Jim

1. Do you think Jim rarely speaks out? Why or why not?

2.Why does she think Huck must have a character of a reconstructing southerner?

3.why does Jim stay with Huck? What does this show you about his character?

4. Do you think Tom affects Jim and Huck's relationship.

5. How would you view Jim without the title of being a slave? (Character)

Joe Dillema

1.     .       Does Jim deflate the novel by being a character that's just there rather than a character with ownership? (end of the book)
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3.       Could Twain have created a better character than Huck?
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5.       Does Jim reassume his previous slave role of submission and silence?
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7.       Is Jim a full rounded character?
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9.       If you were Jim, would you have ran off to be free or would you have tended Tom and take him back to the doctor?

Smiley

I agree with Smiley on how she said that Twain didn't know where he was trying to go with the story because she brought up how Twain wrote about the family feud which doesn't go along with anything with racism or African Americans.

Twains Purpose?

What did you guys learn from Twain? I mean. how might have people reacted when they read this book? I learned a lot about the time period this was written in...but also have some doubts about how much Twain  exaggerated...But overall I think that Twain had such a good purpose on writing this story. He wanted to teach people. What do you guys thin??

Huck, Tom and Jim in the end

 It is pretty troubling that Tom knew all along that Jim was really a free man and then he pretends to make it up to Jim by paying him for his troubles.  Basically Tom hasn't changed throughout the novel, but Huck and Jim have.  Huck's morals have changed as he tried to free Jim and saw Jim on a different level than a slave.  He grew a lot in the novel, so even thought a lot of what he did wasn't really necessary because Jim was free anyway it still helped him to grow inside and change his attitudes somewhat. He is still childish though and we see that when he says he has no interest in being sivilized.   The real Jim came out--a decent, respectable human being--more as he tried to always to the right thing and help and care for others despite how he was being treated. 

WHAT!?!?!?

How hectic was that? And how ironic was it that Tom enjoyed being shot!? That shows how crazy of a man Tom is!(HAHA) If I were shot I'd be so scared. Comment!!

The Ending

How things ended with Jim actually surprised me.  I expected Huck to be able to free Jim or take him to freedom.  Instead it just ended up that Miss Watson died and Jim was freed in her will.  I wanted some kind of reward for all of the adventures Huck and Jim had instead he would have been free anyway.  I guess it didn't really surprise me that Huck moved out west because he may not have to be civilized there.  I also wonder why Jim just now mentioned that the man shot in the back on the float house was Huck's dad.  Anything surprise you guys? 

Huck's Quick Lies

I find it a little bit funny and interesting how quickly that Huck seems to be able to come up with all of these extravagant stories that somehow end up being believable when he gets into tight situations. Like, how does he come up with this stuff? Sometimes they just seem to be the first thing that pops into his mind and sometimes they actually seem perfectly logical. I also thought it was weird how Huck can get people to believe his stories even if they are not actually that realistic or believable.

Huck for the win!

After reading the two chapters we had to read! I am so proud of Huck! His morality scale has gone up. (In my opinion) I think that it is good for Huck to be searching for Jim. Also, when Huck first realizes Jim is missing, he cries. I think Twain shows us Huck's childish behavior through this action.

Ridiculous comedy

Lots of seemingly comic things, almost ridiculous, things happen throughout these chapters.  The duke and the dauphin come up with all kind of schemes that make you laugh, like dressing Jim like an Arab, impersonating English accents, doing plays with crazy (or no) costumes, but really it is pretty sad because all they think they are so cleaver and suave, but really they are seen as con artists and are just using their comic acts to hurt others.