying to capture Jim. Their home then turns into a raft floating on the Mississippi. On the raft, Huck and Jim view each other as equals, not as a slave and a runaway. All of their needs are met while onboard. When they get hungry, they fish. When they get bored, they talk to each other. They rely on each other and the Mississippi, with no assistance from the civilized world [69-99].The harmony between Huck and Jim that is created from them being on the raft however, is not enough to keep the civilized world at bay..In this case, civilization comes in the form of two thieves, the Duke and the Dauphin. Ousted from society themselves because of their “occupation” as conmen, these two men help lead Huck and Jim into even more altercations with the civilized world, such as the Peter Wilks incident [158-201]. Twain uses the Wilks incident to convey man’s inhumane dishonesty and it’s repercussions. The Duke and the Dauphin pose as the brothers of the deceased in hopes of taking Peter Wilks fortune away from his nieces. The Duke and the Dauphin’s dishonesty disgusts Huck, who says that “It was enough to make...
