I'm still a bit confused on why they have to break Jim out the "right way", but I'm also confused on the whole creating a coat of arms for Jim. Why does he have to do that? Jim isn't part of a royal family or anything, so why is it relevant to him escaping? I also don't understand why they feel the need to put rats, snakes, and spiders in the little shed that Jim is kept in. He is already a prisoner, so why are they putting all those creatures in there? Are they trying to make him miserable? This doesn't really help him escape, so why is it really necessary? Also, why did they eat the sawdust? Why didn't they just bury it to hide the evidence instead of getting sick off of eating it? I'm still stuck on why they had to make it so complicated, Tom would not have been shot in the leg if they had broke Jim out the way Huck wanted to.
When Tom was shot, he wasn't worried the least bit. He was actually satisfied that he had gotten a bullet wound out of the whole escape plan. However, Jim and Huck were not going to leave without getting help for his leg. It seemed that they knew that it was going to get worse, so they wanted to find a doctor. Tom was against this. Jim had said,"Well, den, dis is de way it look to me, Huck. Ef it wuz him dat 'uz bein' sot free, en one er de boyz wuz to git shot, would he say, 'Go on en save me, nemmine 'bout a doctor f'r to save dis one'? Is dat like Mars Tom Sawyer? Would he say dat? You bet he wouldn't! Well, den, is Jim gwyne to say it? No, sah--I doan' budge a step out'n dis place 'dout a doctor; not if it's forty year!" (Twain 275) They knew that If Tom was the one that was a prisoner, and they had helped them escape and one of them got shot, he would find help; so Jim and Huck weren't just going to leave with Tom being injured. Tom would have done it if for them, so they knew they had to do it for him; even if Tom was completely against it.
In this book I think that some people started to look at the slaves a different way. For example, the doctor had said, "Don't be no rougher on him that your obleeged to, because he ain't a bad n*****." (Twain 284) Jim had helped the doctor fix Tom's leg when no one else was around, even though he knew he would be captured again for it. He risked his freedom to help Tom and the doctor saw that. He had also said, "I never see a n***** that was better nuss or faithfuler, and yet he was risking his freedom to do it, and was all tired out, too." "I liked the n***** for that; I tell you, gentlemen, a n***** like that is worth a thousand dollars--and kind treatment, too." (Twain 285) The doctor explained this to the towns people that were there at the time, but I don't know how much that this had changed their opinions.
This book turned out a lot better than I had expected. When I began reading this book, I felt that it was going to be boring, and something that I would dread to read. However, the book became more enjoyable to read, and the adventures that Huck and Jim had, and along with all the people that they had met were very interesting. I also found that I wasn't satisfied with how the book ended. It was dramatic, but I felt like it just ended, like every just stopped. It reminded me of the ending of the Andromeda Strain. Everything works out in their favor, but it just ends. Besides the ending, I did enjoy this book as a whole; but I really had a hard time trying to understand they way some of the character talked. Take the quote from above in paragraph two for example, you really have to read it slow and sound out all the words that are being used.; it's almost like the you have to read in the southern accent that they talked with.
When Tom was shot, he wasn't worried the least bit. He was actually satisfied that he had gotten a bullet wound out of the whole escape plan. However, Jim and Huck were not going to leave without getting help for his leg. It seemed that they knew that it was going to get worse, so they wanted to find a doctor. Tom was against this. Jim had said,"Well, den, dis is de way it look to me, Huck. Ef it wuz him dat 'uz bein' sot free, en one er de boyz wuz to git shot, would he say, 'Go on en save me, nemmine 'bout a doctor f'r to save dis one'? Is dat like Mars Tom Sawyer? Would he say dat? You bet he wouldn't! Well, den, is Jim gwyne to say it? No, sah--I doan' budge a step out'n dis place 'dout a doctor; not if it's forty year!" (Twain 275) They knew that If Tom was the one that was a prisoner, and they had helped them escape and one of them got shot, he would find help; so Jim and Huck weren't just going to leave with Tom being injured. Tom would have done it if for them, so they knew they had to do it for him; even if Tom was completely against it.
In this book I think that some people started to look at the slaves a different way. For example, the doctor had said, "Don't be no rougher on him that your obleeged to, because he ain't a bad n*****." (Twain 284) Jim had helped the doctor fix Tom's leg when no one else was around, even though he knew he would be captured again for it. He risked his freedom to help Tom and the doctor saw that. He had also said, "I never see a n***** that was better nuss or faithfuler, and yet he was risking his freedom to do it, and was all tired out, too." "I liked the n***** for that; I tell you, gentlemen, a n***** like that is worth a thousand dollars--and kind treatment, too." (Twain 285) The doctor explained this to the towns people that were there at the time, but I don't know how much that this had changed their opinions.
This book turned out a lot better than I had expected. When I began reading this book, I felt that it was going to be boring, and something that I would dread to read. However, the book became more enjoyable to read, and the adventures that Huck and Jim had, and along with all the people that they had met were very interesting. I also found that I wasn't satisfied with how the book ended. It was dramatic, but I felt like it just ended, like every just stopped. It reminded me of the ending of the Andromeda Strain. Everything works out in their favor, but it just ends. Besides the ending, I did enjoy this book as a whole; but I really had a hard time trying to understand they way some of the character talked. Take the quote from above in paragraph two for example, you really have to read it slow and sound out all the words that are being used.; it's almost like the you have to read in the southern accent that they talked with.