There were many things in this book that changed as I read further into it. Some were unexpected, but they all were interesting. For example, Huck's views on Jim changed, from not even considering that Jim might make a good friend, to actually becoming good friends. Another change was the surprising conflicts that happened between Huck and Tom towards the end of the book. This really gave the reader a chance to see what their personalities were all about. Further more, I got to see a very caring and heart warming side of Huck when the duke and the king were going to steal the money from those families, but Huck took it upon himself to stop them. Throughout the book you get to see that Huck's character is really very complex and interesting.
The relationship between Jim and Huck started early on in the book. Huck said in the beginning that he didn't really think of Jim as a person. He never really got the chance to know him. All that he thought was that Jim was Miss Watson's slave that he wasn't really supposed to associate with. After he had seen him on this island he had became friends with him. He started to think of him much more as a person and even liked him. During the trip down the Mississippi they spent a lot of time together. There were also a couple of incidents where Huck and Jim had some in depth conversations. For example, when Jim was telling the story about his daughter. He really spilled out his heart when he started to say how much he regretted treating her the way that he did. Also at the end there were things that Huck would have never done for Jim if he hadn't cared for him. All the trouble that Huck went through to get Jim out of jail would have never happened if they hadn't created such a good relationship.
Also in the beginning of the book Huck seemed to admire Tom more than he did in the end. Huck had said that he wanted to be as intelligent and smart as Tom was. He was always thinking up ideas and solutions for things. Huck got a little frustrated in how Tom had to make everything so complicated, however, he seemed to have less tolerance for Tom's behavior towards the end. For example, especially when they were trying to decide on the plans of how to get Jim out of jail. Tom wanted to make all of these complicated, drawn out plans that Huck thought were just unnecessary. This event slightly changed the impression of the relationship between Huck and Tom.
One thing that I thought was very noticeable was how Huck always talked about how bad of a person he thought of himself. Although the reader gets to see for themselves that he is wrong, when the king and the duke try to steal the money. Huck steps in and decides not to let them do so because he thought that it was wrong. He had feelings for one of the girls in the family and cared for all of them. He knew deep down inside that the duke and the king were doing the wrong thing. He took action by himself and this shows that even though he doesn't think so, Huck really does have a good heart inside.
In conclusion, there were many changes that occurred throughout this book, but most of them were for the better. You also got to see the real feelings on each character and realize that they were really good people. There was a lot of caring that went on and this book showed how important it was. It was hard to see this in the beginning, but it definitely stuck out in the end. All in all I thought this was a good book, but it took me a while to get interested in it towards the beginning. Pulling apart the different character personalities was a big part of the book, but very worth the while.