Instead of revisiting the other topics as I suggested I would, I'm going to go a long with the current of the novel. The developing relationship between Huck and Jim, starting with their run in on the island, is an interesting one to watch in chapters 6-15. Previously after being held captive by his father, Huck hears his father's tirade about slaves and the "govment". As I read what Pap was saying, I began to question what effects these words would have on Huck's psyche. Would he replay his fathers words in his head in an ordinary situation or an odd one in which he has to make a difficult decision? Huck treats Jim as a companion, however up until he apologizes to Jim(or maybe not even at that point), he views Jim as a being not worthy of sincere communication, seen when he says," It was 15 minutes before I could work myself up to go humble myself to a nigger". In reading this I realized that although Jim is no longer physically enslaved, his only interaction with another human because is in the form as if he was one.