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in these chapters, as discussed in class, we begin to see Huck's morality. He is disgusted by the tricks that the dauphin and the duke have done. it is despicable what the dauphin and the duke are doing (tricking a family who just lost a family member), and Huck is "ashamed of the human race" because of it.we also learn more about Jim and his family and learn that jim cares for his family as much as a white man. we also see jim beginning to question the two when he calls them rapscallions and Huck lies to him again by not telling jim that they are frauds, and tells him its been part of history for kings and queens to steal and lie.
ReplyDeleteI think after reading these three chapters, Jim shows more of his personality. Jim is honest and tells Huck about how he beat his daughter to deaf. This contrasts with what the people in society think about the black people, they all think that black people lie. However, Jim’s willingness to admit his mistakes shows us how he is a nice person.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I found rather interesting was that the people that attended the king and duke’s performance didn’t tell others that the performance was a scam and instead, they told others that it was a great performance so that others will be scammed too. I think this shows more of the evil in society and I wonder when Huck would get rid of the duke and the king.
More of Jim's life is revealed in this section of the book. The Huck is starting to see Jim more and more as a human being and not just an object, even though Huck referred to him as "a mighty good nigger" (pg. 153). It's so sad that his daughter is deaf. :(
ReplyDeleteAlso, I agree with James. The Duke and the King's tricks are starting to get more serious. I mean, they pretend that they are the siblings of a dead man to get the fortune left to the real brothers. Luckily, Huck is beginning to see more and more fault in their sinister ways. Is Huck going to stand up to them eventually? Or will they continue their charade until the two feel like stopping?
I find Colonel Sherburn’s speech on page 145 very insightful. Before, Mark Twain always gave off the impression that he was poking fun at people and having a lot of fun writing through Huck. But Sherburn’s speech doesn’t contain the same feeling of parody. It’s almost as if Mark Twain was really writing what he felt in the speech. When I read the speech, I feel the anger and scorn. Sherburn’s speech also reminds me of TKM, when Scout disperses a mob. They’re all people, but they are fueled by each other’s feelings when they’re in a mob, they become animals and cowards, and they’re complying to the voice that started the mob, the voice that tells them what to do.
ReplyDeleteAlthough the duck and the dauphin become more and more cruel in their scams, the increased money they earn isn't because of them. The duke and the dauphin's production of The Royal Nonesuch is just a brief show in which the audience is overpaid. But the audience is really selfish, and instead of warning the townspeople about the scam, they actually tell the town that the show was great, so that they could be scammed too. This shows not only that the duke and the dauphin are evil and cruel, but the 1st night audience are also very vicious too.
ReplyDeleteJim's character is developing more. He takes Huck's night shifts for him, which I thought was pretty nice. I felt sorry for both him and Elizabeth when he told Huck how he'd beat her up.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what's going to happen between the duke and king, Huck and Jim in the future. Is Huck going to tell them to bugger off?
Sherburn seemed to be a powerful man because he’s able to sense the fear in men and use it against them. Sherburn lectured them about what he thought a real man was and why people actually lynch people for. Soon, the whole crowd is scared and scurries away. I find it interesting in how one man is an able to prevent himself from getting lynched by attacking people’s weaknesses. Something else I found interesting was Huck’s knowledge about the con-artists tricks and plans are plentiful because Huck himself is also like them, pretending to be someone else, but without stealing. In the end of chapter 24, Huck expresses how he felt about the con-artists and their plans, thinking that he was ashamed as a human being because he was wondering how can anyone do something like that just to steal money?
ReplyDeleteTwain in these chapters makes several comments about the general attitude towards blacks when Jim discusses his family. Huck comments that he is surprised to find that Jim is almost as worried about his family as a white person. This sudden realization demonstrates that breaking up slave families is something Huck is beginning to understand.
ReplyDeleteOnce again, the use of Shakespeare is funny and tragic. In describing the butchered Hamlet's soliloquy, it is obvious that the Duke had mixed the lines up. The vision of the King, with his white hair and whiskers, playing fair Juliet makes even more of a mockery of the plays.
Question: What's Mark Twains point to mock Shakespeare?
These chapters were interesting in how the king tricked the people. I found their idea very funny, but I think the people were kind of bad in their own way to not tell others about the trick and just try to get others tricked instead. Also, Huck seems to be realizing evne more that Jim is really just like a real person, with a family and everything. He seems to mostly have forgotten about how Jim used to be a black slave.
ReplyDeleteJennifer: I think Twain might be mocking uneducated people trying to look educated. For example, the supposed "Hamlet's solioquy" is just a hodgepodge of various liens from Shakespeare.
Jenny: Ms Lin/Doris said today. Mark Twain does it just because he can, just because he dares to. Shakespeare is so famous and wellknown that playing with Shakespeare is like playing with fire. :D
ReplyDeletepg 166 is so sad :/ That is really an emotional moment for Jim, and also where Huck gets an epiphany - yet he still finds it a bit strange that black people care about their kids the same way white people do. that is a horribly sad story though. I think Jim as a father, wants to make it up to his daughter. Also, he probably feels like it's his fault they're stuck in such a situation.
Frank: I think the duke and the dauphin, not only are they greedy for money, they're like playing a game - see who pushes the money swindling to the most extrememe limit.
Diane: I hope so :D they're horrid people.
After reading this chapters, we understand and discover more about Jim's life and his attitude toward his family. In the book, it says that Jim loves his family as a white man does. Also, he is regretful about how he beat his daughter to deaf. Duke and Dauphin's trick is getting more than more serious. I think we can see the evilness and the selfishness of human being when the audience instead of warning the other people about the scam, said that the show was wonderful so that they could be scammed too.
ReplyDeleteMy question is: why does Huck and Jim still stay with Duke and Dauphin after all what they have done?
Huck is slowly finding out that Jim has personality and feeling just like a white person. He find out that Jim also cares for his own child like white people do. He find it weird that blacks actually are similar to whites.
ReplyDeleteJim story about hurting his daughter was really sad. Jim feels guilty for making his daughter deaf and wants to repay his daughter.
In this chapter we see mostly the dirty deeds of the King and Duke. In this chapter, they pull up a fraud so cheap that even Jim starts to be a little suspicious. Their actions for swindling money just really disgusted me and i hope their actions are accounted for. I just have a feeling that they will push Huck's tolerance to the limit and he and Jim will teach these two rascals a lesson.
ReplyDeleteIn these chapters, Jim's life is finally revealed and we learn about his family. We learned that Jim has beaten his daughter to death, and he regrets it. That part was very sad, but he was honest enough to tell Huck everything about his daughter. Huck is treating Jim better now, more like how a person should be treated and no longer thinks he's a "nigger".
ReplyDeleteWhat the duke and king are doing is becoming increasingly unscrupulous. They are preying on the unfortunate, dwelling on others' misery... that's like sadistic. Money is the only thing they smell--they give not a thought to their victims. The swindling of the congregation and the circus was alright, but taking advantage of a family's grief is unacceptable. Prior to this, one could follow their adventures and only shake one's head at their victims' stupidity, but now, this is becoming sick. I really wonder if the duke and the king will eventually dump Huck and Jim or something along the lines of that--if Huck doesn't break away from them soon, that'll taint his character. Right now, his "uprightness" (as in not fully participating) is a light in the dark, but if it continues, even the hardest stone will wear under the water's power.
ReplyDeleteThe mob mentality is a very interesting point: good point, Doris. I'm currently obsessed with that right now, how simply being in large numbers can take away and distort our nature beyond comparison. What Colonel Sherburn said I completely agree--that is the heart of the mob mentality.
I do still question why Sherburn killed Boggs in the first place, although I don't think that's the point.
Jim is becoming more well-rounded, and so does Huck. I'm heartened to see that the prejudice is slowing ebbing away from his character--outdoor education surely has its benefits.
The scene with Sherburn's house I find quite fascinating. I think Mark Twain uses this chapter to describe how humans and society is just like a mob. He explains how mobs are just people who run around, with no leader and no courage.
ReplyDeleteIn these chapters the personalities of Huck and Jim seem to develop more. Many of us come to find Huck as a moral person despite all the lies and trickery, because deep down inside he did not want to hurt anyone. I found the part when Jim talked about his family to be a profound moment, because it seemed like he was voicing the thoughts that had been bothering him ever since he was separated from his family. He was truly sorry for beating his daughter, just like how any caring parent would feel. My question is, do you think Jim would ever be reunited with his family?
ReplyDeleteIn another 2 chapters, the king and duke's behavior becomes more unacceptable. Their greed for money never lessens, but instead increases. They plan to trick people in other towns too. I am shocked at why Huck is still helping the king and duke! Wouldn't Huck's reputation be ruined too?
ReplyDeleteAlso I notice that Huck's image of Jim rather changed, and he's not aware of it himself. He describes Jim as " a mighty good nigger". It is very unfortunate that her daughter is deaf now. At least in his heart, he apologized for what he did wrong, rather than denying it. I really hope that Jim will have a chance to see his family again.
I wonder if Huck will still bear with the two rapscallions or tell them to scram.
I think Jim's personality as a father really comes out in chapter 23. For the first time, readers can see familial love in Jim. This helps Huck to understand him more as a human who loves. Even though Huck knew that he had a family before, Jim never really seemed to show emotion towards them until now.
ReplyDeleteWhat I find interesting is that Sherburn's speech about mob psychology about how they are all doing this because everybody else is doing so. Instead of having individual thought, they are dragged by others. Cowardice to face things was also mentioned. Perhaps we can see the same mentality of Americans when they segregated the blacks. Maybe they were just to afraid to think of change, and thus only followed what everybody was doing at the time. This kind of selfishness and unwillingness to meet the fact that they were wrong was also demonstrated when they went to the duke/king's scam with the performance. They did not want to make it look like they were tricked, so instead they tricked all the others so that they would be all the same.
Sherburn sounded like a man who knew everything, and a man who no one could not obey. When all the men were screaming they wanted to lynch Sherburn, he just walked out calmly and stared at them. It was ironic how the men backed down from just the presence of Sherburn. He must had been very big.
ReplyDeleteHuck said he wouldn't have wasted the money on circus, so instead he snucked in. THe way he described the ladies, made it sounded like he was envious.
Is he? Was he affected by the way the Grangerford's way of living, that he wanted to live like that too?
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ReplyDeleteWhy did the mob listen to Sherburn? Is he really that powerful? Couldn't the mob have just ignored him and went on with the lynching? :S
ReplyDeleteDoes Huck think of Jim as a human being? When he said "I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their'n" p153, it made Huck sound as if he was surprised to find out that Jim could care for someone that much.
I thought Jim's story about his daughter was very sad. I felt extremely bad for Jim after reading the passage.
Jim seems like and extraordinarily nice guy. He takes Huck's night shifts for him, and lets Huck sleep.
I think the fact that Jim is such a nice guy, yet has been suffering so much is extremely unfair. If only Jim could get his family back ASAP and be happy. :)
I think the crowd of people who went to see the dauphin and the duke perform was pretty funny. They only went after they saw the sign that woman and children were not allowed. It is pretty dumb how, although it was a bad show, the crowd wanted more people getting tricked. People must be pretty sick minded to find a naked seventy years old man in paint funny. Jim is also starting to see how the kings are not very kind. Huck is also kind of getting a little bit annoyed at the King and the Duke.
ReplyDeleteWhat is it that makes people back down from Sherburn? What did Sherburn do to stop the lynching?
ReplyDeleteComparing to the beginning of the book, and the Huck in the Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Huck had grown a lot. He is no longer just an ignorant little kid playing tricks and such. Instead, he's seen and been through a lot, and his ideas about people (such as con-artists, black people, and etc)have changed.
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ReplyDeleteI think the mob listened to Sherburn because nobody wants to die. If a person ran forward, he would get shot, but if he stayed put and went with the flow, nothing would've happen. If the crowd was made out up people that did not fear death, then Sherburn would be lynched immediately because he would be ridiculously outnumbered.
I think in these chapters, we began to see the seriousness of the scams the king and the duke made. They are simply people without moral and would do anything to get money. What I found interesting about them was that they had no life. They start out with one village, then after they scam the village, they would move on to the next and do the same thing. Scamming is like their occupation; they make a living by scamming.
In these three chapters, we see more of King and Duke’s bad deeds. They are smart, but use their smartness in a bad way. I think the crowd of people that went to see the duke and the dauphin’s performance were pretty funny because the only reason why they went was because they say the sign that said something like woman and children not allowed. The duke and the dauphin are really good at tricking people. Now we know more about Sherburn. It seems like he knows a lot of things; it also seems like the people are scared of him because when they wanted to mob Sherburn, he just walked and stared at them.
ReplyDeleteIn these few chapters, we really see the evil in this world. Why didn't the first group of villagers who saw the duke's act not tell the rest of the villagers that the whole thing was a scam? Not only did they not tell them that it was a scam, they even tricked the rest of the people to go so they wouldn't be the only ones who wasted their money on the lame act that the duke put on.
ReplyDeleteIn these few chapters we also see the development of Huck's morality and also learn a little bit more about Jim's character. We see that Jim actually has a family and children that he cares about. He felt guilty and remorseful when he lost his temper and beat his daughter until she was deaf. When Huck hears this, he realizes more and more that Jim is actually a person and not an animal that has no feelings. His morality is also shown when Huck feels uncomfortable about the duke's scam. Then again, why doesn't Huck tell Jim the truth about the "duke" and the "king"?
Why was Jim ashamed of the human race? was it because of the true ugliness that hides deep within. Or was it the sudden realization that all men are just naturally bad. Like at the plays, where audience wanted the othre towns people to get ripped off. This i think was the reason why Huck was "ashamed."
ReplyDeleteI was quite amazed how Sherburn gets rid of the lynching mob with only a few sentences. And right after, the show of king and the duke's was a disaster, then why did the wrote the line that said no children and women?
ReplyDeleteOn page 153 in the old book, Huck says, "I do believe he [Jim] cared just as much for his people as white folks do for their'n. It don't seem natural, but I reckon it's so."
ReplyDeleteJim cares for his family, just as much as the white folks do to their family. What is the significance of this quote when Huck compares Jim to the white folks? Then later Huck says it doesn't seem natural. What does he mean?
Starting and page 152 and ending on page 153, Huck and Jim talk about the King and the Duke. I wonder why Huck and Jim still lets these scammers go on with their ways. They already know it is bad and on page 153 I saw that Huck was sort of mad when he complained about them being as immoral as kings. It doesn’t seem like that Huck and Jim are going to get part of the profit at the end seeing that the King and the Duke are con artists. I really think they should stop travelling with the King and the Duke.
ReplyDeleteAlthough Huck's "street smart" instincts advise him to let the Duke and the King be, Huck is gradually becoming intolerant towards their attitude towards others as "gullible".
ReplyDeleteNot only does Huck already suspect the two, but also Jim has begun to speculate that they were not to be trusted, despite his humble gestures toward the two when he first was told that they were noble men. From which point of these chapters did Jim really start suspecting them? Orwas he merely playing along with Huck?
As I read these two chapters, I noticed how much of a man Sherburn is. Even though we are presented with a bad impression of him at first because of his murder of Boggs, he is very brave and laughs in the face of a dangerous mob. He knew perceptively that none of the men in the mob were really brave enough to lynch him, and thus he uses that fact and sends them home tails tucked between their legs.
ReplyDeleteJim begins to show more and more of his kind and gentle nature through these chapters. He begins to feel doubt about the morals behind the "rapscallions" and doesn't want to continue traveling with them. Even Jim feels that cheating this kind family that helps them is wrong.
Huck has many a good reasons to be ashamed of the human race. The ugliness of the duke and the king, their schemes and their evil nature. I was sort of happy when reading about how they were pelted with all sorts of things on the third night of their show when the consequences of their actions caught up with them.
In these three chapters, we gradually see Duke and Dauphin's morality going lower page by page. At the end of 22, I wanted to ask why did they say that children an women aren't allowed, but as I flipped the page... :D I understood.
ReplyDeleteTwain told us about Huck's most recent epiphany, which is him realizing that "niggers" like Jim could possibly love their family as much as white men do. It also showed that beforehand, Huck was learning from the "white society" about how "niggers" aren't worthy and they are not really capable of humane emotions such as loving.
It was expected that Duke and Dauphin were going to disguise as Wilk's brothers. They are probably going to scam Wilk's money and valuables. Will they be caught? What if the actual brothers arrived? :O (excited. :D)
The duke and the dauphin's schemes are becoming bigger, and this time they trick people into watching a show held by them that is not worth the money. Even though what they do is horrible, I find them very smart. They use the society's selfishness against them in order to get a larger audience. The people who got ripped off were selfish and wanted others to get ripped off, too, so they told everyone how great the show was.
ReplyDeleteHuck starts to realize that Jim also has thoughts and feelings. Jim opens up on how he is very sorry for beating his daughter when it wasn't her fault. Huck finds out that Jim also cares about his family very much, just like any white person, and he starts to think that Jim is actually a human, not a slave.
In chapter 23, more of Jim's personality is revealed. This is the first time Jim mentions about his family, and reveals his fatherly side.
ReplyDeleteIn the chapter 23 and 24, the dauphin and duke tries to act like Wilks' English uncles. Their evilness is starting to become more prominent. Huck finds their action of trying to steal inheritance property extremely disgusting. I think that an argument or a conflict will occur between the con artists and Huck later on because Huck is starting to dislike their actions.
The con artists continued to scam the towns people but, people shortly figured out the truth. What I was wondering was why did the men want to convince others to go see it too when they already realized they were being scammed? Didn’t they understand that they are practically giving away their money to those frauds?
ReplyDeleteEven so, Jim and Huck still allowed the king and duke to travel with them?! Seriously, people would do anything for money wouldn’t they. O_O
In these chapters, I think first Duke and the Dauphin are getting too much and they are lying a lot to other people. Which we have talked about it in the class, they are con man and con artist, they trick people and lie to other people. Not only that they trick people, but also they are extremely smart and spontaneous at the same time.
ReplyDeleteAlso in chapter 23, Jim gets homesick and it shows the other real side of him, about his family and his father side.
My question is, does Huckleberry Finn thinks and realizes that Jim is not a slave anymore? And does he notice that Jim have a knowledge?
In these chapters, I think it was interesting to see Huck’s own opinion about different things, especially the circus. He called it a “bully” circus. Why is that?
ReplyDeleteAnother part of these chapter really surprised me. It was when Jim mentioned his daughter being deaf and dumb. This is the first time I have ever thought of Jim as a father.
I thought that the chapters read were pretty interesting. I think Mark Twain really brings out the evil that exists in this world. He is mocking the people who are fake, gawdy, and greedy for money. There was this one part in the book where the prententious man fooled the audience that he was drunk. The seemingly drunken man rode on the horse, which nearly killed him. It was shocking to see that the pretentious man would sacrifice his life just to get money from people. He was a con artist. I think that Mark Twain really brings out the evil that exists in this world.
ReplyDeleteMost of Huck's deceiving of his identity didn't really affect others. But hte Duke and the dauphin's deceiving has caused a whole town to give up their money to them. The town cared too much about their reputation and that they didn't want others to know that they got ripped off by the two con artists. Even though they knew that they got ripped off, they still told the other people who lived there that the show was great. After seeing the "pros" deceiving other people, Huck has finally gotten to his senses. It's ironic that he thought what the two men were doing was wrong because he has been lying about his identity ever since he escaped from Pap and left with Jim.
ReplyDeleteThe duke and the king are mean and evil people. In these few chapters we see more of what they do to trick people for their money. I thought it was really weird how the people saw the no women and children allowed sign and it actually attracted some people to go see the show. And the people that saw it went telling others that it was a really great show when it wasn’t worth the money. They are really weird and the even weirder thing is that they are actually helping the duke and the king. Is Huck going to do anything about the duke and the king? Or is he just going to let them go on with their evil schemes?
ReplyDeleteKimi: does Huckleberry Finn thinks and realizes that Jim is not a slave anymore? And does he notice that Jim have a knowledge?
ReplyDeleteI think Huck realizes that Jim isn’t a slave anymore. Once Jim talks about his daughter, I think Huck realizes that Jim is also a father and a person who has feelings too.
Again in these few chapters, I’m amazed at the quality and the efficiency when they’re tricking the audience and getting away at the same time. It’s also funny how Huck knows what’s inside the king’s head, and the plans but he never said a work of it. King is somewhat amazing at lying also imitating others; Huck was pretty amazed by king to speak so much like an Englishman. Even Huck can’t imitate that. I think of all this time, Huck is just watching and follow orders the king and duke give. It’s more like observing than watching, and know things and yet not to speak of it. Huck sort of cover up or support the king duke when Jim ask Huck. Instead of taking the chance to tell Jim that they’re liars, Huck told Jim that Kings are like that and giving lots of historical characters as examples. At the end of Chapter 24, “Well, if ever I stuck anything like it, I’m a nigger. It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.” It’s kind of ironic and funny how Huck would rather be a nigger in some sorts of situations.
ReplyDeleteWhat interested me the most in these chapters is the difference size of the audience simply due to the fact that the duke and dauphin changed their catchphrase of the show to "Ladies and Children not admitted". I think that the difference is simple psychology as it shows that adding the catchphrase makes the audience curious about what type of show is so inappropriate, that children and women are not admitted? So naturally, there would be a larger crowd. The catchphrase also made some audience think that it will be very good show before they even see the show, and so when they actually go to see it, they would think that the show is good. When some people think that the show is good and start laughing and saying positive critics, the idea would spread like disease. This type of reaction by the audience is called mob psychology or crowd psychology, and is in my opinion, why the show was so successful, before the crowd realize how short the show was. Though I have to say that the Duke and the Dauphin were extremely accurate at predicting the outcome of the show. These two people are a great examples of businessmen, as they are so good at advertising things and getting maximum money out of the crowd.
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ReplyDeleteI think that in these chapters, we begin to see Jim's characteristics and Huck as a moral person. The duke and the dauphin's schemes are becoming bigger, and this time they trick people into watching a show held by them that is not worth the money. Even Jim has begun to realize that they were not to be trusted, despite his humble gestures toward the two when he first was told that they were noble men.
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ReplyDeleteI think Huck would just be there watching and observe the plans and movements of kings and duke. Huck have no intention to stop them nor to break away from them but to get along with them. I think Huck don't want to get in conflicts so he's going on with the flow. It's true that Huck know what's going on and what king is planning. But I believe he's goal is not to stop but something else which we're not sure yet.
From chapter one till now, Mark Twain kept on emphasizing on the evilness of human nature. During Jim and Huck's journey to the South, they encountered theives on the wreck, the feud between Grangerfold and Sheperdsons, and also the two greedy con artists. Huck couldn't distinguish between the reality(truth) and lies and frauds in societies. The con artists decieved so many audiences with a brief performance which is a rip-off. Usually, if people get ripped off, they would tell everyone to avoid being decieved, however the audiences are so malicious that they persuade more people to go, so they don't act like fools. If I were Huck, I wouldn't know if I can trust anyone, even Jim.
ReplyDeleteIn this section, much of Jim's life gets revealed. He talks about his family and his regret for beating his deaf daughter for not listening to him. Jim is really more complicated then I originally thought.
ReplyDeleteHuck is also exposed to how cheap business can really be. Cheating the crowd to make money is a new concept to Huck, and the Duke and dauphin show him this dirty but quick way of doing business.
These chapters had showned the moralities of the characters. Jim was missing his family so much, especially his daughter, who was only 4 years old. Jim beat her daughter up, slap on her face hardly that had caused her deaf. It also showned that he had realized that all he done to his daughter was terribly wrong, and showed that Jim is moral.
ReplyDeleteThe most interesting part is the play of the king and the duke. This was really ironic because we all know that their first play ended quickly and the audience argued a lot, but then duke said that if the audience can advise more people in the town to watch their show, he promised that that he won't fail everyone's expectaions. So the audience had really helped him.
If the show was so bad and really short, why the audience wanted to help these rapscallions to earn more money? And advising people to watch the play?
I find most amusing the plan of the "king" and the "duke" to earn money from the...stupid--plays. This is really, say, amusing to me actually, although I can't seem to pinpoint why. Also, the speech made by the sheriff bears high point. He's definitely sayin' somethin' worthwhile there.
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In chapter 24, we see an...introduction of sorts, to the next chapter. What do you make of it so far? Would the "brother's" death signify anything?
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The audience didn't want to help the rapscallions, instead, they were trying to keep their honor by convincing others to watch it and also feel ripped off, like he first crowd did. For the third, that was pure revenge.
I think that the duke and the king are fiendish men. They cheat people of their money and scam them. I do not like them at all. Huck realizes the ugly truth of their cheats and scams. However he doesnt do much about it. Later in the chapters, we see Jim's past life. I find the part where Jim used to beat his deaf daughter for not listening kind of ridiculious. Even so, this shows how difficult and confusing Jim's life can be. We can all see the character's in the book from diffrent points of view.
ReplyDeleteIn this chapter the duke and the king have gone too far. Before, they tricked others for their own gain and used them. Now not only did they trick and exploit, they also show that they have no respect for the deceased's family, and that they probably have no values at all, except for moneymaking. This is sad as morals and virtues are needed to constitute a "good" person, and the duke and king, sadly, are not. It is one thing to create a performance/event for scamming, it is another to use others' grief for their own gain.
ReplyDeleteI thought Sherburn's speech was quite amazing. His word choice was very powerful, powerful enough to stop an entire mob. Sherburn also exresses his feelings very well, portraying it perfectly to the reader. It could possibly be how Twain views the mob. Twain could be using Colonel Sherburn to express his feelings. We see how powerful a mob can be, but also how easily a mob can be stopped with the right words.
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