Huck finn 31-43

Looks lthe hut.ike the king and duke's luck is running out. As they make an attempt to betray a village, each attempt was unsuccessful. Huck's analogies are the absolute best! "Then in another village they started a dancing school; but they didn't no more how to dance than a kangaroo does;" (Twain - P. 237). I feel like Huck is betraying Jim by not going to look for him. When he discovers that Jim has been captured, he lays in the raft contemplating instead of searching for his friend. Huck believes it will be better if Jim was a slave with his family. But if Jim ran away from being a slave, why would Huck feel like that's the best decision? Plus, people are after Jim because they think he's a murderer. They won't be sending Jim to New Orleans, they're going to hang him.
      Huck is also being selfish when thinking about what's best for Jim. "And then think of me! It would get all around, that Huck Finn helped a nigger to get his freedom," ( Twain - P. 240). Losing Jim is finally getting to Huck. He decides to find his friens. He finds the duke for answers, but as soon as the duke was going to give Huck information he stopped. Not trusting Huck of course. Luckily, Huck already knew who he had to see.
      When Huck gets to the house, he soon realizes that Sally is Tom Sawyer's aunt. Thus, the lying duo is back. Huck meets his friend away from the Phelps house and tells him all about Jim. Tom is on board for helping with the nigger escape. Is it because he's trying to help a friend or is it because he missed searching for trouble?
      While the duo is out lurking through the town, they spot the other team of thieves dealing with some trouble of their own. When thinking of the four of them, I wonder if the king and duke symbolize Huck and Tom. Could the two be a representation of the two boys' future. If they continue to betray people, is that where they'll end up years from now?
      Tom is being a pretty good friend by helping Huck free Jim. Is this really THE Tom Sawyer with Huck? They soon devise up a plan to free Jim when they discover his whereabouts.
       Tom's plan is looking bad because Silas is guarding the hut. When they first spot Jim you can sense the friendship when he grabs there hands in the hut.
      Another greatly plan by Tom Sawyer is taking the wrong turn. Sally discovers the missing items and blames it on everything else but the boys. It's funny how the characters in the book underestimate the boys. Children can betray you too.
       This part of the book is where I realize that Tom is a little off... They snuck Jim out and the whole time, they didn't think of running away. Tom obviously doesn't care about anything, but Huck should be concerned about his friend. He's so obsessed with Tom that he forgets his other friend that is in danger!
       Due to Tom's new plan, the boys are im another predicament. The Phelps get men with guns to protect the family. Therefore, Huck, Tom, and Jim try to escape. Tom gets the armed men's attention and they fire at the three of them. Did Tom do this on purpose because the idea of getting shot or shot at excites him? When they get away, Tom is delighted by his souvenir. This kid is crazy!!!
       In the end, the three of them return to the Phelps and Jim is now a freed slave. Tom proves that he is a good friend by wanting to go back with people looking at Jim as a hero. He's still crazy though. Very crazy

Huck Finn. Chapters 23-30 Friendship & Betrayal

      So these chapters are basically about the king and duke tricking three girls into believing that they're are their uncles. This had to be the most interesting part of the book. Nothing but betrayal and friendship in these chapters. The duke even starts to feel bad. However, is talked blind, as Huck says on page 203. However, let's start from the beginning of their journey.
      The king and duke gained $465 in three nights by performing a tragedy. When they skip their final performance, Jim questions their royalty. Huck just simply says it's how the Royals are, they're rapscallions. I personally enjoyed how Huck related the actions of the king and duke to King Henry VIII. He told Jim how King Henry betrayed all six of his wives by beheading them. "And he would do it just as indifferent as if he was ordering up eggs," (Twain - 179).
      In the next chapter these crazy men decide to paint Jim blue, "like a man that's been drowned for nine days," (Twain - 183). If anyone comes lurking through, Jim has to scare them and make noises. One BIG flaw here people! If a man is in the woods, he has a gun! If a man with a gun sees this dead, avatar looking thing in the woods, they're going to shoot! These men have hunted before and I'm sure they're first instinct is to shoot. I'm convinced the conartists know this as well.
      Now, this is where they meet the man and tell him that they're the girls uncles, related to the deceased. They go to the funeral, cry and put on a phenomenal show for the grieving family. Huck quickly makes friends with Mary Jane and Susan. The youngest sister, Joe or Joanna, not so much. She doesn't believe one word he says. He does take a liking to the girls the king and duke are robbing out of their money though.
      We start to see a change in the duke, "the bag of gold was enough, and he didn't want to go no deeper - didn't want to rob a lot of orphans of everything they had," (Twain - 203). He's starting to have a little compassion inside of him. Maybe he realized that the girls considers them as family friends. Then again, he is good at tricking people. The king puts his partner's focus back on the gold.
      Huck betrays the girls every second he's not telling the truth. They're friends and yet, he continues to let the men rob the girls. The king and duke give the girls hope, they think they're going to England. Huck knows he is wrong. Thankfully, he comes up with a paln to steal the money. Plan seems pretty good until he places it in a ridiculous spot. You have to read to find out where :p Thus, showing what a remarkable friend he is.
      I was on my toes the whole time while reading chapter 28. Huck tells Mary Jane everything about their visit. I was afraid the king and duke were standing from afar listening to every word they say. I was waiting for them to yank Huck for betraying them like that. The two, Mary Jane and Huck, devise a plan to put the other two in jail.
      The plan turned to be unsuccessful and the three of them ended up being questioned. The money is then found. In the end Huck is free of the king and duke, but omly only for a second when they return to the raft. The king and duke start accusing the each other of betrayal and hiding the money. Surprisingly, they didn't think Huck did it to get rid of them.

Huckleberry Finn Chapters 16-22

      In the beginning of chapter 16, I have absolutely no idea what they are talking about. But apparently Bob seeks revenge when the Child fights back. "he was a man that never forgot and never forgive,". Even though the start of chapter 16 was a bore, we definitely see Huck getting more attached to Jim. And as soon as I think Huck feels blessed to gain such a great companionship, he thinks about betraying Jim. He's considering throwing poor Ol' Jim under the bus. "What did that poor old woman do to you, that you could treat her so mean?"(Twain - Page 109) He then continues to think about the good Miss Watson has done for him. He completely forgot the good Jim has done for him. When picking sides, Huck needs to realize that he can't win. No matter what he decides, he'll be betraying both of his friends. Jim is more significant than Miss Watson anyway. Him and Jim have more history.
      Huck makes the right decision and does not turn into a rat. They continue to set sail and are soon separated. Luckily, Huck meets a kind family and is hoping to stay with them. He's betraying Jim. It seems as though he forgot all about his friend that could be hurt or worse. Death seems to be significant in Chapter 17. I feel as though the significance is foreshadowing. Maybe a significant character will die later on in the novel. Emmeline Grangerford seemed as though she was infatuated with the idea of death. She "used to paste obituaries and accidents and cases of patient suffering in it out of the Presbyterian Observer, and write poetry after them out of her own head." (Twain - Page 124). After a gun fight between the Grangerfords and Buck, Huck runs away with Jim in a raft yet again. As Tim and Huck head down the stream, Huck comes across two men that were fleeing from their problems and asked if they can join the two on the raft. I was happy the two men ran into two sweet guys like Huck and Jim.
      However, it didn't take long for the two to betray Finn and Jim. They make up an outrageous lie that they are royal. The younger man states that he is an English duke and the older one says that he is the long lost son of Louix XVI.
      I'm indecisive on whether Huck is betraying Jim or not. He won't mention the fact that the two men lied about their identity. I guess he's only looking out for Jim. Well, at least Huck is aware of the lies; he learned one good thing from Pa. "If I never learnt nothing else out of pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way." ( Twain - Page 148).
      The men traveling with Finn and Jim may be con artists, but Huckleberry Finn will always be a bigger one than them. He learned that from Tom. Every time Huck gets into a predicament, he makes up an unfathomable story. He's betraying everyone he meets along the journey.

Huckleberry Finn FRIENDSHIP AND BETRAYAL Chapters 6-15

In Chapter 6, Pap is trying to get the money from Judge Thatcher and is still beating on Huck, as usual. "he went for me, too, for not stopping school." (Twain- Page 24). While reading, all I'm thinking is where is Huck's "savior", Tom, now? School is Huck's friend in my opinion. It's his comfort zone, the only place he can get away from his "lickings". "I didn't want to go to school much, before, but I reckoned I'd go now to spite pap." (Twain- Page 24). Widow Douglas is also Tom's friend, but since he looks at the "negatives", he doesn't see that the widow is just looking out for him.
Going further into the chapter, Huck begins to talk about how the law betrays him. On page 28, Twain writes, "Here's what the law does. The law takes a man worth six thousand dollars and upards, and jams him into an old trap of a cabin like this, and lets him go round in clothes that ain't fitten for a hog. They call that government! A man can't get his rights in a government like this." Then Pap rambles on about how the government betrays the people by freeing "niggers" and allowing them to look better than the whites. Typical Pap.
In Chapter 7, I didn't see much friendship and betrayal. However, on page 34 when Twain describes how Huck slaughtered a pig is just gross. I guess he betrayed the pig and his father because Huck's trying to make it look like he was murdered. Another, off topic statement, on page 36, Pap is sober. Way to go Pap!
In Chapter 8, Huck runs into his old friend Jim. I found Jim to be hilarious on page 43 because he thinks Huck is a ghost and starts to pray :D
It was pooty hard trying to understand what Jim was telling Huck on page 45, but apparently Miss Watson was gwyne to betray poor ole Jim. She was gwyne to sell him down to Orleans for $800. That's pooty rough for Jim. Oh how I love the grammar in this book :D
I didn't have much to say about Chapter 9, but the beginning of Chapter 10 was "oh my gosh..." On page 59, I guess you can say Huck betrayed Jim, but it was an accident. He didn't mean for the rattle snake to bite Jim.
Chapter 11, we find out that people think Jim killed Huck since he ran away on the same day. They really think Jim would betray Huck like that?
In chapter 12, Huck goes on and on about Tom. I just want to hit Huck upside the head and tell him that Tom isn't his true friend. In the end, you can tell Huck really cares for Jim. He finds out that a few men want him dead and he tries to save him.
Huck is too good of a person. In Chapter 13, he starts to feel sympathy for the murderers and wonders how he would feel if he were in their shoes.
From pages 83-84, Huck begins to tell Jim how the kings and dukes betray them. He says that they sit around do nothing unless there is a war.
Lastly, in chapter 15, I wonder if Jim is slowly turning into Pap. He's always drinking now. I just hope he doesn't start putting his hands on Huck. Huck gets enough of that from his actual father.

Friendship and Betrayal - Huck Finn

In this novel the friendship between Huck and Tom is kind of strange. I feel as though Huck is more of a friend to Tom then Tom is to Huck. When creating the Gang, they almost made poor Huck cry because he doesn't have a family. Which is messed because the pack was to kill a boy's family if they told about the secrets of the Gang.
In chapter 1, I feel like Tom was being friendly to Huck when he bribed him to go back to The Widow Douglas. Tom knows that the widow cares for Huck and Tom just wants Huck to be safe and have family he never got to have since his father is a drunk. "The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb," (Twain p. 2) The widow clearly shows signs that she loves Huck and she just wants the best for him. That's why she doesn't want him talking to Tom Sawyer.
Now going back to what I said before about how Huck cares more than Tom. On page 3 of the novel, Twain writes. "I asked her if she reckoned Tom Sawyer would go there, and she said, not by a considerable sight. I was glad about that, because I wanted him and me together." This part of the novel is when he was talking with Miss Watson about Heaven and Hell. He wants to go to Hell because that is where his friends were going and he didn't want to be with Miss Watson in the after life. He wanted to be with his "friends".
In chapter 2, the boys become the Gang. This part of the book got under my skin because they were willing to kill their friends' families if any word of their Gang got out. That just made absolutely know since to me. Tom also mentioned killing members of the Gang if there was conflict between two members. Tom isn't what I remember from The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. I didn't think I would dislike him this much in the beginning of the story. Chapter 3, I didn't see much of my theme. Chapter 4 as well. Huck just recognizes his father's footprints and runs to Judge Thatcher and talks with Jim. Lastly, Chapter 5 is mainly about Huck's dad