【正文】 ippi River. There is fantastic scenery on both sides of the Mississippi River. Meanwhile, we shouldn39。t ignore the collision between them. Huck is a naughty boy just like an unsophisticated child but Jim is an adult with level head. The contradiction between children and parents seems natural. So, in this chapter, the author mainly analyzes the conflict between Huck and Jim. A. Huck’s Original Perspective on Jim Firstly, what we should clearly know is Huck’s original perspective on Jim. Huck is a white boy and is always persuaded to bee civilized person by Widow Douglas. Jim is a runaway slave. During the initial meeting the relations between them are not equal. Toming said: While with Jim, Huck still has margin of superior worldliness just as Tom holds the same margin of superiority over him.9 Social conceptions about slavery make him take slavery for granted. He inherently thinks that the blacks are not human，but part of the property of the only human—the white ones and they can abuse，buy or sell them at will. Influenced by social traditional values, Huck has a strong prejudice against Jim. In the eyes of Huck, Jim is not a real sense of man. He doesn39。t think the black has dignity just like the white. Therefore, in the bottom of his heart, it is a shame to connect with the black. In chapter eight, after he swears never to report Jim he adds that people would call me a lowdown Abolitionist and despise me from keeping mum—but that don39。t make no difference.10 Here, it is not farfetched that Huck just gives perfunctory promise to Jim. This is the frequent behavior of children. No one will blame them when they make some irresponsible promises. Though he says that don39。t make no difference, his fear and anxiety are clearly revealed. His contempt for Jim can also be illustrated by another example. In chapter fourteen, after a heated debate on king Solomon and the way French and some animals talk, Huck says that I see it warn39。t no use wasting words—you can39。t learn a nigger to argue. So I quit.11 Besides, Huck is always making fun of Jim but never cares about his feelings. In chapter ten, Huck finds a rattlesnake in the carven. He kills it and curls it up on the foot of Jim39。s blanket. He thinks there will be some fun when Jim finds it there and does not think that may lead to danger. As a result, Jim is hurt. Young Huck is just an unreflecting and frolicsome child. He is not able to distinguish right from wrong. Now what Huck sees is just the black skin of Jim not his sparkling personality and character.B. Unsophisticated Heart Educated by Level Head Jim39。s good nature makes him see Huck as his own child no matter how Huck sees him. He always offers Huck a kind and soft heart. When they look into the framehouse Jim finds there is a dead man in it and tells Huck that don39。t look at his face—it39。s too gashly.12 This is a kind of instinctive protection for Huck, also the demonstration of Jim39。s kind nature. Therefore, in a certain way, the sleeping glory of Huck39。s humanity is awakened by Jim. A number of critics, however, have seen Huck39。s true father (his spiritual father, that is) is the runaway slave, Jim.13 Even some critics remark that Jim is a sympathetic, loving, selfcritical, even saintly, Christlike man. Huck is a thirteenyearold boy。 this is a period when a teenager39。s consciousness is very sensitive and values are shaped quickly. And this is also a stage the young learn to accept new things. During the raft journey, Huck learns much truth from Jim. So, all Huck39。s moral excellence derives from Jim. Jim shows his unusual wisdom which is a kind of enlightenment to Huck. Also in chapter fourteen, after Jim is bit by the snake, he immediately grabs old Huck39。s whiskyjug and begins to pour it down. Obviously, as a child, Huck has never experienced similar scene and is surprised to Jim39。s responding to the wound. Jim tells him to chop off the snake39。s head and throw it away, and then skin the body and roast a piece of it. From Jim, Huck learns how to survive in the wild and how to deal with emergency. This experience gives little Huck an illuminating lesson, so he makes up his mind not to take ahot of a snakeskin again with his hands. Here, people know that Huck does not mean to hurt Jim, so when he sees Jim39。s suffering from pain he feels remorseful more or less. His remorse is shown up clearly through that he slides out quiet and throws the snake clear away amongst the bushes. Huck is faced with the embarrassment of ignorance. And he does see Jim39。s wisdom. From then on, the desire to bee strong and mature begins to fight a fierce battle against his ignorance. Facing of Huck39。s discrimination, Jim still regards him as a good friend. With his sincere, Jim enlightens unsophisticated heart of Huck. Due to Huck39。s background, he lives in a style of wander. He never knows what friendship and love are. But Jim makes up this crucial lesson in his life. In chapter fifteen, they take the small raft along the river to flee to the free State. One night, fog filled the air, a turbulent flow washes away the raft, so Huck and Jim are separated from each other. At that time, the two are anxious and eager to see each other as soon as possible. But when they meet later, their reaction and behavior are quite different. When Huck finds Jim at length, he plays the joke that Hello, Jim, have I been asleep? Why didn39。t you stir me up?14 Thus it can be seen, the first thought of Huck is playing jokes on Jim. He does not care about how Jim is worried about his safety. The way he sees it, teasing Jim is funny. But, look at Jim39。s exciting reaction: Goodness gracious, is that you, Huck? En you ain39。 dead—you ain39。 drownded—you39。s back ag39。in? It39。s too good for true, honey, it39。s too good for true. Lemme look at you chile, lemme feel o39。 you. No, you ain39。 dead! you39。s back ag39。in, 39。live en soun39。, jis de same ole Huck—de same ole Huck, thanks to goodness!