Esteemed ladies and gentlemen of this class, what advice do you have for Huck for the next time he is pretending to be a girl? (This is probably an easier question for the ladies of the class to address...)How has Huck been battling with his conscience in this section? (Specifically with the murderers and his thoughts about Jim...) What is Huck's internal conflict regarding Jim? How does the conflict illustrate the theme of inherited prejudice vs. respect for human dignity? What contrasts do you notice between natural life on the river and the "civilized" life of society in this section? Going along with the theme of truth vs. falsehood, what do you notice about Huck's lies? What does he lie about? In which situations are the results favorable? Which lies come back to haunt him? Do you see a pattern here?
*As always, you may choose to address any of these questions or float off in your own direction...(attempted river pun)
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I thought it was funny when Huck dressed up as a girl and went to talk with an old woman. I laughed when he said that Jim told him to stop pulling up his gown to get at his britches pocket. Towards the end of this selection Huck encounters an internal conflict. His inherited prejudice tells him that he needs to tell someone that Jim is an escaped slave because his prejudice regards Jim as a piece of property rather than a human being. Huck's respect for human dignity tells him that Jim is a human being just like himself and he is finally free. I think Huck sides with his respect for human dignity because Jim tells him how good of a friend he has been to him and that he is the only white person to ever keep his promise.
I can't get over how clever Huck is. With his smart and witty comments he gets himself out of many sticky situations. For example when he told the escaped slave hunters that his family had small pox to save Jim. I don't know if I could think that fast. My advice to Tom for the next attempt at being a girl is; Girls can't really through and aim well, so miss any rats! I thought it was mean of Huck to try and trick Jim about being seperated. Especially because you can tell Jim really cares for Huck. This shows that even though Huck is starting to mature and become a man, he still has the "Tom Sawyer side" to him.
Huck is battling with his conscience in many ways. The most evident conscience conflict that Huck has is whether he is doing the right thing by helping Jim escape his righteous owner, especailly since she has helped him out so much. I really enjoy Hucks's sense of humor and I thought that although his trick on Jim about being seperated was kinda mean. it was also extremely funny. The natural life on the river seems to be much more laid back than the "civilized" life of society. In the civilized life of society, the people are determined to find the slaves, while on the river the officers seem more laid back and even give Huck 40 dollars.
The next time Huck is going to pretend to be a girl, he probably should not say he is from Hookerville. This was probably the first red flag to the lady. Huck feels remorseful that he has to steal and that he and Jim stole the robbers' boat when they are on the wrecked steamboat. He feels that someday he may be the murdered one. Huck is also facing the internal conflict of how to treat Jim. Jim has been like a father ot Huck because he is always taking care of Huck, yet Huck feels he should still treat Jim like a slave because of society's influence.
I thought it was really funny when Huck dressed up like a girl. When pretending to be someone else its a good idea to remember the name you used. I like how Huck tries to fix his mistake by saying he is Sarah Mary. When Huck tries to explain to Jim that French men are different than American men this brings up the point how Americans didn't think of people equally. They owned slaves and didn't think of them as men. Jim on the other hand tells Jim that all men are human so must speak the same.
I also thought it was really funny when Huck dressed up like a girl but I didn't think he would be able to pull it off. I do get upset with Huck whenever he plays those mean tricks on Jim. I know he didn't mean for Jim to get bit by the snake but he knows that Jim is afraid of snakes and that they will bring bad luck. The trick about the dream and the fog, I just thought that that was cruel. Jim is a nice guy and he cares for Huck and he doesn't deserve to be treated like that. So I am glad that Huck decided he wouldn't ever play another joke on him. I also like how Huck uses his cleverness to get out of many situations. I believe that as the story progresses I, as a reader, am learning more about Huck and in my perspective he has already grown and he kinda has a compassionate side.
Huck is going through a hard time with his conscience. He doesn't know if he should turn in Jim or help him escape. He feels bad about not turning him in because Jim belonged to Miss Watson, who used to take care of Huck, so Huck kind of feels like he's betraying their trust. On the otherhand, Huck has befriended Jim and knows he will feel terrible if he decides to turn Jim in. Huck decided that he would feel guilty either way and decides to continue to help Jim. I'm glad he made that decision, because it is the right one. Of course Huck doesn't know that slavery is wrong because he grew up with it, so I can kind of understand his confusion. I just hope he stays true to his decision and doesn't turn in Jim.
To me, Huck is pretty much your average,adventerous boy with a bit of wit thrown on the side. He likes to play jokes and laze around, which he is able to do on the river compared to society where he can't. I think one of his conflicts is being true to his own mind and self, and being true to what he was raised around. When Huck runs into the robbers, he takes their boat so that he can turn them all into the authorities. Huck then talks about how proud the widow would be of his actions. But then, Huck comes into conflict with Jim. Sure, you can hardly uinderstand a word coming out of his mouth, and he gets a bit annoying with all those cracked up superstitions, but Huck and Jim are like a pair now. A pair of adventerous, free robbers/ justice enforcers. Kind of like Indiana Jones. =]
So I'm glad Huck didn' turn Jim in, this pretty much put a sealed their friendship bond.
I think that Huck and Jim are very courageous/adventureous. Huck especially is the one who really likes to go on adventures. I thought that that was mean of Huck to play those tricks on Jim by leaving a dead snake on him and then Jim got bit by one of the snakes amigos. I also thought that trick he played on him was funny for some reason. Also, Huck tried to make Jim think that he dreamed that they were separated in the fog, which I thought was mean as well. I was glad at the end on ch.16 that Huck decided not to give Jim up to the people that wanted to check his raft. I thought that his smallpox scheme was a clever way of avoiding it.
i love this book! way more than the scarlet letter. it's interesting and clever and enjoyable. The lady who catches Huck as a woman is smart when she notcies the small things like how he catches the lead in his lap, how he throws it at the rat, and he didnt even have his name right. It's pretty weird that Huck feels really guilty about helping Jim escape, when he didn't do anything to Miss Watson. Huck is in a similar position in that he faked his own murder and ran away. I liked Jims character more once Huck had played a trick on him about his dream and the fog. It makes him more personable and realistic, making him seem more human than just a slave.
Huck's internal self is just all over the place. When he sees the ship wreck with the murderers on it, he decides that he wants to leave them there to die. Well, after leaving he feels sympathic for doing such a horrible thing, seeing as he may become a murderer himself. He has grown up in a sense of respecting other's lives and feeling sympathic (the opposite Tom Sayer would feel in that situation). And then there is the internal conflict regarding Jim, whether to give him up or bring him to freedom. Huck is confused as to what to do. He feels that he has taken Jim from Ms. Watson who cared for him so much and that giving Jim back will make him feel better toward her but sad toward Jim. The other decision is to stay with Jim to help him. Huck has grown emotionally but action-wise he is still childish.
I thought that it was really funny when Huck pretended to be a girl but he probably would have been more convincing if he actually remembered his name. Also, he should not have told that lady that he was from Hookersville as that is not something that a young girl would say. And he probably should have tried harder to miss the rat with the peace of lead as most girls can't throw.
Huck seems very intelligient and is a quick thinker yet in other ways he is about as immature as Tom. I felt sorry for Jim when he got bit by a snake and when Huck made a fool out of Jim but I think that he is helping Huck become a better person by acting as the father figure that he has always lacked.
I was really glad when Jim and Huck found each other. I think it's good that Huck has someone to be with, and that Jim is on his way to being a free man. I thought it was hilarious when Huck dressed up as a woman! I can just imagine how funny that must have looked! I like how Huck seems to be gaining more morals, and how he is using what the widow and Miss Watson taught him. I though it was nice how he cared that the widow would've been proud of him when he helped the robbers. Huck reached a hard moral choice when it came to his decision about Jim. He was struggling with an internal conflict of whether to give Jim up because he "rightfully belonged" to Miss Watson, or to help him become free so he can free his wife and kids. I was glad that Huck chose to not give Jim up, especially after Jim told Huck that he was his only friend. I'm a little worried though that Huck is going to give up some of his morals now that he has decided to do what is "handy" in the future. I'm excited to see what happens in the following chapters because chapter 16 ended on a cliffhanger with Huck being cornered by the dogs.
I think Huck is very smart. he thinks very quick on his feet and gets himself out of every situation thrown at him. Despite not having any true schooling and living a very harsh life he still comes off as quite intelligent. The only problem is many times he uses his intelligence for tricks and deceipt which is not the right thing to do but it creates comedy throughout the novel.
I'm starting to realize how the raft means everything to Jim and Huck. The raft represents their freedom. Everytime the raft gets away, Huck and Jim will do everything to get the raft back just like they would do everything to reach their goal of freedom.Even though Huck didn't make a good decision about going aboard the wreck it still amazing how he is able to think on his feet to get him self out of those situations. With his "street smarts" I think Huck and Jim will be able to reach their goal of freedom.
Huck, if people haven't said it enough already, is extremely clever and cunning. The way he survived off the land when he ran away was ingenious for such a young kid. I feel a little happy for Huck, that he has finally found someone to spend time with, being Jim. So now he can't be anywhere near as lonely. His not so funny tricks are slightly mean though, especially since in doing them to Jim, Huck got him bitten. Some advice for Huck, if he ever dresses like a girl again, would be to miss! Girls have pretty bad aim most of the time. Then theres the fact that he couldn't even remember the name he made up. All in all though I like the development of Huck so far, and can't wait to see more.
I think the rattlesnake bite is not the end of their bad luck. I think it was kind of neat how the old woman observed all the things about Huck that made him a boy. It was good Huck didn't tell her his true name and story because she would've turned him in for the money. The part in the book where Huck is told by the man to go find the boat and the lady was really confusing. Overall, I like this book better than the other ones we have read. :-)
Personally, i think that Huck was a horrible girl. He needs to work on his manners and polite conversation. He should have thought about how girls carry themselves when they walk. Huck also should have changed the way he speaks because he uses words that a girl would never use in conversation. it was funny to see how he acted as a girl because of how bad he was at portraying a girl.
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