Huck Finn is the first novel we are studying in the first of the three " long fiction "units. I addressed how Huck's dynamic character change is internal and a response to the ethos of the South which embraces slavery. I noted how Huck's adoption of 4 or 5 identities in the novel mirrors his character development as Huck struggles with conscience which instructs him to turn Jim over to authorities per the prevailing laws and beliefs and yet also clearly broadcasts to Huck a higher morality that dictates he protect Jim from the cruelty of slavery . I next discussed how Tom Sawyer acts as a character foil and thereby illuminates Huck's character. Last, we discussed Twains' overuse of coincidence in the final chapters.