Huck Finn Chapter 1-11

In the beginning of the book Tom wants to play a trick on Jim but Huck tells him no. Although, Tom goes and plays a trick on him anyway, Huck still asked him not to. Much later in the book after Huck has escaped from his father he meets up with Jim again. While Jim and Huck are together they help eachother out and one major thing they do together is steal stuff from a house that comes floating down the river. When they are together Huck plays a trick on Jim. He takes a rattle snake and throws it on him as a joke to scare him. Huck thinks that it is simply a rattle snake skin but there is another rattle snake near it, which bites Jim and almost kills him. Personally, I think the trick that Huck pulls on Jim can be seen as an initiation deal. Before he knew that Jim belonged to The Widow so he didn't mess want to mess with him. But now he has run away and Huck connected with him. Tom and Huck played tricks on eachother all the time so I think it shows sort of a connection. When Huck played this trick on Jim it could be seen as the beginning of their friendship. He wasn't friends with Jim before so he didn't want to mess with him.