Journal 1:Huck Finn does not fully understand religion. The widow tells him that he can ask God for whatever he wants, so he thinks of religion as asking God for specific items. Religion is actually a more spiritual concept and Huck is not mature enough to realize this. This is evident when he mentions “Miss Watson, he took me to the closet and prayed, but nothing came of it. He told me to pray every day and whatever I asked for I would get. But it wasn't like that. I tried it. Once I caught a line, but without hooks. It was no use to me without the hooks. I tried using the hooks three or four times, but for some reason I couldn't get it to work. By and by, one day, I asked Miss Watson to try for me, but she said I was a fool. He never told me why and I couldn't figure it out in any way. This tells us that Huck is very confused about religion and takes things very literally. Huck was not raised in church, so he knows little about God and religion. Another time Huck took something too literally was when he went to Tom Sawyer's group to "rob and kill" people. Huck fully expected there to be real elephants and "A-rabs" at his destination. Tom Sawyer just wanted to pretend that was the case, when Huck was actually getting ready to see the elephants. Journal 2Huck Finn thinks about his father in an unusual way. Huck doesn't like his father, which makes sense because his father is a greedy drunkard, however Huck still looks up to his father as a role model. Pap is not a good role model for Huck due to his history of abusing Huck and his random disappearances. When Pap tries to get custody of his Huck, the judges side with him only because he is the father. This is demonstrated when Huck says, “The judge and the widow turned to the law to get…half the paper…on his character. Jim trusts Huck more and more, and Huck thinks of Jim more and more as his friend. Jim gives Huck access to his private life when he tells Huck this story. Huck listens quietly and respectfully to this story, which shows him growing closer to Jim. The story shows Jim's homesickness and how much he misses his family dearly. It also shows a much less forgiving and more emotional side of Jim's character. Jim has forgiven Huck for all the pranks he played on Jim, even though Jim would not have forgiven himself for a mistake years ago. If both characters hadn't run away together, they wouldn't have the kind of relationship they share now. It would be highly frowned upon if Huck and Jim had this type of relationship while still in their home due to the racism of southern people. Huck is still open to new ideas, which is why he becomes friends with Jim.