Huck Finn and Jim are what I like to call true grit cowboys. They strived for adventure and the most important thing that makes these fellows different is the strive for freedom. They never gave up and they did whatever was necessary to achieve the goal of happiness. They both had different reasons to go for what they felt was needed to achieve the goal. The search was not easy, they came across many obstacles. They each had different back stories, Jim was a slave and Huck well he was a free soul