Huck considers himself to be a robber and it could have been him on the boat.  It shows that Huck has some sense of morality, but it only shows when he has time to think about it.

Huck is still an adventurous thirteen year old boy.  He wants to go on adventures and not think about whether people were coming for Jim.  It also shows that Huck does  not understand the severity of Jim's situation.  Huck does not understand that every thing they do out in the open

Huck promised Jim he wouldn't tell, and Huck does not break his promises.  In addition, Huck has been told to oppose abolition when that might not be his actual opinion.  Huck is also very lonely when he is by himself.  Jim is Huck's company and keeps him sane.  This tells the reader that Huck can not be alone, and he is a trustworthy person.  Also, it shows that Huck has been told what to think about slavery.

It shows what was important during that time.  People found it more important to find an escaped slave who has a slight chance of being the murderer rather than find the drunk who most likely killed Huck.  Slaves were very important to the people of this time.  If a slave ran away, a massive search party is sent out.  When Pap disappears, no one goes looking for him.

At the beginning of the chapter, Huck does not believe in superstition.  Huck and Jim had very good luck up to that point.  They found the house, the cavern, and eight dollars in silver.  When the snake bit Jim, Huck started to believe in superstition.  The bite was caused by Huck touching a snake skin.  Huck believes in more superstition at the end of chapter 10.

Jim is not rich in money, because he lost all of it before he ran away.  He is rich in freedom.  Jim does not have to work and is not beaten, because no one owns him.  In addition, he rich in belief.  Jim believes in good luck signs.  He thinks that his hairy arms mean that he will be rich one day.  People can be rinch in money, love, happiness, and freedom.

Jim decided to run away when he overheard Miss Watson talking about selling him.  She did not want to sell him, but she cared more about the $800 she would receive.  Jim did not want to be sold to someone in New Orleans.  The only thing Jim could do to avoid being sold was to run away.

Huck sawed a hole in the back of the cabin.  Then he took all the food and supplies that were in the cabin and placed the supplies in his canoe.  With the gun, Huck shot a wild boar and used its blood to stage his own murder.  Huck knocked down the door and made the house look like a robbery and murder.  This tells the reader that Huck is very ingenious when it comes to the real world.  He can be creative and smart but not in a normal manner.

The "do-gooders" are only concerned with someone's outer image.  Pap's appearance can change but that does not mean that his mind set will.  The judge who took Pap in only gave him a better chance to get custody of Huck and better access to alcohol. 

Huck's father is an old man in his fifties with gray, ratty hair.  He wears clothing with holes and patches.  Pap has holes in his boots and a cross with nails on the left heel to ward off demons.  The holes in his clothing corresponds to the holes in his memory form when he was drunk.  The nail cross tells the reader that Pap is a man who believes the devil is coming to get him.  In chapter six, Pap believes the angel of death is there to retrieve him.