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These last few chapters were pretty exciting due to Jim's escape. The chapters before this were Tom always delaying Jim's escape, but now Tom and Huck finally help Jim escape.
ReplyDeleteI think Tom is just really cruel because after Jim escaped, he revealed that Miss Watson died two months ago and that she freed Jim in her will. This reveals that Tom is only a bit nicer to blacks than the slave owners, as he uses Jim as a toy for his "adventure". Even after, he proposed to Huck that they go look for more adventures among the "Injuns", which is another group of people discriminated by whites.
This long book has finally ended with these last chapters. I don't like how Tom risks everybody's lives just to get his fun. When he put all those letters about the cutthroats, he put everybody in danger. On the night Jim was set free, they escaped under bullet fire. Don't you think that this has gone way to far? I think that the fact that Tom got shot served him right. He wanted it to be dangerous, and he got it.
ReplyDelete1. Twain is showing Tom in a more and more racist light. Do you think Tom is racist towards the Indians, like how he put the link between cutthroats and the Indian territory?
Tom has definitely treated Jim like a toy. He shows no regard for his pains (as Jim had to write with his blood, lose a few teeth due to something hard in the pie, lose sleep due to snakes, rats and spiders...
ReplyDeleteTom is definitely cruel--to think that all this was a game. Matthew, I totally agree that Tom is racist. I also agree that one should never build his entertainment upon other peoples' suffering. Play prisoner all you want, just make sure no one gets hurt, except yourself, basically. (directed towards Tom)
Tom has definitely fallen to a low point, lower than Huck, who had in fact matured (as he refused to run off to look for Tom and Jim)
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ReplyDeleteI think these chapters are probably the most disturbing and morally confusing ones in the book. Not only is Tom's manipulative immorality along with his cruelty shown, but Hucks personality also comes to light. On p. 281 Huck remarked: "We was feeling pretty good after breakfast, and took y canoe and went over the river a-fishing", the Phelpses were all worried and scared about the Indians while Jim is getting ready for his dangerous escape. Nevertheless, the boy's decision to just have fun while Jim is locked with a bunch of snakes, rats and spiders is disturbing.
ReplyDeleteTom's disregard for Jim's life was likewise disturbing. When Huck notified Tom about all the farmers lying in wait for them, he remarked "No!-is that so? Ain't it bully" (284) showing that he thinks of this whole incident as an adventure. Nevertheless, this "adventure" was risking the life of Jim, an already free slave. This shows us that Tom thinks of Jim merely as a toy to play with. What was even more disturbing was the fact that Tom knew all along that Jim was a free slave, but just wanted to toy around with him.
Racism was also portrayed on p. 291 when they were discussing how Jim could have escaped from them. The first thing they guess is that the black slaves were the one who stole Jim out.
Superstitions were also shown when Mrs. Phelps guess that "sperits couldn't 'a' done better and been no smarter" (292). This demonstrates how superstitions were not only a thing of the black slaves but for whites too.
Lastly, when Huck remakrs that Jim "had a good heart in him and was a good man the first time i see him" (298) shows that Huck is really treating and thinking of Jim as a man equal to others, rather than a black lowdown slave. His well cut morals also come out when he said that Mrs. Phelps "mothered me so good I felt mean," (294) this shows how he was aware of what he did was wrong.
My question is on P. 387, what's the significance of Huck saying that he "knowed he [Jim] was white inside"?
The last chapters of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn contain some situational irony. I never expected that Jim would be a free slave, due to the fact that the Southern society was cruel to the black slaves (auction,discrimination,and put slaves at lower social status).
ReplyDeleteMark Twain is satirizing Tom Sawyer's irrational romanticism, creating so much troubles for everyone. I think Mark Twain wants to show that Huck, who represents realism, has more morals than Tom, who represents romanticism. The books that Tom sawyer read had transformed Tom into an impractical and insane person.
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ReplyDeleteJim's motivation for hiding Pap’s death from Huck is unclear. Perhaps Jim felt sorry for Huck and wanted to care for him since he was now an orphan. Or, perhaps Jim knew that if Huck found out Pap was dead, he would simply have returned to town and ended his runaway journey. Without Huck, Jim would have had a far more difficult journey downriver as runaway black slave. Having developed a strong understanding of Jim's character, it seems most likely that Jim was motivated by kindness, but a selfish desire for Huck's companionship may also be a reason. I think Twain should have explained a little more about how huck thought about Jim hiding Pap’s death.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: Why do you think Twain ended the novel without explaining how Huck fellt about Pap’s death?
I don’t think that the ending was very bad…sure, the part where Tom had all his crazy ideas and stubbornly refused to go without them was pretty boring, but I think that ending where it’s revealed that Jim was free all the time was pretty satisfactory.
ReplyDeleteI think that the reason why Tom’s part is always so dry is because he plans everything out. When it’s all planned out and explained before hand, it’s boring and just tiresome. However, Huck’s part was always unpredictable and exciting because it was unplanned; we as the readers didn’t know what was going to happen next, and that kept us on our toes.
I’m also very happy about the ending because I had guessed right in the beginning that the dead man was Pap.
I disagree with Jenny's comment that Twain should have explained more about how Huck felt about Jim hiding Pap's death because it's inconsequential. Everything that Twain has shown to us about Huck up to the end of the novel says very clearly, “Huck would not care that Jim had hidden the knowledge from him.”
Tom is so mean! :( He puts Jim through all that for his own fun, to a free black man :(
ReplyDeleteMatthew: I think so. Tom seems to view things in a stereotypical manner, and believes almost everything he reads in books are true (or can be made true). Plus he's been raised in a high class family, which probably, at that time, taught him that Indians are cutthroats, barbarians, something like that.
Chuni: I think Huck saying that Jim's white inside admits his liking and true friendship with Jim, to say that Jim is his buddy, and his equal.
Jenny: I agree with Doris. Also, even though Huck didn't seem to like his dad much (who would, in his case?) it would still be a blow to him that his pap had died.
I also think the ending was okay - as TS Eliot says, half the readers population wouldn't be satisfied with a happy ending, the other wouldnt with a sad one. This continues with Huck's life - there really is no ending. As it is in a narrative, the character's always there for another adventure of life (though not always recorded). I pretty much like how it left off - the goal of the book (to get away from the widow/pap in Huck's case, to become free in Jim's case) is finished, and that's that :)
After reading this section, I think that Jim is truly going over advnturous. Because of his acts, he not only hurt other people, he also hurt himself. After all this helping Jim escape, he caused Jim great harm but the most surprising thing was that Tom himself got hurt. He was shot in the leg by a farmer who wanted to hurt Jim. When I read to this part, I was thiking, maaybe Tom finally found out that he shouldn't be doing this anymore. I thought that Tom finally got what he deserved. After hurting so many people, this would be a right punishment for him. But he actually took this bullet and made it into some sort of necklace to show it off. I think that nothing can change Tom and his way of having adventures. He will always stay that way and nothing can change him. I think I', like a lot of people, I don't like the ending. I think the ending could've been better. After the end, Huck leaves for another adventure, so technically, the story isn't really over.
ReplyDeletePhew, a happy ending to an increasingly dark novel! But I'm not sure if I like it. Half half, I guess. All in all, Tom got his adventure, Jim is free, Pap is dead, and our dear Huck gets to go back to being "civilized". The question of morality and racism still stays. And even though Twain made it clear that his novel was not to be taken seriously, the ideas behind the writing are heavy and signifigant. What's with that?
ReplyDeleteI think the ending was pretty good. Jim was freed, Tom finally got his adventure, Huck goes back to become civilized and Pap is dead.
ReplyDeleteJenny: I think it's because Pap was too much of a minor character to care about. How he died wouldn't even bother or surprise us.
After reading the last few chapters, one is able to find out why there was so much controversy about the end of the novel. The conflict between how Jim was stolen was ended abruptly, when Tom tells Aunty Sally that they were responsible for stealing Jim. Huck later learns that Jim had been set free by Ms. Watson before she had died, for that was why Tm wanted to help Jim escape since he was already free. Aunt Polly shows up and clarifies what Tom had said. Later Jim is set free and Toms pays him for being their prisoner for so long. Jim later tells Huck that the dead man in the floating house was his father. I find the ending very interesting because one would think that Twain would want to finish the story more elegantly and more descriptive. Instead, he gives the story a ironic ending, one that I find very funny and enjoyable.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading this chapters, it shows that Tom have hurt many people also himself on his leg. Jim is free now, it is a very good news for a black slave, but isn't that nearly impossible that he got free? im their society, it is very impossible freeing a black slave, they have to be slaves until they are dead.What i think, Mark Twain is not quite a racism for sure, because of the Jim's freedom.
ReplyDeleteTom is definitely not a moral character. He is obsessed with games and romanticism and risks everyone's lives just to have fun when he already knew that Jim was a free man. Tom deserves being shot, but he's so ignorant about his obsession that he shows it off. Like John said, Tom doesn't seem like he's going to change.
ReplyDeleteI thought that letting Jim tell Huck that the dead body earlier in the story was Pap was a really good idea of Twain's. I actually forgot about the dead body because I thought it was insignificant but this irony at the end makes it sort of a happy ending. Huck has nothing to worry about anymore. I think the ending is too abrupt, because it seems like Twain just didn't feel like writing anymore so he stopped.
I think Tom is extremely evil because he already knew that Miss Watson died two months ago, and freed Jim in her will, but he did not tell anyone. If he was nice, he could have easily just told Huck, and they would not have to do all those stupid things to save Jim. But instead, he kept it a secret plainly because he wanted fun and adventure. From this, you could see that Tom is barely more moral than other white people. I think that Tom is way to adventurous. He did not even learn his lesson from getting shot in the leg, and instead he took the bullet as a souvenir!
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the last few chapters, everything is explained. Tom reveals his plan and the reason why he agreed to help steal a nigger. Jim becomes a free man and receives forty bucks for being a good prisoner. Jim also reveals that the dead man found inside the house beside the river is Pap. I find Tom quite immoral after reading these chapters; he risks people’s lives just obtain fun and adventure for him.
ReplyDeleteI also found it quite confusing when the doctor said that Tom would kill him if he chalked the raft. Why does Tom still continue with the plan, when he knows that Jim is a free nigger and that he’s wounded badly?
Though i don't think it was right for Tom to trick everyone and use Jim as a toy for his amusement (and later on pay him.) i do find it odd that Ms. Watson, who is supposedly a racist, decided to free Jim in her will. But what i don't like about this ending, is that, it means that the entire adventure was completely pointless. Jim knew Pap was dead so Huck had no reason to run, while Jim was a free man all along.
ReplyDeleteBack to the topic of Tom. I find it weird, that even though in the end people figure out that Tom was just playing around, no one ever criticizes him. I also find it funny how the second they realized Jim was free, they treated him so much better. Which i think shows how foolish (if thats the right word) people can be.
I thought the ending of the novel wasn't that bad. It was somewhat surprising to find out that Jim ended up being a free slave especially after learning about Tom getting shot. It struck me a little weird that after all Jim went through just to escape, he ends up being free without much effort. After all the times he had to run and hide from the white society and all the trouble Huck went through just to help him escape, he ends up free without much conflict. When the white people learned about his original plan to escape, they didn't punish him by selling him to the South. Instead, they set him free!
ReplyDeleteAlso, I liked how Mark Twain ended the story with something he mentioned earlier - Jim's superstition about hairy men being rich. I thought that really shows the humor Mark Twain uses in his novels.
I was really surprised when Tom said that “Old Miss Watson died two months ago, and she was ashamed she ever was going to sell him down the river, and said so; and she set him free in her will.” And I was glad to see it. I think Mark Twain is very clever that he used a way that I’ll never think of to end the story. And at the end of the story, it totally changes my view of Tom and the white people.
ReplyDeleteI thought the ending was a pretty good ending. Events in the earlier chapters of the book, like finding the dead man on the wreck, and Jim telling Huck that he would get rich again, were mentioned. The reason why Pap was killed remains a mystery, although I am glad that Huck got the six thousand in the end. I still don’t get how Pap had gotten involved with the two men who killed him. Pap seemed like an independent man and did nothing else other than drink whiskey all day. I wished Twain could have explained what happened to Pap. Also on pg 263, I wonder what Huck meant by saying “I knowed he (Jim) was white inside.”
ReplyDeleteThe novel ended pretty quick,it was a surprise to know that Pap was actually the man that died in the house at Jackson Island. Come to think of it, Jim was hiding this fact away from Huck. Why is that? Will it make any difference if Huck know Pap was dead? Huck never seems to care for Pap, whenever it comes to Pap, Huck will only get away from him. If it is, then why is there a need to keep it away from Huck? Mark Twain end the novel without letting us know what was Huck thinking when he heard his pap died. What was Huck thinking when he heard it? Another great turn in the novel was Jim is a free man now. All because of the old doctor, who told the public that this African American is not a bad slave. Also, Aunt Polly said Miss Watson want to free Jim of her own will, really surprise me. This reveals to us that there are some whites who are kind and can finally give what's best for those slaves.
ReplyDeleteThe last few chapters of the book wasn't what I expected. I didn't think Jim would get caught again in the last 3 chapters and Huck and Tom would have to save him again. Nevertheless, Jim was set free and that was one of the main thing in the story.
ReplyDeleteTom was way too overboard with his ideas..again. I couldn't believe that he got shot and didn't even want a doctor to treat him. He was too stubborn and always wanted things to go with way. Jim insisted that they get a doctor, and I wasn't quite sure what Huck meant when he said Jim was "white on the inside".
When Jim was caught again, and the Tom found out, Tom was devastated. It could be because all their hard work didn't pay off, but i thought otherwise. Tom admitted that Miss Watson had died, and that Jim was free, meaning Tom didn't want Jim to be hung and he did want JIm to be free. Maybe his first intention was to have a fabulous adventure, but when Jim risked his freedom to nurse him, Tom was touched.
Even after getting his leg shot, Tom was still as adventurous as ever, and he asked Huck to go on another adventure with him. This time in the "injun territories". Why is it that they always have to look for adventures where the white people frown upon?
I thought that at the end Tom makes up for his adventures on Jim by paying Jim forty dollars was rather insulting. Tom views Jim as an object and he knew all along that Jim was free but he didn’t tell them just to have some adventure. However, Jim was rather appreciative for the money and he didn’t find it offensive at all. I think this is the result of the long-term racism and slavery in society. Black men don’t care about their dignity anymore, they just want to obtain material wealth.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Vivi. I did changed my view about the white people, because, even though some of them are racist but in the end they realized something. That is, there are some slaves who may not be what most people would say what they're like, like Jim. Tom, Huck and Miss Watson know Jim and prehaps have accpeted Jim as a friend, and accepted him as human being like every other white. In the last section of chapter 40 I believe, Huck said "I knowed he was white inside, and I reckoned he'd say what he did say..." This revealed to us that he had accepted Jim and that he shouldn't have been a slave but a free man.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad it was a happily ever after[sort of], but I thought Tom was really bad, or annoying. Jim was already a free man, but he insisted on keeping this to himself and continued his plans. They almost got killed for nothing! Tom even got shot, and he was happy. This kid is crazy. But anyways, I'm glad that Jim finally got his freedom, and Huck still has his fortune at home. Also, I realized that Jim is a really good person. He truly cares about his friends and knew that he was going to be taken back into captivity when he helped the doctor with Tom's wound. In a society of unreliable and racist white people, Jim shines through, despite the cruelty the world has dealt him.
ReplyDelete[AND the guy in the house really was Huck's father! :O I didn't think we would ever get to find out]
I thought the ending wasn't bad. I don't really like Tom that much, considering what he did to Jim. I think him paying Jim makes Jim seem like a toy, and as Robert said, it was insulting.
ReplyDeleteJim is such a nice character, and his niceness continues to appear throughout the story. He is such a true friend, and deserves to be treated extremely well.
Why is Ms. Watson ashamed of ever wanting to sell Jim down the river?
I agree with Jackie, "AND the guy in the house really was Huck's father! :O I didn't think we would ever get to find out" :)
The ending was really shocking. I was a little annoyed that Tom knew that Jim was free but he still made obstacles to burden their task. Jim, however, was ok with that because he got forty dollars to compensate for the lost time. At least Tom was considerate enough to pay back Jim. It’s funny how Jim refers back to the hairy chest believe. At least Tom got what he wanted, an adventure and a bullet. Overall, this book is pretty interesting and fascinating to see how the whites treated blacks and each other at that time.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading the last four chapters of the novel, I think that Jim has changed a lot too. He isn’t just more adventurous than before, he hurts himself and other people too. When Tom got shot in the leg by this farmer who was going to hurt Jim, I felt like Tom deserved it, after what he had done to Jim.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the ending was weird. Many critics didn’t like the ending. Sure, the ending was a little bit weird because it seems to me that the book isn’t really over yet, because Huck starts another adventure. So shouldn’t he keep on writing? Because this book is called ADVENTURES of huck finn. Maybe Twain wanted us to use our imagination and have our own ending?
To Sandra: that’s just the way he is (:
These chapters have been quite interesting and exciting! With the gun fight and the bullet stuck in Tom’s leg, I think it is the most exciting part among these three chapters. The bullet in Tom's leg seems rather deserved when Tom reveals that he has known all along that Miss Watson has been dead for two months and that she freed Jim in her will. Jim is the only character who comes out of the mess looking like a respectable adult.
ReplyDeleteWith Jim finally free, the story closes to a good ending. It is kind of ironic how through this whole adventure, they come back to the same place, just like how life is like a cycle. Tom getting shot at was kinda like karma.. for what he did to Jim while Jim was a "prisoner"
ReplyDeleteI think the ending was kinda stupid, but i liked the part where Tom got shot in the leg. :]
ReplyDeleteTom treated Jim like a toy, forcing him to live with rats, snakes spiders, telling him to throw plates out, writing on the wall. Only telling him to do this for his fun and his own childish adventures.
In the end Jim finally got set free and he is actually treated with respect.
It was really fun reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I laughed at the part where Tom got shot in the leg! He totally deserved that one. Plus, he was the "gladdest" one. When the farmers locked Jim up again, I was glad to know how Tom reacted to it. He was angry, saying that Jim is a free nigger and can set his foot anywhere on earth. At least, he thanked Jim for having patience with his overly creative ideas, plus gave Jim 40 dollars! It was hilarious how Jim related it to the beginning of the book, where he stated that he'll be rich with a "hairy chest".
ReplyDeleteThough many people did not see and "ending" to the book, I think that there is an obvious ending to it. Things are resolved between Huck, Tom and Jim. Tom confesses that he only wanted an adventure, Jim is a free man, and Huck learns many new things on his adventure.
The chapters we read finally solved the mystery we had a while ago. The dead man beside the house was pap! No wonder Jim told Huck not to look.
ReplyDeleteAnother thing I found interesting about these chapters was, like Ted Wu said, there contained some irony. Jim is a slave, and in that time of America, racism is a very serious matter. Anyone reading the book at first would not have thought that Jim, a slave, would be able to be a free man.
After finishing this book, I also thought that Tom is a very cruel man. He endangered everyones live just to have some fun himself and be like the "heroes" he read in his books. He has no moral.
I was pretty mad at Tom for tricking everyone and making such a big fuss out of everything. I mean, he even got shot in the leg himself! Not only did he give the Phelps many days, or maybe even weeks, of restless nights and nerve-breaking surprises, he also expanded the situation to other farmers who actually thought something had come up. Then, as I read on and realized that Tom had known all along that Jim was a free man! I can't believe he still put Jim through all those torturous and stupendous idiocy.... well basically, Tom needs to get a grip of himself and GROW UP.
ReplyDeleteI like how Twain ended the story paying Jim forty dollars for causing troubles and such, which also corresponds to the superstition in the beginning of the story that Jim's late fortune has now come true.
ReplyDeleteI thought it was fairly stupid for Tom to leave a letter to the Phelps saying that there is a gang coming to help Jim escape. He totally gave away the plan! To Tom’s surprise, 15 men were preparing to fight the gang. Jim, Huck and Tom ran for it, unfortunately Tom gets wounded. I think it’s like karma. Tom treated Jim like an animal and now he gets what he deserves. Jim was very considerate when he wanted to stay with Tom until a doctor arrives.
ReplyDeleteLater on, Huck and Tom both learn that Jim is still being held captive. Tom tells them to release Jim. At that point, do you think Tom regards Jim as his friend?
Jim is a really nice guy. He wouldn't leave until Tom got help. All this time Tom thought helping Jim escape was some kind of fun game and Tom didn't take Jim seriously. Tom probably didn't think Jim was a human at all, and Jim actually think of Tom as a friend. Jim would rather help Tom than leave him and escape to be a free slave. But after that, I think Tom appreciated Jim's kindness and stood up for Jim.
ReplyDeleteThese last chapters sort of ended in a somewhat happy ending. Jim was a free slave, with assistance from both Tom and Huck. We can see what of an a**hole Tom really is, putting people's lives at stake for the sake of pleasure.
ReplyDeleteI am so happy that Jim finally becomes a free person. At the end of the book, I felt certain that Tom does not care about Jim, and that he does not agree that Jim actually becomes a free black person, since his “adventure” could have killed Jim. In the end, I really wanted Huck to somehow get rid of him, as Tom is simply being arrogant.
ReplyDeleteIt much surprised me that the Widow Watson actually set Jim free, since at the beginning of the novel, the way he treated Huck made her seem like someone who is racist and would not allow a black person to become free.
At the end of the novel, Jim reveals that the person he and Huck saw at Jackson’s island was actually Huck’s father. I don’t think that Huck is sad about his father’s death, since he didn’t seem to be too emotional about the news.
I was glad that Tom was angry, saying that Jim is a free nigger and can set his foot anywhere on earth, when the farmer locked Jim up again.
ReplyDeleteAt the end of this book, Huck, Tom, and Jim have things finally resolved, that Tom confessed that he only wanted the adventureand fun, Jim is now a free man, and Huck learnt many new things on this adventure.
in these chapter, we find that Tom is a horrid character. He caused so much trouble even though he knew that there was in fact no problem. He gets a taste of his own medicine when he gets shot in his leg. Serves him right
ReplyDeleteI thought the ending wasn't too bad. It clarified the mystery of whether that body by the house was Pap. Also, Jim finally gets set free, and Tom may have learned his lesson after he got shot in the leg. I think that getting shot in the leg was a message to Tom, showing how his plans were really life-threatening, and they would probably never work. It could be telling him to be much more careful in the future if he doesn't want to get shot again.
ReplyDeleteQuestion: What did you think of the ending? Was it good or bad?
ReplyDeleteJenny: Why do you think Twain ended the novel without explaining how Huck fellt about Pap’s death?
I think to show that Huck still felt sad when he knew that his pap died. Children who have lost a parent would still be sad, even if their parents were bad towards them.
I really enjoyed the last chapter, which was short but sweet. I liked the feeling that it gave a sort of close to the book in a really nice way but still left a lot to the imagination. I also find it touching that Jim stayed behind to nurse Tom's wounds when he knew that he could be giving up his freedom (he thought). He didn't know Tom was just having fun and this shows how much he cares about people.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Huck actually felt about his pap's death though? The last chapter doesn't really say much in terms of his feelings towards him. Actually it doesn't say anything at all I think.
I really enjoyed the last chapter, which was short but sweet. I liked the feeling that it gave a sort of close to the book in a really nice way but still left a lot to the imagination. I also find it touching that Jim stayed behind to nurse Tom's wounds when he knew that he could be giving up his freedom (he thought). He didn't know Tom was just having fun and this shows how much he cares about people.
ReplyDeleteI wonder what Huck actually felt about his pap's death though? The last chapter doesn't really say much in terms of his feelings towards him. Actually it doesn't say anything at all I think.
I was disappointed at the conclusion. I thought the ending wasn't much of a good conclusion. To me,good endings would give readers an good impression, leaving them to thinking about the book and apply it to life. I thought the ending was as if Huck Finn was done writing, as if he was done with everything and everything was completely over. I thought the conclusion was a little abrupt. I was expecting a little more feelings in the conclusion, making the ending concluding. If the author put a little more feeling it the story, then the book would give the readers an impression. The readers will remember that the book actuall told a story, instead of thinking that the book is "just" a book. I thought the conclusion should have been better.
ReplyDeleteI think these last chapters are rather interesting. For example, Tom does seem to care a little about Jim when he realizes Jim has been caught again, but he might just be upset that his own plans failed. It’s also sad to see Jim’s devotion to Tom when Tom just sees him as an object. Also, Jim’s declaration that Tom wouldn’t leave him behind is very ironic.
ReplyDeleteJasmine: yeah, I also found the ending kind of inconclusive.