1.
"All right, then, I'll go to Hell" (Ch. 31 Pg. 284 ).
Huckleberry learns the meaning of friendship and family throughout his many adventures. His understanding of friendship is apparent when he decides to do something for Jim's best interest, instead of his own. With friendship comes hard times that have to be worked out, as well as remembering the idea of putting others before yourself. Although he is choosing to go to Hell in order to help Jim, this view of friendship most likely comes from the widow, about religion and god. Huck's choice meant a lot to me as I read it, because doing something good when you have been taught that it is bad is really hard on a person. This creates a feeling where Huck is guilty for helping a friend.
2.
"It was the most astonishing speech I ever heard" (Ch. 33 Pg. 299).
Huckleberry Finn never expected to know anybody who would help him steal Jim back from Uncle Silas. Tom had been a person willing to help Huck all along, with his 'troublemaking'. Since the beginning of the novel, Tom was written to be perceived as a troublemaker, however Huck had only seen it as playing around, because that is what boys tend to do. Because Tom can be seen as the authors portrayal of himself, this character can be expected to be one that tries to trick others, for fun. One might compare the character of Tom to when a director plays a character in their own movies.
3.
"What do we want of a moat when we're going to snake him out from under the cabin?"
Once again, the author wants to remind us that Huck and Tom are both making great strides toward equality at such a young age. Young people symbolize innocence, therefor Ne, they are more likely to see the good in others, and have less of a set opinion about a person. The two boys have outstanding ideas about their adventures and how they will get Jim out of trouble, because of their youthfulness. Tom, especially, creates crazy plans with unnecessary pieces to mimic the great adventures of his childhood heroes.
4.
"...and so Jim got everything all right, and as soon as he was by himself he busted into the pie" (Ch. 37 Pg. 341).
In Huck Finn, there are many times when supernatural themes are brought up. In this case, the two boys are making a 'witch pie' to ward off the witches from Jim. Each of the different characters have different beliefs on what is 'out there'. In Jim's case he believes that there are witches, ghosts, fortune tellers, and good/bad luck, whereas Huckleberry and The Widow believe that there is a heaven and a hell. Although the two both believe in a heaven and hell, The Widow follows many rules to try to get into heaven, but Huckleberry Finn does whatever he believes is right. The different views on life influence each of Huckleberry's actions, and he will do or believe in whatever is possible to help Jim escape into the free land.
In the 1800s there were also many women who were accused of witchcraft. Many of these women were put to death. People during this time would go on witch hunts, and killed any women who slightly resembled a witch. This included someone who wasn't very attractive, older, and usually someone who didn't own a lot of money.
5.
"...And when he mentioned the St. Louis ones it give me the cold shivers, and I see we hadn't no time to lose "( Ch. 39 Pg.354 ).
Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer are in the middle of their big adventure, for their own heroic novel, to set the slave free. Tom, however, is more focused on the 'story' than actually saving Jim from being enslaved again. Huckleberry is set on getting Jim out of Silas' hands and setting him free, as he has had time to realize that Jim is a real person, that he has grown close to, instead of seeing him as a slave and less than. Here, we can compare the two boys to each other. Throughout Huckleberry's many adventures, he recognizes that it's more important to help a friend than to have a bit of excitement. Tom Sawyer, however, has been stuck in his home town with his family, and his only source of adventure are from the books he reads and the secret societies he creates with his other boyish friends. Reading the advertisements for Jim and knowing that they are being sent so close to where they are from scares him, because he knows Jim is getting closer and closer to being caught.
6.
"...Only just hunting for the runaway nigger--me and Sid" (Ch. 41 Pg. 367).
Huckleberry is having to think up excuses all by himself, which he hasn't had to do for a long time. He always seemed to have someone by his side helping him out, such as The Duke and The King, Jim, or Tom Sawyer. After Huck took Tom to the doctor to get the bullet out of his calf, Tom disappeared, and Uncle Silas bumped into him, so he had to think fast. Not only did he have to remember that he was acting like Tom, and Tom was pretending to be Sid, he also had to come up with another excuse for running away the night before, when everyone was hunting for Jim. Fortunately, he quickly came up with an answer as for why Jim was gone, and why he had left.
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