Jims breakdown

Jim has a huge breakdown at the end of this chapter. Huck wakes up to find him in tears and he tells Huck about his daughter. His daughter had scarlet fever and went deaf because of it. Jim goes on crying and says how he hit her when she didn’t do what he wanted her to do, but she couldn’t do it because she couldn’t hear him. He feels so bad about what he did, and this just shows how compassionate and caring Jim is.  He wants to be the good guy and after punishing his own daughter before really understanding the full story, he is a much more caring and patient man 

What do you make of the Duke and the King?

 Huck and Jim are floating down the river and they come across two men, who claim to be a Duke and a King. Huck is able to tell straight away that they are lying, but Jim on the other hand; cannot. This shows a huge contrast between them and how they are developing. Huck wants to avoid conflict and is trying to do the right thing, yet is able to read people much better. Jim has a hard time seeing through people’s lies and is very, very gullible.

In what ways are Buck and Huck similar?

Huck and Buck are very similar in many ways. They are both impatient and are very similar in size. They are both love the outdoors and when they are together they spent much of their time outside. Bucks family, the Grangerfords, are in a war with their neighbors. They have been killing each other longer than either family can remember and neither side knows why they are doing it. Huck finds this fighting stupid and when he asks Buck why he takes part in the fighting he replies with “It’s just what we’ve always done.” Buck ends up dying in the fighting and Huck knows that it will never end.

The raftsman

There were 13 raftsman that had been drinking and they were trying to show off how 'manly' they are. They were acting like animals just arguing and trying to make themselves seem bigger than the other. One of them said that he could "lam any thief in the lot" which made everyone a lot more angry. They raftsman that said this was about to get jumped when the biggest of the raftsman stood up and said that he was his meat. This stopped the fighting but the arguing kept on going. 

man on the wreck

These people had their boat wreck, and even though they were bad people, Huck saved them. He knows that bad people will get their punishment when their time comes and its not up to him to play decide when they get their punishment. This shows that Huck has a great heart and has peoples best interest in mind. 

What trick does Huck play on Jim? Why is he tricking him now when he didn’t want to before?

Huck kills a snake and puts it by Jims foot so that when he wakes up he will freak out. The only problem is that when a snake dies, the mate will find it and curl up around it. This happened and it resulted with Jim getting bitten by the snake. Jims foot swelled up really bad but eventually went down with proper treatment. Huck decided to trick him now because they are friends now and he felt like it was okay to trick him and not be racist because they're friends. 

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• Blog – Why does William leave Mr. Sands? Do you think his actions were justified or rude?

Mr. Sands gets into congress so he takes a trip up there. Mr. Sands bring William, Lindas brother, with him. Mr. sands tells William that he will set him free after five years of being with him, but that isn't good enough for William, so he bails. His actions were rude, because for the first time, a white man is trying to do some good for a black man, but the trust isn't there yet. William couldn't risk getting stabbed in the back, so he had to leave. If Mr. Sands were trustworthy, which we've seen he isnt' because he didn't follow Lindas wishes with the kids, then it would be very rude. But because we've seen how un trustworthy he is, I feel that William was justified.