Huck Finn Diary
Aunt Sally wants to adopt and civilize me. Obviously I'm not going to just sit around and let that happen. I've been there before and I don't like it one bit. I may be a changed person than what I was when I escaped from Pap but that don't mean I want to go and get myself civilized. I learned myself a few things about people, life, and myself these past few months. I learned a lot from Jim especially during our trip. They may look different and sometimes act all crazy but I think the negroes aren't really too different from white folks. Like Jim said a French man is still a man, and I reckon a black man is still a man too. We may have different color skin but I don't think that having black skin makes someone not a person. Jim cared for his family like white folks do and could be kinder and gentler than some white folks.
Tom Sawyer (1973 film)
Frontispiece from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by ...
Fragment from Mark Twain's Dutch translation 'De L...Now I think about it Jim treated me mighty good always taking my watch and letting me sleep and petting me and calling me honey. I also learned I can get along pretty good on my own. I managed pretty good talking myself out of trouble without the help of anyone like Tom Sawyer, and I reckon I'm not as bad as I think I am and I may yet avoid hell. Besides doing a low down thing like helping a slave escape I did some right. Like helping Mary Jane get her money back from those low down thieves the king and duke, and I reckon I'm beginning to recognize right from wrong now. But that don't mean I'm a going to stay here and settle down quite yet. I might be...