Chapter 1-3
1. Which character appears to be presented in a more favorable light, Widow Douglas or Miss Watson? Why do you think so?
I think that Widow Douglas seems to be the more favorable character. The Widow is more of a motherly type person, and is not quite as harsh as
Miss Watson. Miss Watson is a strict bible thumping lady who I believe generally cares for Tom, but she is the one who the task of teaching him right
from wrong falls upon.
2. How does Huck respond to Miss Watson's admonitions to pray? What does this tell us about Huck?
I think that Huck has a more skeptical nature than most boys his age, and I think, due to his difficult childhood, that he missed the point in his life where he
would learn to blindly believe in the spiritual side of things. Also, because of his hard times in childhood, he has a more practical nature than the average
little boy, he is more geared towards survival and reality than imaginary games.
3. In what ways is Huck different from the other boys in his gang?
The main difference between Huck and the other boys is the fact that Huck has no parents. Since Huck's father was the town drunk, he never had that
fatherly influence that the other boys have. Because of the hard times, Huck is a more practical child and is more questioning of Tom's imaginary games
than the other boys. He is more mature, but also he is very lonely and sad.
I think that Widow Douglas seems to be the more favorable character. The Widow is more of a motherly type person, and is not quite as harsh as
Miss Watson. Miss Watson is a strict bible thumping lady who I believe generally cares for Tom, but she is the one who the task of teaching him right
from wrong falls upon.
2. How does Huck respond to Miss Watson's admonitions to pray? What does this tell us about Huck?
I think that Huck has a more skeptical nature than most boys his age, and I think, due to his difficult childhood, that he missed the point in his life where he
would learn to blindly believe in the spiritual side of things. Also, because of his hard times in childhood, he has a more practical nature than the average
little boy, he is more geared towards survival and reality than imaginary games.
3. In what ways is Huck different from the other boys in his gang?
The main difference between Huck and the other boys is the fact that Huck has no parents. Since Huck's father was the town drunk, he never had that
fatherly influence that the other boys have. Because of the hard times, Huck is a more practical child and is more questioning of Tom's imaginary games
than the other boys. He is more mature, but also he is very lonely and sad.
Chapter 4-6
1. How does Twain Satirize "do-gooders" in his description of Pap's "reform?"
When the Judge's family takes in Pap and cleans him up and feeds him, Pap promises that he will reform and become a better man. But because you know
Pap's past, you are sure he has no intention of doing any kind of reform. In this part, the Judge is trying to do good, and help a filthy man, but really he
is doing more harm than good. Pap is really just using the family to help in the trial about getting the rights to Huck's money. He eventually ruins things and
gets drunk in the middle of the night and falls out of a window and breaks his arm. This shows the Judges family his true intentions.
2. How does Huck like life with his father? Why does he decide to run away?
Huck at first has a difficult adjustment to the life with his father because of the abuse and the beatings. Then Huck becomes used to the beatings, and he
begins to revert back to the wild child that he was before the widow took him in. He begins to wonder why he ever began to like life with the widow. Now he
does not have to mind his manners, he can cuss, he can smoke, and he does not have to follow as many rules. He decides to run away because his father's
drunken rages have been becoming increasingly more frequent and violent and he is beginning to become afraid for his life.
3. How does the physical description of Huck's father in Chapter 5 also serve to describe his character?
Huck's father is described as perfectly filthy, he has long greasy, tangled hair that hangs in limp ropes from his head. His beard is long and thick and the
whiskers are turning gray. His creepy shiny onyx eyes peer out from behind his lanky hair. The color of his skin is the best representation of what his
personality is like. The color of his skin is described as the color of the underbelly of a dead fish, pale, slimy, and sickly. His clothes are rags, and his toes
stick from his shoes, and his hat is falling apart as well. This shows that his personality truly reflects what he is inside and on the outside.
When the Judge's family takes in Pap and cleans him up and feeds him, Pap promises that he will reform and become a better man. But because you know
Pap's past, you are sure he has no intention of doing any kind of reform. In this part, the Judge is trying to do good, and help a filthy man, but really he
is doing more harm than good. Pap is really just using the family to help in the trial about getting the rights to Huck's money. He eventually ruins things and
gets drunk in the middle of the night and falls out of a window and breaks his arm. This shows the Judges family his true intentions.
2. How does Huck like life with his father? Why does he decide to run away?
Huck at first has a difficult adjustment to the life with his father because of the abuse and the beatings. Then Huck becomes used to the beatings, and he
begins to revert back to the wild child that he was before the widow took him in. He begins to wonder why he ever began to like life with the widow. Now he
does not have to mind his manners, he can cuss, he can smoke, and he does not have to follow as many rules. He decides to run away because his father's
drunken rages have been becoming increasingly more frequent and violent and he is beginning to become afraid for his life.
3. How does the physical description of Huck's father in Chapter 5 also serve to describe his character?
Huck's father is described as perfectly filthy, he has long greasy, tangled hair that hangs in limp ropes from his head. His beard is long and thick and the
whiskers are turning gray. His creepy shiny onyx eyes peer out from behind his lanky hair. The color of his skin is the best representation of what his
personality is like. The color of his skin is described as the color of the underbelly of a dead fish, pale, slimy, and sickly. His clothes are rags, and his toes
stick from his shoes, and his hat is falling apart as well. This shows that his personality truly reflects what he is inside and on the outside.
Chapter 7-8
1. How does Huck escape the cabin? What does this tell the reader about Huck?
Huck escapes the cabin by a very elaborate plan of first sawing his way out of the cabin, he then replaced the log where he sawed out and make it seem as
though nothing were there. He then took any valuable item from inside the cabin and stored it in the canoe that he had found floating on the river. He staged a
very elaborate murder scene of his own death. He killed a pig and cut its throat and let the blood run onto the dirt floor of the cabin and pulled out some of his
own hair. he then put the still bleeding pig in a sack and pulled it down to the river to make it look as though his body had been dragged and thrown into the
river. He made a couple other adjustments to lead the investigators off of his trail. But this shows that Huck is a very cunning character if you hadn't yet
figured out. He has a brilliant mind for anyone, but especially for one his own age.
7. What are Huck's feelings about the river and living closely with nature?
I think that Huck, even though he never says it out loud, feels a very special connection with the river and nature. Through what we know of Huck's life, the
people in his life are always coming and going and he can never really rely on any of them to really be in his life constantly. But one thing we know is that
the river and nature is the one thing in Huck;s lie that has always been there. It is truly the only constant for Huck. The river and the forests have a silent
presence in every chapter.
8. How does Huck feel about turning Jim in? Why do you think he feels this way?
When Jim reveals that he is a runaway slave, Huck is very disconcerted. He is growing up in a time when slavery in the south was at a peak, and the social
norm was to look down on abolitionists. I do not think that Huck is racist himself, I think that he was raised in a time and place with the beliefs of that era.
But, I think that Huck is a very lonely character, and he never plans on returning to his previous town, so he thinks, what's the harm? He finds a friend in Jim,
and I think that is what Huck truly needs at that time.
Huck escapes the cabin by a very elaborate plan of first sawing his way out of the cabin, he then replaced the log where he sawed out and make it seem as
though nothing were there. He then took any valuable item from inside the cabin and stored it in the canoe that he had found floating on the river. He staged a
very elaborate murder scene of his own death. He killed a pig and cut its throat and let the blood run onto the dirt floor of the cabin and pulled out some of his
own hair. he then put the still bleeding pig in a sack and pulled it down to the river to make it look as though his body had been dragged and thrown into the
river. He made a couple other adjustments to lead the investigators off of his trail. But this shows that Huck is a very cunning character if you hadn't yet
figured out. He has a brilliant mind for anyone, but especially for one his own age.
7. What are Huck's feelings about the river and living closely with nature?
I think that Huck, even though he never says it out loud, feels a very special connection with the river and nature. Through what we know of Huck's life, the
people in his life are always coming and going and he can never really rely on any of them to really be in his life constantly. But one thing we know is that
the river and nature is the one thing in Huck;s lie that has always been there. It is truly the only constant for Huck. The river and the forests have a silent
presence in every chapter.
8. How does Huck feel about turning Jim in? Why do you think he feels this way?
When Jim reveals that he is a runaway slave, Huck is very disconcerted. He is growing up in a time when slavery in the south was at a peak, and the social
norm was to look down on abolitionists. I do not think that Huck is racist himself, I think that he was raised in a time and place with the beliefs of that era.
But, I think that Huck is a very lonely character, and he never plans on returning to his previous town, so he thinks, what's the harm? He finds a friend in Jim,
and I think that is what Huck truly needs at that time.
Chapter 9-11
3. Why do you think that she (Mrs. Loftus) isn't harsher on Huck when she finds out that he is lying to her?
I think that she is not harsher on Huck because she thinks that he is a runaway apprentice, and that he has possibly bee treated badly by his old boss and
that he must have been a truly horrible man to have Huck want to run away. Huck also told her that both his mother and his father have died, so she must
also sympathize for the poor orphaned child. Also, Huck is only a young boy, she feels sorry for him, and that is why she wasn't very harsh on him.
4. How does Huck's dressing up as a girl help to to establish his independence as a character?
It shows that, like everything else Huck does, that he does not care what people think of him. The only person in Huck's world that controls what he does is
Huck himself. No one can reign in his wild spirit.
7. Hypothesize why the reward for Pap is only $200 and the reward for Jim is $300 given that Pap is suspected as Huck's killer?
In that time period,a runaway slave was more of a scandal than a drunkard being suspected of killing his son. Prejudice had people so blind to what the true
evil things that many people got away with because they were white. The situation is not helped by the fact that Pap is a known drunkard, so people expect
the worst from him.
I think that she is not harsher on Huck because she thinks that he is a runaway apprentice, and that he has possibly bee treated badly by his old boss and
that he must have been a truly horrible man to have Huck want to run away. Huck also told her that both his mother and his father have died, so she must
also sympathize for the poor orphaned child. Also, Huck is only a young boy, she feels sorry for him, and that is why she wasn't very harsh on him.
4. How does Huck's dressing up as a girl help to to establish his independence as a character?
It shows that, like everything else Huck does, that he does not care what people think of him. The only person in Huck's world that controls what he does is
Huck himself. No one can reign in his wild spirit.
7. Hypothesize why the reward for Pap is only $200 and the reward for Jim is $300 given that Pap is suspected as Huck's killer?
In that time period,a runaway slave was more of a scandal than a drunkard being suspected of killing his son. Prejudice had people so blind to what the true
evil things that many people got away with because they were white. The situation is not helped by the fact that Pap is a known drunkard, so people expect
the worst from him.
Chapter 12-14
1. What does Huck's insistance on boarding the wrecked steamboat the wrecked steamboat tell us about Huck?
It shows us that he still has his youthful and almost naïve way of thinking and acting. You get the feeling that he dosen't really understand the gravity of Jim's
situation, and he shows reckless desire to go on adventures that could endanger them both.
3. Why does Huck stop and try to save the murderers, and how do you think this reflects on his character.
I think that this shows that he is still young and has the look before you leap mindset. He does these things then afterwards he looks back and feels empathy
and he feels bad for what he has done. This shows that he has a kind heart, but he is too young to have the foresight.
8. Explain the pun in the last sentence in chapter 13.
The pun is that when it says that they slept like dead people, everyone literally thinks that they are dead. So they sleep like dead people, but they are actually alive when everyone thinks that they are dead.
It shows us that he still has his youthful and almost naïve way of thinking and acting. You get the feeling that he dosen't really understand the gravity of Jim's
situation, and he shows reckless desire to go on adventures that could endanger them both.
3. Why does Huck stop and try to save the murderers, and how do you think this reflects on his character.
I think that this shows that he is still young and has the look before you leap mindset. He does these things then afterwards he looks back and feels empathy
and he feels bad for what he has done. This shows that he has a kind heart, but he is too young to have the foresight.
8. Explain the pun in the last sentence in chapter 13.
The pun is that when it says that they slept like dead people, everyone literally thinks that they are dead. So they sleep like dead people, but they are actually alive when everyone thinks that they are dead.
Chapter 15-16
1. What is Huck and Jim's plan to reach safe territory?
Then plan to float down the river until they reach the town of Cairo, then sell their raft and purchase a ferry ticket that would take them to the free states. Then Jim could be free and safe, and he would be able to buy his wife or steal back his children.
2. How does Huck convince the men looking for runaway slaves not to search the raft.
He tells the two men that he has been searching for help for his family sick with smallpox and no one will help him. The men do not want to catch the disease so they tell him to take their money and go to he next town down and don't tell anyone about the illness, and he might get help.
3. What is the principle conflict in Huck's mind about Jim?
He is feeling conflicted about not turning Jim in and letting him become free. Huck has been told his entire life that a black man is another mans property, he feels as though he is stealing from the Widow. He thinks that the widow has always ever shown him kindness, so what did she do to deserve him stealing her property.
Then plan to float down the river until they reach the town of Cairo, then sell their raft and purchase a ferry ticket that would take them to the free states. Then Jim could be free and safe, and he would be able to buy his wife or steal back his children.
2. How does Huck convince the men looking for runaway slaves not to search the raft.
He tells the two men that he has been searching for help for his family sick with smallpox and no one will help him. The men do not want to catch the disease so they tell him to take their money and go to he next town down and don't tell anyone about the illness, and he might get help.
3. What is the principle conflict in Huck's mind about Jim?
He is feeling conflicted about not turning Jim in and letting him become free. Huck has been told his entire life that a black man is another mans property, he feels as though he is stealing from the Widow. He thinks that the widow has always ever shown him kindness, so what did she do to deserve him stealing her property.
Chapter 17-18
1. After Huck forgets his name, how does he trick Buck into revealing it?
When Huck forgets his name, he lies in bed trying to figure out what he had told the family what his name was. So when Buck woke up, Huck says, "I bet you can't spell my name" and Buck says G-e-o-r-g-e J-a-x-o-n. This helped Huck remember that he said his name was George.
2. What theme was Emmeline Grangerford most interested in?
She was most interested in death. She cut out obituaries, drew pictures, and wrote poetry about death. This was most likely influenced byt he fact that death was so common in their family because of the feud.
3. How does Huck rediscover Jim?
He was out playing in the woods when his slave Jack came up to him and told him that he had discovered some water moccasins in the woods and he wanted to show Huck. So Huck followed Jack's directions and he found Jim lying against a willow tree in the middle of a swamp.
When Huck forgets his name, he lies in bed trying to figure out what he had told the family what his name was. So when Buck woke up, Huck says, "I bet you can't spell my name" and Buck says G-e-o-r-g-e J-a-x-o-n. This helped Huck remember that he said his name was George.
2. What theme was Emmeline Grangerford most interested in?
She was most interested in death. She cut out obituaries, drew pictures, and wrote poetry about death. This was most likely influenced byt he fact that death was so common in their family because of the feud.
3. How does Huck rediscover Jim?
He was out playing in the woods when his slave Jack came up to him and told him that he had discovered some water moccasins in the woods and he wanted to show Huck. So Huck followed Jack's directions and he found Jim lying against a willow tree in the middle of a swamp.
Chapter 19-20
3. What theory does Jim come up with regarding the origin of the stars?
He says to Huck that he thinks that the stars are made and that maybe the moon made all of the stars. Huck decides that that is a reasonable idea because he has seen a frog lay about as many eggs as there are stars, so he thinks it could happen.
4. How do Huck and Jim dress on the raft? How do you think clothes might be associated with this novel?
In this chapter Huck and Jim spend almost all of the time naked. They lay out on the raft and watch the stars and I think that the idea of them being naked reinforces the idea of them being free and able to do anything
6. Huck knows that the duke and king are frauds from the beginning. Why does he pretend that he thinks they are the real thing?
He does not want to make any trouble he is going to go with the phrase don't try and fix it if it's not broken. He has no problem with how everything is going so he isn't going to try and change things.
He says to Huck that he thinks that the stars are made and that maybe the moon made all of the stars. Huck decides that that is a reasonable idea because he has seen a frog lay about as many eggs as there are stars, so he thinks it could happen.
4. How do Huck and Jim dress on the raft? How do you think clothes might be associated with this novel?
In this chapter Huck and Jim spend almost all of the time naked. They lay out on the raft and watch the stars and I think that the idea of them being naked reinforces the idea of them being free and able to do anything
6. Huck knows that the duke and king are frauds from the beginning. Why does he pretend that he thinks they are the real thing?
He does not want to make any trouble he is going to go with the phrase don't try and fix it if it's not broken. He has no problem with how everything is going so he isn't going to try and change things.
Chapter 21-24
5.How would you describe the town where Huck and Jim land? What are the inhabitants like?
It is not a very nice town, it is very dirty and unkept. The towns people seen like just a bunch of tobacco chewing hicks. The day before Huck arrived, a man had been killed in front of his daughter, I think that shows what kind of people they were.
6.What is Sheburn's attitude towards men attempting to lynch him? What do you thinks Twain's attitude is?
He acts very tough and unafraid. He says that they never will lynch him in broad daylight and they would never actually lynch someone that they know.
Twain is saying that you might be all tough as a group, but no one individual will have the guts to start something.
8.How do the duke and king entice people to see the "Royal Nonesuch"? What do you think Twain is implying about human nature with this?
They announce that women and children are not allowed to come see the show, and this makes the men more eager to come see it it because they expect it to be forbidden and scandalous so they are even more eager to come see. Twain is remarking on the childish parts of the human mind that makes people want what they can not have.
It is not a very nice town, it is very dirty and unkept. The towns people seen like just a bunch of tobacco chewing hicks. The day before Huck arrived, a man had been killed in front of his daughter, I think that shows what kind of people they were.
6.What is Sheburn's attitude towards men attempting to lynch him? What do you thinks Twain's attitude is?
He acts very tough and unafraid. He says that they never will lynch him in broad daylight and they would never actually lynch someone that they know.
Twain is saying that you might be all tough as a group, but no one individual will have the guts to start something.
8.How do the duke and king entice people to see the "Royal Nonesuch"? What do you think Twain is implying about human nature with this?
They announce that women and children are not allowed to come see the show, and this makes the men more eager to come see it it because they expect it to be forbidden and scandalous so they are even more eager to come see. Twain is remarking on the childish parts of the human mind that makes people want what they can not have.
Chapter 25-28
1. What makes the Wilkes girls saddest about having a property sold?
They are saddest about having to sell their property because the slave families children that they had to split up che children from the mother.
8. How would you describe the funeral in Chapter 27? How does it help to characterize the town?
The funeral is very dramatic and sad. The family members (especially the women) are crying and sobbing and throwing fits. Huck remarks that it is the most disgusting thing he has ever seen. It shows the personalities of the people who live there.
9.Where is Jim during this entire episode? Why didn't Twain involve him more?
Jim is disguised as a sick Arab on the raft and he stays there through the whole ordeal. I think Jim stayed there for a couple of reasons, because of the fact the=at he is a runaway slave, also because he would have been highly upset by the fact that the slave family was being sold and separated due to the fact that his family is going through he same sort of thing.
They are saddest about having to sell their property because the slave families children that they had to split up che children from the mother.
8. How would you describe the funeral in Chapter 27? How does it help to characterize the town?
The funeral is very dramatic and sad. The family members (especially the women) are crying and sobbing and throwing fits. Huck remarks that it is the most disgusting thing he has ever seen. It shows the personalities of the people who live there.
9.Where is Jim during this entire episode? Why didn't Twain involve him more?
Jim is disguised as a sick Arab on the raft and he stays there through the whole ordeal. I think Jim stayed there for a couple of reasons, because of the fact the=at he is a runaway slave, also because he would have been highly upset by the fact that the slave family was being sold and separated due to the fact that his family is going through he same sort of thing.
Chapter 29-31
4. How do the duke and the king act towards each other in these chapters? How would you compare this with their behavior in previous chapters?
In previous chapters the king and duke have tolerated each other because they were working well together, but in these chapters their plans are not working out as well and they are not getting along very well. They always are arguing and fighting.
6. Why does Huck decide to "go to hell?"
Huck realizes that he loves Jim, and he can not make him self turn him in. He wants Jim to have a happy life and not be someone's property. Jim has been one of the only people who has always without fail shown Huck kindness and love.
7. How does Huck escape the Wlkes investigation?
Everyone is distracted by finding the money in the coffin, and while they are all distracted, then Huck runs away.
In previous chapters the king and duke have tolerated each other because they were working well together, but in these chapters their plans are not working out as well and they are not getting along very well. They always are arguing and fighting.
6. Why does Huck decide to "go to hell?"
Huck realizes that he loves Jim, and he can not make him self turn him in. He wants Jim to have a happy life and not be someone's property. Jim has been one of the only people who has always without fail shown Huck kindness and love.
7. How does Huck escape the Wlkes investigation?
Everyone is distracted by finding the money in the coffin, and while they are all distracted, then Huck runs away.
Chapter 32-34
5. What is ironic about Tom Sawyer's agreeing to help Huck free Jim?
It is ironic because it bring the entire story full circle. The story began with Huck and Tom going on adventures with each other and now the book is starting to come to a close with Huck and Tom going on an adventure with each other.
7.Using evidence from chapter 34 contrast Tom and Huck's ideas of social morality.
Huck has always been the more "moral" character, he is more practical and sees the world with a more realistic view of things. But when Huck and Tom go to save Jim with the rest of the boys, they butt heads when they each come up with a different plan to how to go about saving Tom.
8. How does Twain add complications to the plot by having the boys accept Tom's plan rather than Huck's?
The story line has followed just Huck and Jim for so long that it is strange having someone else be in charge because Huck and Jim have been making the decisions for the group.
It is ironic because it bring the entire story full circle. The story began with Huck and Tom going on adventures with each other and now the book is starting to come to a close with Huck and Tom going on an adventure with each other.
7.Using evidence from chapter 34 contrast Tom and Huck's ideas of social morality.
Huck has always been the more "moral" character, he is more practical and sees the world with a more realistic view of things. But when Huck and Tom go to save Jim with the rest of the boys, they butt heads when they each come up with a different plan to how to go about saving Tom.
8. How does Twain add complications to the plot by having the boys accept Tom's plan rather than Huck's?
The story line has followed just Huck and Jim for so long that it is strange having someone else be in charge because Huck and Jim have been making the decisions for the group.
Chapter 35-38
4. What characteristics does Aunt Sally have that makes it easy for the boys to take advantage of her?
She is very happy to finally have guests so she dosen't want to blame her guests for anything. She also is very nervous, and almost shows tendencies of OCD and has some nervous fits. But she generally cares for the boys and she wants them to like it there.
6.Compare and contrast the character of Jim to the character of Nat.
They both believe in superstition and different things like that, but Jim is still slightly questioning and will question if maybe someone is messing with him. But Nat just flat out believes that it is "the witches" that are out to get him. He is a very superstitious character.
7. What is significant about Tom not wanting to have a snake in the cell with him?
It shows that maybe he and Jim have more in common than the reader might originally suppose. He does't want the snake in his cell and is wary of it, just like how Jim feels about the snakes too. So maybe they are more similar than we might have thought.
She is very happy to finally have guests so she dosen't want to blame her guests for anything. She also is very nervous, and almost shows tendencies of OCD and has some nervous fits. But she generally cares for the boys and she wants them to like it there.
6.Compare and contrast the character of Jim to the character of Nat.
They both believe in superstition and different things like that, but Jim is still slightly questioning and will question if maybe someone is messing with him. But Nat just flat out believes that it is "the witches" that are out to get him. He is a very superstitious character.
7. What is significant about Tom not wanting to have a snake in the cell with him?
It shows that maybe he and Jim have more in common than the reader might originally suppose. He does't want the snake in his cell and is wary of it, just like how Jim feels about the snakes too. So maybe they are more similar than we might have thought.
Chapter 39-40
3. Explain the verbal irony in Huck's statement: "We was as glad as we could be, but Tom was gladdest of all because he had a bullet in the calf of his leg."
It is ironic because most people but be very dismayed or in a panic because they has a bullet in their leg, but Tom, despite the pain of it, is proud and he is excited that he will be able to brag that he has been shot.
5. What effect has the last warning letter had on the Phelpses?
They are all in a panic and they are very nervous about the things that it warns. They are very common people living out in the country, and I think that the are not used to this kind of panic inducing situations.
What startling revelation does Huck come to regarding Jim?
he comes to the revelation that he thinks that Jim is truly "a white man on the inside"
It is ironic because most people but be very dismayed or in a panic because they has a bullet in their leg, but Tom, despite the pain of it, is proud and he is excited that he will be able to brag that he has been shot.
5. What effect has the last warning letter had on the Phelpses?
They are all in a panic and they are very nervous about the things that it warns. They are very common people living out in the country, and I think that the are not used to this kind of panic inducing situations.
What startling revelation does Huck come to regarding Jim?
he comes to the revelation that he thinks that Jim is truly "a white man on the inside"
Chapter 41-43
3. In chapter 42, how does Twin explain Tom's earlier willingness to aid in Jim's escape?
Tom explains that Jim had been a free man all along, Miss Watson had died 2 months earlier and in her Will, she had declared Jim a free man and that she regretted her decision to maybe sell Jim down the river. It shows that she truly loved Jim.
5. How does the title of the chapter (Why didn't they hang Jim?) immediately appeal to the reader?
Well it pretty obviously draws you in. They reader really wants to know why Jim wasn't hung!
7. Why did Jim keep the dead man's identity a secret from Huck?
The dead man that they found in the floating house was Huck's father and when Jim saw that it was his father he was worried that if Huck found out that he didn't have to run from his father anymore that he would go back to town and leave Jim by himself.
Tom explains that Jim had been a free man all along, Miss Watson had died 2 months earlier and in her Will, she had declared Jim a free man and that she regretted her decision to maybe sell Jim down the river. It shows that she truly loved Jim.
5. How does the title of the chapter (Why didn't they hang Jim?) immediately appeal to the reader?
Well it pretty obviously draws you in. They reader really wants to know why Jim wasn't hung!
7. Why did Jim keep the dead man's identity a secret from Huck?
The dead man that they found in the floating house was Huck's father and when Jim saw that it was his father he was worried that if Huck found out that he didn't have to run from his father anymore that he would go back to town and leave Jim by himself.