The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has a wide variety of characters. One of the most criticized characters is Jim. Jim is a runaway slave that runs into Huck after he fakes his death and they both settle down the Mississippi River in hope of freedom. Jim also longs to find his wife and daughters. He is an all around person, especially around Huck and is one of the important characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.

Jim seems to turn himself almost to a surrogate father to Huck. His biggest part was when he kept Huck from seeing his father's dead body on the steamboat wreck. He was also able to keep his death a secret for quite some time before Huck finally found out. Jim does not smother Huck as much as the Widow Douglas or Miss Watson. He allowed him to learn from...