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.
Saturday, March 29, 2014
Huckleberry Finn Chapters 16-22
Saturday, March 22, 2014
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.
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.
Friday, March 14, 2014
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
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
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