Mark Twain's novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, introduces a new compassion and understanding between two races, uncommon during this age in time. Twain introduces Jim, a slave, who eventually runs away from his owner, Miss Watson, in hopes of finding his family and starting a new life. Shortly after Jim's escape, Huck Finn finds him and invites Jim on his trip down the river to start a new life as well. The superiority of Jim, as opposed to the stereotypical slave, is defined through Huck and Jim's growing friendship and respect for one and other, as both face and overcome many obstacles together throughout the novel.

While traveling down the river, Huck and Jim develop a companionship uncommon between the white men and black men of this era. The reader, as well as Huck, discovers that Jim is a compassionate individual with remarkable intelligence. Although superstitious, Jim's...