These chapters brought up quite a few questions for me. For one, why does Huck always want to be like Tom Sawyer? He is always saying that Tom would do this, and he was see this dangerous thing as an adventure, so Huck has to do it too. Also, why is Huck sending after someone for the men he left on the shipwreck? I understand that one of them was an innocent man, but the other two were killers. Another thing that confused me was why Huck tried convincing Jim that everything that happened in the fog was all a dream that he had just woke up from. Was Huck just trying to play a trick on him, or was there a real reason as to why he wanted him to forget? Lastly, why is Huck all of the sudden feeling miserable for all of the wrongs he has done? He hasn't felt bad for any of the things he has done so far, so why now? I feel like I missed an important detail of that.
One of the themes of these chapters was freedom. Huck is free from his responsibilities and Jim will gain his freedom as soon as he gets to the city. One of my take aways for what I have read so far is if you are really determined, you can do whatever you feel. This is very cliché, but for these two characters it is very true.
One thing that I found interesting was that Jim is so stubborn and has his mind set on what he knows, or thinks he knows. I can relate to this because I have these traits as well. I am the most stubborn and frustrating person who always thinks she has the right answer. I just found it cool that I could relate to a trait of a character from this book. However, I didn't like the fact that Huck was going to betray Jim and turn him in. Jim has done nothing but help Huck and he wanted to let him go to get some money. I found that a terrible thing to do to a "friend".
I also wanted to talk about page 89 and 86 separately. On page 86 Huck spoke about having to work himself up to humbling himself to Jim for what he had done. I think this was hard for him because of the time period that they were in. That wasn't a common thing to do, and I feel that most of the time people didn't care about the feelings of a black person. Lastly, on page 89, this page is a conversation between Huck, himself, and two men. Huck couldn't find it in himself to tell that Jim was in the raft behind him, which I found admirable. I really thought he was going to turn in a man who kept him company and tried to keep him away from bad luck. I feel this page is mainly about Huck and the internal struggle that he has with himself at the moment.
One of the themes of these chapters was freedom. Huck is free from his responsibilities and Jim will gain his freedom as soon as he gets to the city. One of my take aways for what I have read so far is if you are really determined, you can do whatever you feel. This is very cliché, but for these two characters it is very true.
One thing that I found interesting was that Jim is so stubborn and has his mind set on what he knows, or thinks he knows. I can relate to this because I have these traits as well. I am the most stubborn and frustrating person who always thinks she has the right answer. I just found it cool that I could relate to a trait of a character from this book. However, I didn't like the fact that Huck was going to betray Jim and turn him in. Jim has done nothing but help Huck and he wanted to let him go to get some money. I found that a terrible thing to do to a "friend".
I also wanted to talk about page 89 and 86 separately. On page 86 Huck spoke about having to work himself up to humbling himself to Jim for what he had done. I think this was hard for him because of the time period that they were in. That wasn't a common thing to do, and I feel that most of the time people didn't care about the feelings of a black person. Lastly, on page 89, this page is a conversation between Huck, himself, and two men. Huck couldn't find it in himself to tell that Jim was in the raft behind him, which I found admirable. I really thought he was going to turn in a man who kept him company and tried to keep him away from bad luck. I feel this page is mainly about Huck and the internal struggle that he has with himself at the moment.