Huck's Letter

Huck was going to write a letter to Miss Watson about Jim and how he was a runaway slave.  He was basically going to be turning Jim in and get him caught.  Huck wanted to write her about how Jim was on the loose.  He decided not to though because then people would know Huck had been helping Jim, a runaway slave.  He also felt guilty to turn Jim in because they had become very close.  Huck felt like they had become friends and he didn’t feel that he could betray Jim like that.  This showed that Huck was a good person and he didn’t think just about himself.  He cared for someone else and decided to keep Jim safe.  This showed that Huck had good character.  

Duke and Kings Plan

The Duke and King planned to steal six thousand dollars from this family.  They plan to run off with all the families’ fortune and skip town.  Huck discovers that they are planning to do this and he wants to stop them from doing it.  Huck takes the money and places it in the coffin to be buried.  He decides to tell the family about what he had done so they would know where the money is and that the Duke and King are frauds.  Huck does this because he is a good person and wants to do the right thing.  He hates that the Duke and King are doing this to the family.  It shows that he is a good person and wants to do the right thing.  

Jim's Daughter

Jim talks to Huck about how he was homesick and missing his family.  He then goes on to tell a story about how one time he had asked his daughter to do something and she just stood there.  He had hit her and left then came back and felt terrible about what he had down.  This story tells us about how Jim was feeling really homesick and this was the first time we had heard of his family and seen this side of him.  We also see this side of him where he can have a temper because he had hit his daughter a few times when she didn’t behave.  

Duke and king

The Duke and King were two men that Huck ran into. The two men were running away from people chasing after them. Huck told them that they could go with him. The Duke and King were two men who weren’t actually a duke and king. The man who claimed to be duke had told his story first and then the other man decided to make up that he was king because the Duke was getting special privileges. I don’t think it was a good idea for Huck and Jim to go along with them because they weren’t trustworthy people. Huck and Jim didn’t know who they really were.

Huck and Buck

Buck is the little boy who lived with the family that Huck found when he was washed up to shore. Buck is about the same age as Huck and the same size too. They both are boys who like to go on adventures. They like the idea of the thrill of the adventure and want to capture someone. They are also similar in the way that neither like to get dressed up. Buck talks about at the beginning that he doesn’t like to wear those nice pants and hates Sundays because he has to be proper and fancy. Huck is the same way because for a while he hated the fact that the lady he lived with made him dress up and have proper manners.

Raftsmen

Huck had gotten aboard the raft that there were raftsmen.  The raftsmen were drinking a lot and singing and very loud.  They were telling stories to each other the whole time about life on the raft.  They also kept getting into many fights.  This was showing us that raftsmen aren’t the kindest men and that they like to have a good time.  They like to be crazy and get drunk all the time.  The men also believe in superstitions or at least most of them because there was a time when a barrel came by and one of the men told them that it was bad luck to have it around.  All the men were scared of it and they spent the day drinking by themselves.  This chapter showed us that raftsmen were rowdy and liked to have a lot of fun.  

Steamboat

Huck and Jim come across a shipwreck and he wants to go aboard to salvage whatever is on there.  They find people in there and Huck decides to help them because he is looking for an exciting adventure and knew that if Tom where there he would be all for it. They help the guys even though Jim doesn’t think it is a good idea because it is risky.  This shows true character of Huck and that he actually does care about people.  It shows even under that tough skin he wants to help people and he has a kind heart.  He did learn some things from the widow and he does look up to people.  

Huck finn chapter 7-11

The trick that Huck plays on Jim is that he found a dead rattlesnake and he sat it at the end of Jim’s blanket.  He thought it would be funny to see Jim wake up and see the rattlesnake at the end of his blanket but the dead rattlesnake had a partner.  This rattlesnake came by and bit Jim when Jim woke up and found the snake.  Huck played the prank on Jim now because they had become closer and he thought it would be a funny thing to do.  The other time that Tom wanted to play the prank on Jim and Huck didn’t was because he didn’t feel like he knew Jim enough and thought that it would be rude.  He thought the snake was good because they had become somewhat friends on account of being runaways together.              

last American Man

Eustace is not exactly the last American man.  He does live in the wild and for the most part lives like a true man would but he still goes into the real world and does use a lot of things that are against what a “true American man” is.  He ends up having to go into the real world to be able to make Turtle Island.  He has to live in hotels, drive cars, and use skills that he does not think are true to a true American man.  Eustace is kind of a hypocrite because he does preach that he is a true American man but he actually doesn’t follow along all the lines because of his dream of Turtle Island and teaching others to be like him.  This pushes him away from really living off of nature.