Emotional-Caring, Intelligent, Loyal, Thankful, Driven, and Thoughtful
Physical-African American...duh, Strong, and Tall
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Jim is showing off the father figure he plays for Huck and is an exhibit of how caring he is. |
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| Jim is content and acting charismatic in the setting he is in. |
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| Jim is in Huck's Shadow making him seem less important. |
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| In this picture Jim is begging Huck, making him seem weak. |
The image below is what illustrates the text and how Twain illustrates Jim. He illustrates Jim as a caricature more then a character. Twain acknowledges many great traits about Jim, but he repeatedly refers to Jim by using the n-word. The n-word was used most often when referring to a black slave. The stereotype of a black slave looked like the picture below. This stereotype was constantly used by Huck. Huck was trying to compliment Jim when he said, "he had an uncommon level head, for a nigger" (91). This type of comment was made more then once. The stereotypes are present in the book and Mark Twain has illustrated Jim as caricature, although he deserves the recognition as a character.
