friendship

Explain how the friendship of the duke and king served as a foil for the friendship of Huck and Jim.

Huck and Jim's friendship acted as a foil to the friendship of the Duke and King. The friendship of the duke and king emphasized the friendship of Huck and Jim, allowing their friendship to have a more sympathized view than the duke and king’s friendship. Huck and Jim liked each other due to the fact that they had much in common, but the Duke and King’s friendship is nowhere near as real as Huck and Jim’s friendship. Huck and Jim worked together and cooperated, whereas the Duke and King were constantly bickering, the Duke and King were only worried about money, while Huck and Jim were always looking out for one another. The friendship of the Duke and the King foils the friendship of Huck and Jim because Huck and Jim’s friendship is based on morals and the King and Duke do not follow any morals and do not have any ethics. The King and Duke never were the best of friends but Huck and Jim had a friendship was an example of the opposite of the Duke and Kings friendship and Huck’s friendship to Jim was one that could never be broken.

-David Hernandez Austin Teaford Giovanni Gonzalez Period 3

We enjoyed your explanation and diction because it was not only good in its own, but it complimented the story. We thought that you strayed a bit with the morals and ethics comments, but overall good. Our question is, how is Huck and Jim's friendship "based on morals".

Tristan Todd Noah Connors

Huck and Jim’s friendship is different from the Duke and king’s friendship.Huck and Jim friendship was based on trust and trusting one another unlike the Duke and king friendship, king was the boss and calling the shots between them. A crucial point in the Huck and Jim’s friendship is when Huck is reflecting on everything that they’ve gone through together in the novel. Huck looks at all the times they’ve taken care of each other and how lovely their lives have been since the beginning of their adventure. Huck reflects on these events and realizes that Jim is his best friend and he is Jim’s. Huck realizes how important Jim is to him and later, Huck chooses to go to hell in the name of their friendship. The King is the eldest out of the two and mainly tells the duke what to do and say they both camaraderie in their own con work,. The friendships foil each other because Huck and Jim’s cares for one another and following morals. The Duke and king friendship is simple business no morals or ethics just manipulating others to get by.

Katelyn Billy Charlina Davis