"No says I, I'd feel bad-I'd feel the same way I do now."
This is Huck's response when Jim asks him if he feels good for protecting Jim. Huck is a bit confused, and still guilty about doing the 'wrong' thing, and lying to the men about there being a slave with him. He feels he has disrespected Ms. Watson. Although what he did was right by our standards, he is brainwashed by society into thinking that slaves are property.
Friday, November 2, 2007
huckfinn ZWEI!
"I had wore the ground a great deal crawling out of the hole and dragging so many things."
This statement would not have pleased the transcendentalists. Huck had used the one spot so many times that he had worn a path where he had walked. He should have moved the spot around not only to avoid routine, but to avoid other people noticing him disppearing into the same spot over and over again. According to Huck, you can't see it even from just 5 feet away, but we know that he doesn't always have the best judgement in such matters.
This statement would not have pleased the transcendentalists. Huck had used the one spot so many times that he had worn a path where he had walked. He should have moved the spot around not only to avoid routine, but to avoid other people noticing him disppearing into the same spot over and over again. According to Huck, you can't see it even from just 5 feet away, but we know that he doesn't always have the best judgement in such matters.
Huck Finn
"Y' ole father doan' know yit what he's a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he'll go 'way, en din ag'in he spec he'll stay. De bes' way is to res' easy en let de ole man rake his own way. Dey's two hoverin' roun' 'bout him. One uv 'em is white en shiny, t'other one is black. De white one gits him to go right a little while, den de black one saild in en bust it all up. A body can't tell yit which one gwyne fetch him at de las'."
This quote is foreshadowing pap coming back. Pap does appear in Huck's room right after Jim is done talking to Huck. I also think it is interesting that the two 'angels' are white and black, not white and red. Even Jim considers black an unfortunate color, even though it is his own color. He should have stayed strong and not allowed that deprocating expression to enter his vocabulary.
This quote is foreshadowing pap coming back. Pap does appear in Huck's room right after Jim is done talking to Huck. I also think it is interesting that the two 'angels' are white and black, not white and red. Even Jim considers black an unfortunate color, even though it is his own color. He should have stayed strong and not allowed that deprocating expression to enter his vocabulary.
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