To Be Seen or Not To Be Seen

          Jim and Huck are both runaways, however, the urgency of not being caught is very different for the two. Huck is able to go into towns to buy supplies and food or "borrow" food. Huck is able to be seen, and even if he is caught he could just run away again because he's a young white boy. On the opposite side of the spectrum, it's imperative that Jim is not seen at all. They can only travel at night because if Jim is seen he will be lynched because he's a runaway slave. This is why Jim is hesitant to go explore the shipwrecked steamboat with Huck. Jim's life depends on it but Huck doesn't quite understand that so he pushed Jim into saying yes. Jim went with Huck onto the crashed steamboat simply because he is a slave and Huck is white, totally disregarding his own safety because of society norms.