It was just dark now. I never went near the house, but struck through the woods and made for the swamp. Jim warn't on his island, so I tramped off in a hurry for the crick, and crowded through the willows, red-hot to jump aboard and get out of that awful country. The raft was gone! My souls, but I was scared! I couldn't get my breath for most a minute. Then I raised a …showed first 75 words of 1307 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1307 total…that Jim and Huck have. Twain develops this idea more and more throughout the novel finally ending with news that Huck's dad had died and Jim had been there to protect Huck from it. This unconditional desire to protect Huck makes the reader really care about Jim. Twain's focus on this relationship, and Jim and Huck's desire to preserve it, cause the reader to develop a similar relationship with the characters of Jim and Huck.