In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a friendship thrives throughout the novel, and with that, perspectives are transformed. The story is set in what appears to be the South, where whites had supremacy over blacks and equality was nowhere to be seen – everything was considered the norm. Black people were seen as property, not as civilians, not even as human beings, but only as slaves. In the society where Huckleberry Finn lived, he had the influence to feel the same. Huck's interpretation of Jim was the same as the society around him, the only alteration was that Huck was a young individual, who hates being civilized, and whose judgment could change subjectively. Toward the beginning of the book, there were several instances where Huck was sure he was superior to Jim. There are numerous jokes that Huck made to Jim, from the snake episode, to imagining that their separation was all just a dream of Jim's, the actions shown that Huck felt that Jim was inferior and could not defeat him. The difference between Huck and society is that over time he realized that his actions and beliefs were wrong. The snake prank was a prank that made Huck feel guilty, but not to the point of apologizing. As for the breakup joke, it was an extreme change in their friendship. “It took fifteen minutes before [Huck] could work [himself] to go and humiliate [himself] before a nigger,” this was a huge change in their relationship, because it ultimately indicated that Huck saw Jim as an equivalent , to himself, an individual who deserved an apology (Twain 89). From then on he progressively transformed his understanding of Jim. Another event would be when Jim finally mentioned his family that he had abandoned. What shocked me was when... halfway down the paper... his is the same child from the beginning of the book. Finally, when he tore up the letter to Miss Watson telling her where Jim was, he makes the decision to condemn his soul to hell to protect Jim. This is a much more advanced judgment. She has established a love for Jim and intentionally chooses to go against the traditions of her society and suffer the consequences. This new motive this time is not selfish, but altruistic, all for the good of his friend Jim. Most of the novel's depiction and attitude of Mark Twain was aimed at race and racism. Throughout the story, the question at hand is whether Huckleberry Finn is a racist boy or an intelligent child enthusiastic about questioning the prejudicial principles of white society. While Huckleberry Finn is a novel obsessed with race, it is also a book infatuated with the absence of characters..