the relationship between Huck and Jim

Although Huck is free and white and Jim is a slave and black, Huck finds comfort in Jim because he himself comes from the lowest levels of white society. Hi father is a drunk, he is poorly educated, and he is often homeless. Jim, Miss Watson's slave, is separated from his family. Together Huck and Jim find a family within eachother despite their racial backgrounds. Jim cooks for Huck, and Huck provides protection for Jim. By spending this time together along the Mississippi river, Huck is learning to look past the preconceptions that society has taught him against blacks. I belive by the end of the book, Huck may become a more freethinking person who has his own oppinions. Jim is getting an opputunity to be his own person. Before he became a runaway, he couldn't express his own oppinions or share his own thoughts. Now, with Huck, he doesn't hold back as much. He tries Huck by asking questions to prove a point. Throughout their journey together so far they have shown true companionship and loyalty to one another.