While reading these chapters, I thought about Tom Sawyer, and how everything he does has to be this grand scheme. I don't understand why they didn't just go along with the plan Huck had thought of. I feel that it would have been a lot less trouble for the both of them just to go about it Huck's way. I also thought if Huck was going to leave the Duke and King for good this time because they sold Jim. Maybe they have already left them because of how long they have at the Phelps; but I really hope that is the last we hear of them in this book because I really do not appreciate their characters. I also don't understand why Tom insisted on breaking out Jim "the right way". Is he referring to prison break stories that he has heard of or read about, or is he just making it up and following it? I really do love Tom's imagination though, but I thinks it's a little frustrating because Jim could have been free by now, but they have to do everything so complicated, and it takes so long.
In this book, Huck has had struggles with what he has done. For example, in early chapters Huck had said, "They went off and I got aboard the raft, feeling bad and low, because I knowed very well I had done wrong, and I see it warn't no use for me to try to learn to do right; a body that don't get started right when he's little ain't got no show." (Twain 91) While reading these chapters the same thing, or almost the same thing, was happening again to Huck. He had said, "It was a close place. I took it up, and held in my hand. I was trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: 'All right, then, I'll go to hell'-- and tore it up." (Twain 214) Huck was trying to decide if he really wanted to go and steal Jim back from the Phelps and risk being a person who saved a n*****, or if he wanted to leave Jim there and keep his name clean. He really struggled deciding this because Huck was the best friend that Jim had, and was so appreciative of everything that he had done for him. Huck just decided that he has been so low down and dirty his entire life that there is no use in turning back now, and decided to keep on with his plan. Huck's thinking has started to become more about helping others then just about himself I think. He cares more for the people around him (but not so much the Duke and the King).
In these chapters I really liked the fact that Tom Sawyer was willing to help Huck with his plan and was willing to lie to his own family. I used to feel that Tom was a little crazy and did things mostly for himself but that changed when he decided to help Huck. Tom was willing to put his reputation on the line, like Huck, to help take Jim back from slavery. I also enjoy the dialogue between Huck and Tom; they bicker like my sister and I do. They will butt heads and either come to an agreement or one of them gets their way and the other is annoyed with it. I would guess that the adventure that the two of them were on previous to this book would have created a bond between those two that no one could really understand, and it's fun to read. Lastly, I enjoyed knowing that the Duke and the King got the karma that was coming to them. I was a little happy when I read that they had be tarred and feathered and the town people were after them. I was waiting for something like that nature to happen, or for Huck and Jim to just leave them behind.
In this book, Huck has had struggles with what he has done. For example, in early chapters Huck had said, "They went off and I got aboard the raft, feeling bad and low, because I knowed very well I had done wrong, and I see it warn't no use for me to try to learn to do right; a body that don't get started right when he's little ain't got no show." (Twain 91) While reading these chapters the same thing, or almost the same thing, was happening again to Huck. He had said, "It was a close place. I took it up, and held in my hand. I was trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: 'All right, then, I'll go to hell'-- and tore it up." (Twain 214) Huck was trying to decide if he really wanted to go and steal Jim back from the Phelps and risk being a person who saved a n*****, or if he wanted to leave Jim there and keep his name clean. He really struggled deciding this because Huck was the best friend that Jim had, and was so appreciative of everything that he had done for him. Huck just decided that he has been so low down and dirty his entire life that there is no use in turning back now, and decided to keep on with his plan. Huck's thinking has started to become more about helping others then just about himself I think. He cares more for the people around him (but not so much the Duke and the King).
In these chapters I really liked the fact that Tom Sawyer was willing to help Huck with his plan and was willing to lie to his own family. I used to feel that Tom was a little crazy and did things mostly for himself but that changed when he decided to help Huck. Tom was willing to put his reputation on the line, like Huck, to help take Jim back from slavery. I also enjoy the dialogue between Huck and Tom; they bicker like my sister and I do. They will butt heads and either come to an agreement or one of them gets their way and the other is annoyed with it. I would guess that the adventure that the two of them were on previous to this book would have created a bond between those two that no one could really understand, and it's fun to read. Lastly, I enjoyed knowing that the Duke and the King got the karma that was coming to them. I was a little happy when I read that they had be tarred and feathered and the town people were after them. I was waiting for something like that nature to happen, or for Huck and Jim to just leave them behind.