There were one or two things in the book that struck me as odd:
- Jim sometimes calls Huck 'honey'. As a boy, I would not have appreciated anyone calling me 'honey', and especially not a grown man, not even my father.
- In the last part of the book, Tom Sawyer arrives and takes over. I thought it was a bit weird them engaging in all the elaborate escape preparations based on adventure books. Jim is quite a patient fellow, but I was surprised he put up with it. I am surprised Huck went along with it, because he seemed a bit more mature than Tom.
- I was surprised by Jim's long-suffering nature. He did complain about being tied up on the raft, but apart from that he had to spend long periods of time on his own waiting by the raft, while Huck and the others got up to things in the towns and villages. Then he had to spend several weeks held captive, mainly by himself on Aunt Sally's farm. He must have been bored witless.
How old is Huck in the book? I imagine him being about fourteen, but on book-covers he usually looks younger.