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I’m so glad that Huck finds the things that the king and the duke are doing disgusting. I think this shows a definite leap in his level of morality and compassion. I hope that Mary Jane gets the money safely.
ReplyDeleteHuck’s show of guilt and compassion definitely proves that although he is a troublemaker and a liar, he still has his limits, and despises people who go too far- like the king and the duke stealing money from orphans who love them. His act of trying to steal back the money makes him even more likeable to the readers.
What will happen to the doctor later on? I have a feeling that he’ll come into the scene again and bust the duke and the king’s ploy.
For awhile back there I thought Huck was falling for the duke and king's schemes (as in he was going along with it). Silence never helps the oppressed, and by doing nothing, it is the equivalent of doing something.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I am pleased to find that Huck is still the character that we can agree upon. I'm waiting to find out what will happen to the money.
And I agree with Doris on the point that the doctor SHOULD have an encore.
I think it's about time Huck realizes that the duke and dauphin are selfish cheats. Had he not known it, or was he playing along?
ReplyDeleteHuck is developing in his sense of morality, judgment of what's right and wrong. He has changed since the beginning of his adventures. He was a lying, cheating rascal (I'm exaggerating a bit here) and in the recent chapters, he becomes much more mature. What do you think caused this change?
I think after reading chapters 25 to 27, we start to see the morality in Huck and how the king and the duke have gotten a bit too selfish with their scams. After being questioned by Joanna, Mary Jane and Susan treats Huck nicely and he decides not to let the con men get away with the money. This shows how Huck is not like the con men, he has morals and he knows that he has to do what’s right.
ReplyDeleteI think the part when the king wants to get more money shows his selfishness and carelessness on society. However, his selfishness makes them lose everything. I think this shows how we should be happy with what we have now and don’t ask for more.
To Angela: Huck already knows that the duke and the king are frauds and cheaters, but as of now he's already in too deep to get away.
ReplyDeleteI think it's very cruel how the king and the duke are cheating a house that had just lost its father. I think these chapters also show which one of the rascals is more intelligent: the duke. The duke knew that something might happen and urged the gang to move on with the 6000 dollars. However, the king insisted on staying and now the money's gone.
Huck is developing a sense of morality as these chapteres progress. He can now tell what is good or bad, and redress them. I'm glad he decided that he must steal the money from the duke and the king and return it to the rightful owners. I'm glad that he compensated for his crime of taking part in the scheme.
What do you think are Huck's morals?
I think these few chapters shows that Huck has morals and that he is finally able to make a decision to do what he thinks is right. Even though Huck has been with the duke and king through a few scams, he finally realizes that he is guilty and wants to change it right. He risks many things to try to take the money away from the duke and king and back to its rightful owners, the daughters. I think this boosts his morality since it shows that Huck knows he’s doing right and is happy to do it since he doesn’t want to scam others to steal anymore. I think after years of lying and doing not right has given Huck’s conscience a little guilt in what he was doing, and now Huck is going to try to set it straight by doing what he believes is right.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyones statement that Huck has matured a great deal in his sense of morality in recent chapters. He understands that the Dauphin and the Duke are complete rascals and it brings out that he actually has a sense of right and wrong. These few chapters are bringing out the just morality of Huck and it shows up even more when he tries to unmask the frauds the best he can.
ReplyDeleteDoris: I do feel that the doctor will make a second appearance to point out these frauds. He made his appearance as a well-observant man so I feel that this foreshadows him taking part in revealing the hideousness of the Dukes and Kings act.
these chapters show that Huck has morals, and wants to do things which are right. its almost as if hes starting to grow up. but i find it odd, that huck let the scam go on for so long and he finally decided to act now. even though he takes the money, he for some reason decides not to give it to the sisters, maybe because this would reveal them to be frauds. huck has grown since we first met him. but what i dont get is why the sisters dismissed the idea that they were actually frauds
ReplyDeleteIn this chapters, we can see the morality of Huck, finally understand that Duke and Dauphin's disgusting and selfish job. Huck has still a sence of right and wrong. He even risk himself to take the money back from them and give it back to the owner. Also, I think that Huck's character is changing slowly by slowly. Before, all he does is lie, but now he is trying to do the right thing.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading these chapters, I have noticed that Huck is slowly maturing. The first evidence is when Duke and King pretend to be the uncles of three orphaned girls in order to steal their inheritance. Huck's views on this scheme is clear, as he calls the King and Duke "disgusting" and said that he is "ashamed of the human race." When Huck decides to steal the money, for the first time, Huck acts on his morals to help other people, rather than simply acting on his personal desires.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Why do you think Huck is suddenly maturing?
In these chapters, we saw that the King and the Dauphin are becoming more and more uncontrollable. What I found very disturbing was the fact that the King and the Dauphin even decided to steal from a family that had just lost a very valuable member. Except for that, the King and the Dauphin even decided to steal everything the family had before they leave. I think this showed that even though there are good people like Huck in the world, there are also very bad people, such as the King and the Dauphin in the world.
ReplyDeleteWhat I found very sad about this section was that after the money was put into the coffin, the coffin was sealed tightly then buried. I hope , like the book said, Huck will send a letter to Mary Jane and tell her about it. $6000 at that time in history is surely a lot of money.
I think Huck's morals finally come into light in these chapters. Not only does he show compassion towards the now-orphaned girls, but he also realizes that what the duke and king were wrong. Nevertheless, I find it strange that he did not just leave them. They didn't let Huck into any of their schemes and used him as a servant but Huck was still willing to go with them. Additionally, it is also amazing how gullible the sisters seem to be. I think this the first time that Mark Twain portrays the scammed as people to be felt sorry for. All the instances before seem to be part of an adventure.
ReplyDeleteI find Huck pretty naiive to think that the girls would get their properties back along with their slaves. Lastly, I found it funny how the undertaker seems to have taken care of the barking by hitting the rat it was supposed to have caught. Nevertheless, I can not help but wonder if he killed the dog... But I think the scene is rather absurd with screeching music, chatting mourners and then the strange undertaker.
In these chapters, Huck had clearly showed his morality. After all he knew about duke and the dauphin's disgusting, cruel job. Huck had defined the right and the wrong, so he helped that family Wilks, took the money to a safety place, to not let duke and the dauphin found it. This behavior let Huck became mature.
ReplyDeleteThe money was hidden in a very tight coffin; I really hoped that Mary Jane could find it and run away, as soon as possible.
Huck defiantly has matured and has understood that duke and the king's doings are disgusting. I think he has more morals now. He understand that the duke and the kings doing are wrong and will hurt people.
ReplyDeleteWhen duke and king are talking about if they will sell of the family's land, you can see that duke still cares about if he leaves the family with no land and money.
Tricking a family that just lost a family member, and planning to take all their belonging is something very evil and mean to do to this family. Even the family and the whole village is tricked, they treat the duke and the king with sincere feeling. But the duke and the king don't care.
I agree with Fernando about how Huck's morals were clearer in these chapters, where Huck decides to help Wilks' family.
ReplyDeleteAngela/Jenny: I think Huck is learning more about the negative side from Duke and Dauphin as they travel together, and gradually realizing how mean it actually is. So therefore, he starts to feel pity and becomes more compassionate towards the victims of the scams, and even helps them.
Will the doctor reappear again in upcoming novels? Him busting the con artists seem like a big point of these chapters, and making him a significant character. Will he come back into the story?
I do not get that although he realizes that all that the duke and dauphin are doing are wrong, he does not turn them in. Why does he do this? Is he hoping that god will do justice and take them in himself? Or is he too coward to turn them in? Afraid they might come back for revenge? I dont get it. And also, didnt he know that the coffin was going to be sealed the next day? Why would he be stupid enough to put the $6000 there? And let it just go to the grave like that? Shouldn't he have done otherwise?
ReplyDeleteHuck is becoming more and more mature! Huck's sense of morality really shows in these chapters. I'm glad that Huck knows what is right, and tries to take the money back in order to help the girls. I thought the things the king and the dauphin did were extremely disturbing. How can they do such horrible things to three orphaned girls? Where are their hearts?!
ReplyDeleteI wonder what will happen to the king and the duke...
This chapter made me really upset at the king and the duke. How could they impersonate others like this? Even Huck realizes how immoral this type of action is. I really hope the doctor finds some way to show that they are fakes.
ReplyDeleteTed: I think he just put it in there because he was nervous. Then he heard the crying and ran back upstairs, so he didn't get a chance to take it out.
In the previous chapters, Huck has never been truly moral. However, in these few chapters, he becomes more moral (maybe because he saw more things). He even showed compassion to the orphaned girls. Why did Mark Twain add the “gullible sisters” into the novel? Does it have anything to do with the discrimination against women back then?
ReplyDeleteAlso, in these few chapters, the King and the Dauphin are crossing the borders even more, they are going too far and can be said as uncontrollable; it’s like they’re obsessed. They even decided to steal money from a family that lost a member!
Huck is climbing up the ladder of morality while the King and the Dauphin are sliding down. I find this contrast interesting.
Angela: He already knew they were selfish cheats, but he thought it best not to get in their way (like he let his father have his own way before). But this time they've gone a bit too far.
ReplyDeleteJenny: I guess it's all the experience he's going through - the escape from his father, all the lies he had to tell to get past people, and now these stinking lying rascals. :D Also, I think Huck wasn't exactly okay with the royal nonesuch things but this - using a grieving family to get their money, is plain old mean and evil and crossing Huck's morality line.
I think Huck's lies to Joanna (the...hairlip? o_O) are rather entertaining and funny - is there any more of Twain's mockery in them? Perhaps about Europe? -shrugs-
In these chapters, Huck has grown more mature and he realizes that the Duke and the Dauphin are mean and selfish people. He also realizes that the Duke and the Dauphin are doing the wrong things and hurting people from places to places. Huck is becoming more moral as we read farther into the book. Now, Huck knows what's right, and regrets from what he has done. He takes the money back so he can help the girls. I think Huck as officially grown up and understands everything now.
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ReplyDeleteIn the chapters 25-27, Huck is definitely showing more sense of morality as he rejects the King and Duke. Their scams become so ridiculous that even Huck, who used to be a rascal, He risks many things to try to take the money away from the duke and king and back to its rightful owners, the daughters, although Huck didn't turn them in.Perhaps this is like him not turning Jim in or selling him as a runaway slave?
I think these chapters show the moral side of Huckleberry Finn, because he is trying to help the Wilk’s family, except that he have to steal the money, which is sort of ironic. But also it shows that Huckleberry Finn is getting more and more mature and gaining knowledge, because he knows the cause and the affect. He knows that what duke and the king is going to hurt the family and it’s a bad thing, which it shows more that he is our hero in this novel. The duke and the king will let the family lose a family member, which it is an extremely evil and horrible thing to do. So I think Huckleberry Finn is getting to know about it, which is a good thing.
ReplyDeleteHuck finally acts on his moral sense to stop the scams of the duke and the dauphin. He steals and hides the 6,000 dollars in Peter Wilk's coffin, where he wants to take away the money from the con artists. Although Huck has an increasing moral sense, he always doubtful of taking sides, and when he makes a decision, he doesn't like to take risks. He doesn't challenge or reveal the duke and the dauphin for a long time, even though he knows they were fake from the beginning.
ReplyDeleteDuring class we always talk about Huck's morality. I think the scale now turned to him being a moral person after he hid the bags of money inside the coffin, so the duke and the king could not get it. I think it is a great turn in Huck's growth.
ReplyDeleteIt is during this section where Huck realizes that he has to act against what the duke and king do, instead of just "watching and not seeing" (or pretending not to). He sees now that the duke and king are willing to go to any lengths to trick anybody, and even though he knows they may threaten him or hurt him, he knows he has to do something to set at least some of the things right. I guess he realizes he should have taken this course of action a long time ago, or else never have let the duke and king onto their raft, since after they were accepted onto the raft, they began to take control of things and Huck and Jim found that things were getting out of hand. I am glad Huck finally came to his senses, and though he still lies, at least he still has moral sense.
ReplyDeleteI also agree with Richard that Huck is very slow in taking sides. Normally, it is not hard to see which side is white and which is black. However, to Huck it seems to be always gray, because of his upbringing, the conflicting "truths" his father forces upon him that contradict with everything his school and Miss Watson/Douglas says, how many things seem to have double standards, how things are always deceiving. Huck has grown up in a world like this where fact and fake, truth and lies are mixed up and not clearly defined, and this has blurred his sense of morality that is still firmly intact, yet slow to function because of the dulling by exterior influences.
Huck's maturity and morality increases, when he finally realizes how awful the duke and the dauphin are. He now understands that what they are doing is wrong, and he shouldn't just sit there and watch them do bad things. He did not do anything when the duke and the dauphin tricked people into paying for their phony show. But this time, he actually snuck into their room, and stole the money back. I think he does this because he feels bad for them and because he thinks that taking the money back is the right thing to do. It is awesome how Huck is trying to help the Wilks family in returning the money to the rightful owners, but why doesn't Huck just reveal that the duke and the dauphins are frauds? Wouldn't it make things a lot easier?
ReplyDeleteIn the chapter 25-27, the Duke and the Dauphin had gone way overboard with their schemes to get money. They are clever with the way the toy with human minds. When they try to get the Wilks sisters's money, the sisters fell for their tricks, believing that the Duke and the Dauphin were indeed their uncles. The Duke and the Dauphin put on a show when they present their own money to the sisters in front of everyone, to show that they weren't frauds. Not only were they stealing other people's money, they are hurting playing with other people's emotions.
ReplyDeletePersonally, I completely agree to many of the consents that Huck has matured in terms of morality, especially shown through how he was actually able to convince himself to quit playing along with the duke and king. Had he finally understood the importance of standing up for justice? and will Huck continue his record of good deeds in the later parts of this novel?
ReplyDeleteI found this chapter highly intruiging and potential, due to Huck's change in morality rating.
In these few chapters, Huck's morality is clearly shown. He finds the duke and the dauphin's act extremely disgusting, and decides to return the money to the Wilk's. From this, we can draw that Huck is a moral character. Clearly, Huck will reveal the fraud soon. I think that Huck will find a way to get rid of the duke and dauphin very soon because he finds their doings extremely disgusting.
ReplyDeleteIn class, we once had a disscussion debating whether Huck was a moral character. At that time, I was really unsure if he was one or not. But what I realized after reading these three chapters is that he is pretty much a moral character. Although he may lie a lot, he did the right thing when he wanted to return the money to back to the daughters. It was really surprising. My question is if Huck now understands wrong from right, would he stop with all the lying? Actually lying can be a good thing right? Of course lying to your parents about something bad you did wouldn’t be considered good. But what about lying to protect someone? Like for instance if you were in the states in college and far away from your parents. If your parents called to ask if you were alright and you said no but, there is something truly wrong. You lied to keep your parents from worrying right?
ReplyDeleteLike everybody else, I was amazed by Huck's moral sense. He's definitely growing up!
ReplyDelete“You could see it was a great satisfaction to the people, because naturally they wanted to know. A little thing like that don’t cost nothing, and it’s just the little things that makes a man to be looked up to and liked.” (177). This quote speaks of maturity. Huck’s adventures have really helped to shape him, from a lying kid to a more sensible person with a sense of morality.
Because Huck is still a kid, he still has a level of innocence. He can't match the duke and the dauphin. He can't go tricking people that far. It seems like there's a barrier between them two. Because he is still more innocent, Huck knows deep down that what the duke and the dauphin were doing was wrong, and the more he journeyed with them the more he got exposed. He started to realize that what he was doing before was wrong and had the potential to hurt people like how the duke and the dauphin did. This also shows that Huck has matured throughout this journey. He became more exposed to his surrondings and he has gained experience
ReplyDeleteI'm glad that Huck finally realizes that what the duke and the king are doing is wrong. I don't think Huck is a bad person who has no morals. He merely steals so he can survive and you can't really blame him for having no morals since no one taught him the values and morales of our society. But maybe his human natures takes over and his morality develops as experiences and witnesses the evil of this world.
ReplyDeleteWere people really that stupid? Or is the doctor who saw their the duke's act just really smart? Do you think he'll be back to put an end to the duke's act? Then again, the duke and the king are really cunning. How do they come up with such perfectly planned out schemes? Especially when they do it one after another! Even though they are scammers who have no morals, I'm still impressed at what they can achieve.
Huck finally faces the truth that the duke and the dauphin are rapscallions, and tries to go against them. Before these chapters, Huck usually ignores what the duke and dauphin do due to the fact that he didn't want to cause trouble. Now that he finally betrays both of them, it shows how he had suddenly awakened and faces the reality that these to people are doing no good. Even so, I think that the duke and dauphin will eventually see through him because Huck is not a good liar, as he often forgets about his own lies. My question is that what event actually caused Huck to awaken from the mist and finally see what sort of people the duke and dauphin are?
ReplyDeleteI think the fake duke and fake king and fake uncles of the girls are very mean. Although they are pretty smart, they took a risk to give the girls the money. The doctor is really smart to have caught on to the mistakes of the con artists. It’s good that Huck made the right decision when he decides to steal back the money. Where is Jim all this time? On the raft?
ReplyDeleteI think it's about time Huck realizes that the duke and dauphin are selfish cheats. Had he not known it, or was he playing along?
ReplyDeleteHuck is developing in his sense of morality, judgment of what's right and wrong. He has changed since the beginning of his adventures.
Chapters 25-27 represent a significant growth in Huck's morality. At last, Huck's has no more patience with these frauds, and stands up for what he thinks is right. When the author describes how the frauds steal the money, the author uses an heated tone. For example he described Huck "disgusted" by the duke and king.I was mad myself at the duke and king. They are too selfish! Especially the king, because he wanted to rob the town of everything; at least the duke hesitated in what he was doing, but still reluctantly accepted in the king. Hopefully, Huck returns the money to the rightful owner, Mary Jane, instead of leaving it to the hands of the rapscallions. They don't deserve the money.
ReplyDeleteThe duke and the king put on show, pretending to be the brothers of Peter Wilks. They succeded without arousing any suspicion and eventually getting the share of the possessions Wilks left behind. How could the daughters of Peter Wilks not have noticed that the duke and the king were not their uncles?
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ReplyDeleteIn these chapters, Huck develops his own morality. Now he has his own thoughts about what is wrong or right. You can also see that the duke and the dauphin have become more and more selfish. Seeing these things, Huck wants to change things. I also agree with Doris that the doctor will come into the scene again.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: At the end of chapter 27, something happens to the duke and dauphin. They even told Huck to mind his own business. What is it?
One more question: Why is the girl Joanna called the hairlip? Is Twain mocking the girl?
Sandra: It is awesome how Huck is trying to help the Wilks family in returning the money to the rightful owners, but why doesn't Huck just reveal that the duke and the dauphins are frauds? Wouldn't it make things a lot easier?
To me, if Huck reveals the truth about the duke and the dauphin, the situation will become worse. The duke and dauphin might even threaten Huck and Jim, that will put them in danger.
In these few chapters I see a change in the plot. Huck finally made his move on not following the king and duke. Even though Huck may be in his position of a servant, but he’s planning to help out the girls from being tricked. Huck sees through all the lies, and he himself is able to get through his lies during dinner talking with the girls. This is actually the first time in the novel when Huck planning through his head to help Mary Jane to get her money back. He had many ways to lead to the solutions, but each one of them may have a cause that will fail it from succeeding. But at the same time I was wondering, why would Huck want to help Mary Jane? Why would Huck let the kings to rob her of her money?
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ReplyDeleteI believe the king and the duke want to money for themselves, even though Huck was part of the team to rob the money. I think the king and duke scare that Huck might caught them with the money. So king and duke decided to do this themselves without anyone getting in their way for the money.
I think that what the duke and the king are doing now is similar to what the Gang in the beginning of the story (which Huck wants to join) is doing. However, Huck doesn’t want to join the duke and the king but he actually prevents their plan. And I found it pretty interesting when the mob and Mary Jane decide to believe these two frauds, how wise the duke and the king were! I think it must took them a long time to research for these backgrounds and names…
ReplyDeleteWhen the king and the duke start crying about the king’s dead “brother” and makes all the other people pity them, help them, and such, Huck says, “It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.” Huck sees the ugly side of humans here, and he feels ashamed. Then they trick Mary Jane and her sisters, and I feel really angry at them for being such immoral, low creatures. I hope they land in some misfortune soon.
ReplyDeleteIn chapter 26 Huck finally got to his senses and decided to do the right thing. Although it he hasn’t gone and told off on the King and the Duke, he stopped them from getting the six thousand dollars that they don’t deserve. I am really glad that Huck did so. I also thought the scene at the end of chapter 27 where The King gets fooled by Huck is very ironic. This time the tricksters themselves receive a taste of their own medicine.
ReplyDeleteBetween the chapters, a new character popped out which is observant and very cautious. This character is the doctor. I'm glad that the doctor showed up, because he is not as ignorant and gullible as the Wilk sisters and the mob. When the Wilk sisters started to cry when they see their uncles, the mob of people just fell into the con artists' trap without any second thought. However, in contrast, the existence of the doctor threatens the frauds because he is certain that the duke and the daulphin are liars. I'm still very disappointed to know that Huck Finn didn't stand up and tell everyone the truth. Maybe Huck Finn prefers to live a peaceful, undisturbed life rather than being involved in the mess.
ReplyDeleteI find it amazing and interesting that this section we've read today is actually a rather long and probably the most core arc. This arc is evidently going to spread further into more chapters, which leads me to believe that these sections on the Wilks is the main predicament of the story. I hope the stroy keeps getting better. On a side note, I'm really impressed on Huck's hiding of the money. That was really smart and it serves the duke and dauphin right! Yet, then again, how would anyone get the money out? It's stuck underground...
ReplyDeleteQuestion:
Why did Mary Jane dismiss her father's advice on the fact that the duke and the dauphins' accents are fake? It was so obvious that even a normal person couldn't miss it. Also, why couldn't the other sisters see truth when Huck slips on Joanna's questions on England?
Response to Kathy's 2nd question:
Twain has Joanna be called "harelip" because of her birth defect: her defected lip. It's sort of a mock on her, but more from a character's perspective, less from ours.
After reading these chapters, I am glad Huck had more sense about things. Before, Huck just let the con artists- the "duke" and the "king" scam people and just let them be. However, now Huck put a stop to it. Throughout the book, I seen Huck change in personality. Huck has become more mature and has became more moral.
ReplyDeleteJust a note-JJ was me. My sister logged in and I didn't notice it was her account. This is the absolute truth!
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone when they say that Huck has definitely matured. I know he watched in silence for a while, but at least now he has set his mind on getting the Wilks sisters their money back. Once again, the reader is faced with the question of whether the con men or the conned are worse. Even when the Doctor points out their bad English accents, Mary Jane brushes the accusation aside and gives the men the money. She shouldn't have been so quick to trust the men with that large of an amount of money.
ReplyDeleteWill Huck's plans to get the girls their money back succeed?
Huck has been maturing throughout the book, and we see signs of it now. Huck begins to do things after thinking. He also begins to lose innocence. He begins seeing the side of people that most young children don't see, and he is disgusted by it. Huck also begins to become more moral, when he decides to help get the Wilks sisters their money back.
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