Huckfinn Response 6

Ji tells Huck about the time when he discovered that his daughter was deaf. He found out she was deaf and was furious at her for a little while. It shows us that Jim is a caring parent and maybe he takes care of Huck and is more compassionate to Huck probably because he feels guilty about being a sub-par father to his children. It also shows us that conversely to Huck, Jim cares more about the present and for other people. 

Huckfinn Response 5

he Duke and the King are a couple of con men that Huck and Jim meet on their way to Cairo. They claim to be royalty, but it turns out that they lied about who they are and are really just a couple of hoboes. I think it's ok for Jim and Huck to accept them because they have some money and are entertaing, which is good for morale. Huck and Jim can't be too critical of them becasue Huck and Jim are sort of like hoboes and they hide their identities when it suits them on their odyssey. 

Huckfinn Response 4

huck and Buck are both similar boys. Both of them like to play tricks on people, they are the same age, and are both from environments where violence occurs. Huck has a tumultuous home life and pretends to be be in a "gang", and Buck is involved with a family feud. Also, Huck goes on journeys with Jim, a slave, and Buck has a family slave.   

Huckfinn Response 3

The men raftsmen are, in my opinion, are like pre-Episode 4 Han Solos. They are always around their ships, transporting things on it and making their living off of it. They also go drinking often, get into fights,and tell stories about their adventures. Huckfinn has river rats and Star Wars has space pirates. The two river rats began fighting after comparing themselves to natural elements. This has much resemblance to the reealtionship of Han and Leia, when the first meet each other, in that both characters had achieved so much and were so similar in many characteristics, such as being headstrong, yet they continued to bicker many times. 

Huckfinn Response 2

HUck goes back to save the boatsmen because he feels guilty for possibly killing these men. THis seems to contradict the mindset Huck has of where he only looks out for himself. I don't think that Huck would've had the remorse for his actions that he expressed by saving those men, had he not been with JIm. I think that the relationship that Huck and Jim have with each other has lead to emotional growth in Huck. For the first time ever he has to care for somebody other than himself. 

Huckfinn Response 1

The trick that Huck played on Jim was when they were both in the cave and HUck put a dead snake by Jim's body. When Jim went to go to sleep, the snake's mate had crept over and bit Jim. They were able to save Jim, due to Jim being a stout believer in superstitions and some of them had eventually gotten the bite to go away. 

This joke was an act of compassion from Huck to Jim. It isn't a conventional way to express yourself, but he did it like best friends, for example Beavis and Butthead, do to each other. They show each other love by hurting them. This is a completely different kind of prank than the one that TOm attempted to play on JIm earlier in the novel. That joke was a joke at the expense of Jim, and would have been done ina  mean spirit. TOm's joke was more like a slave owner toying with the feelings of one of his slaves. Huck did not know or count on the other snake coming and biting Jim, and we see the remorse Huck has for his actions later on.   

End of Last American Man

If you take the definition of the American Man literally, which states a man that forges his own life through the wilderness, Eustace is one of a dying breed of man. As stated in the epilogue, there are some men that live isolated in the wilderness, but Eustace is the only one that makes himself publicly available. Are those men the only left of the nearly extinct American man? what about those who survive the concrete jungle? They face dangers like those in nature, such as competition for resources. They have to teach themselves how to survive, and when you live in this type of environment you teach yourself all about the nuances of the biome. Eustace can point out the difference between a rare Turk's Cap and a tiger lily. An inner-city kid can point out he difference in two very similar alleys and whether one is safe or not or what time an area becomes dangerous. It all depends on how you look at the situation, like how Obi-Wan Kenobi looks at the story of Darth Vader, on whether American Men exist anymore.