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That's the thing so many people (particularly those looking for a reason to be butthurt) just don't get: Jim is the most honorable, sensible, and human character in the book. He's contrasted against the other people they meet and those people (the King and the Duke, anyone?) come out on the short end of the stick. Which I'm pretty sure was Twain's point -- he was too good a writer to do that by accident, after all. The whole point is it's not WHAT you are, it's WHO you are ... and people who can't get past the fact that the story is written within its time period miss it entirely. Well, adults do, anyway; kids, not yet having learned the proper conventions, understand the story right away -- and far better than their parents.
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