He often done that.” Even though it was Huck’s turn to be the watch, Jim hadn’t woken him. This symbolizes Jim’s friendship with Huck because he wanted Huck to sleep, rather than having him wake up and take his shift as the watch-out. As they floated down the river, the racial ideologies had ceased to continue. Huck no longer viewed Jim as a slave, but as a friend. Mark Twain’s interjection of impactful changes in their relationship shaped the novel because the idea of slavery and discrimination is left behind as Huck and Jim flow down the