Jim and Huck

It is obvious that Jim and Huck play two of the lead roles as characters in the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Huck, who plays the lead protagonist, has an important role as the dynamic character who one can see change and grow throughout the book.  At the beginning, Huck is presented as an uneducated, rather careless and uncivilized runaway young man, who prefers life alone in wilderness than with his drunkard father or the widow.  However, this begins to change as Huck receives a little education and following his adventures down the Mississippi with Jim.  Jim is also an interesting character in that he plays Huck's sidekick.  While Jim is a more static character than Huck, he is an unsuspecting companion and as an outcast of society as well, he seems a positive and loyal addition to the Huck-Jim relationship.