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In the final chapters of the’ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ we read more about friendship and betrayal. Tom and Huck finally manage to get to Jim. Jim is so happy to see them and begins to feel emotional. It makes me happy to see that all three characters are reunited. I think it is also great that they talk about what has been going on in their lives since the last time they were all together. At the end of the story everything works out for our characters. I guess it is correct to say that there is a “happy ending” after all. I think that all the challenges Jim and Huck faced just made their friendship stronger. There were ups and there were downs in their relationship but everything turned out okay. Also Huck and Tom’s relationship becomes stronger than ever in these last couple chapters. Tom and Huck seem to become more brotherly in these chapters. Jim, Huck and Tom all care a lot about each other. In these last few chapters it is evident that all three of them are very close and care for each other. I like the fact that Jim, Huck and Tom are close and almost family oriented. It helps the reader identify with the book. I am also happy that this book ended with a happy ending! Huck is adopted by Aunt Sally! Overall I think friendship is evident in not only the final chapter’s but in the entire book.

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Once again we read about friendship and betrayal in chapters 31-35 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Chapter 31 probably has one of the most shocking scenes of betrayal in the entire book. In chapter 31 Jim is caught and sold for $40. Huck writes a letter to Miss Watson, in the letter he writes that he knows where Jim is. As Huck writes this letter he said he was “all glad and excited” he felt as though he was being a good person in society for reporting Jim. You can see that society does have some influence in Huck. Even though he is mainly independent he cannot help but be influenced by society because it has been surrounding him his whole life. It makes me upset to read that Huck is happy and pleased with himself that he in reporting Jim. He is betraying his best friend. Though as we read Huck reminisces about his whole adventure with Jim, he comes upset and guilty that he says “Alright then- I’ll go to hell” and he tears up the letter. I think Huck acted out in the pressures of society and religion at first. He did not feel like a good person if he protected Jim. But Huck’s feelings brought him back to himself, to his own mind set. He decided that he would protect Jim because Jim was always there for him. Jim is like a father or big brother to Huck. I think even though society may have some influence on Huck’s relationship with Jim in the end Huck’s own feelings overpower him.  Another example of friendship in chapters 31-35 is when Tom Sawyer and Huck meet again. Tom decides to help Huck save Jim; I think that the fact that Tom is going against societies views strengthens his friendship with Huck. 

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Friendship and betrayal in chapters 26-30 in the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are quite evident.

In the beginning of chapter twenty-six Huck is eating supper with Joanna (a.k.a. hare-lip). When she suspects Huck of lying Mary Jane steps into the room and defends him. Huck feels bad because he is helping the convicts steal the Wilks daughters’ fortune. Even though Huck is not very close to Mary Jane he does feel bad because she defends him even though he is a stranger. Eventually the guilt consumes Huck and he tells Mary Jane everything. Huck tells Mary Jane that the two men who claim to be her uncles, Harvey and William, are not her uncle’s but are in reality two convicts wanting to steal her and her sisters’ money. Huck comes up with a plan and Mary Jane helps him, the plan is for Mary Jane to lay low and before eleven at night to put a candle out on the window, if Huck does not show up at eleven at night or past then that means he is gone and safe. Then Mary Jane can spread the news about the convicts. Mary Jane promises to stand by Huck. Mary Jane and Huck are not best friends but Huck does feel bad for her. Huck feels bad because she is very kind and perhaps even motherly, he cannot bear to hurt someone as innocent and kind as Mary Jane. So you can see that even though Huck and Mary Jane are not the closest of friends he still does not betray her. He keeps her safe. On the other hand Huck betrays the king and duke. When the king and the duke are asking Huck if he had gone in their room Huck lies and tells them that he saw “niggers” going in the room. Huck betrays the king and the duke by telling them this because Huck is the one who went into the room and took the bag of gold. It is right of Huck to betray the king and the duke because they want to hurt innocent people. In chapters 26-30 Huck really protects those who deserve to be protected.