In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,by Mark Twain, the main character Huckleberry Finn changes his behavior and attitude as the book goes on. For example, he and Tom Sawyer pull a prank on Jim in chapter two of the novel. When Jim is sleeping the boys take Jim’s hat off his head and hang it on the branch above him. When Jim finally wakes up, he believes that witches came. Huck does not tell the truth because he is amused of how superstitious and ignorant Jim is.However as the chapters go on he starts to become mature by being able to feel sympathetic for his actions towards others. For example, Huck and Jim get separated because of a heavy fog in chapter fifteen.Jim panics and the next day the fog disappears. Huck finds Jim sleeping and pretends that Jim was asleep the whole night and that the fog incident was all a dream. Jim realizes Huck’s lie and is sad. Huck realizes his trick was mean. He is at first hesitant to apologize to Jim because of his skin color but does it anyway because he is genuinely remorseful for lying which shows his maturity. At the start of the novel he didn’t take any responsibilities for his wrong doings. Ms.Watson, widow Douglass, and judge Thatcher also took care of him. But after he ran away and decided to help Jim become a free man he had to be the care taker for a change. It was his job to do all the planning and protect Jim from being caught as a runaway slave.
Thursday, March 28, 2013
In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,by Mark Twain, the main character Huckleberry Finn changes his behavior and attitude as the book goes on. For example, he and Tom Sawyer pull a prank on Jim in chapter two of the novel. When Jim is sleeping the boys take Jim’s hat off his head and hang it on the branch above him. When Jim finally wakes up, he believes that witches came. Huck does not tell the truth because he is amused of how superstitious and ignorant Jim is.However as the chapters go on he starts to become mature by being able to feel sympathetic for his actions towards others. For example, Huck and Jim get separated because of a heavy fog in chapter fifteen.Jim panics and the next day the fog disappears. Huck finds Jim sleeping and pretends that Jim was asleep the whole night and that the fog incident was all a dream. Jim realizes Huck’s lie and is sad. Huck realizes his trick was mean. He is at first hesitant to apologize to Jim because of his skin color but does it anyway because he is genuinely remorseful for lying which shows his maturity. At the start of the novel he didn’t take any responsibilities for his wrong doings. Ms.Watson, widow Douglass, and judge Thatcher also took care of him. But after he ran away and decided to help Jim become a free man he had to be the care taker for a change. It was his job to do all the planning and protect Jim from being caught as a runaway slave.
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Huck does develop in his state of maturity at some points but progresses slowly. Also he does not exactly protect Jim because he wants to help him. Initially he protects Jim because he was alone and Jim was seeking an escape and freedom that is remotely similar to Huck’s situation. Like all of us you see how Huck’s immaturity is partially influenced by his friendship with Tom and like me you realized how society tries to civilize him showing clear difference between social classes. But your blog did make me realize how much closer Jim and Huck’s relation is growing and strengthening and how now Jim has a great influential effect on Huck. TEEHEE!!!
Despite the fact that Huck is immature in the beginning of the novel, it does seem as if Huck slowly matures, especially when put into urgent situations. For example, when Huck disguises as a girl he soon learns that the townspeople are looking for Jim because he is a suspect. Huck immediately runs back for Jim to essentially protect him. This being said, I believe that Jim and Huck are developing a friendly and strong friendship. So,I agree that despite the fact that huck played a trick on Jim, it seems as though they are becoming closer.
Nice start Aliyah (and good conversations ladies!). Try thinking about looking at the book and your theme through specific literary lenses. For example, how would things be different if Huck had been a female? Could females live the life that Huck had in this time period? Would Huck have matured more quickly if he was female? Try not to summarize as much and try to analyze a little more. Good start!
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