One question I think is important to look at is, how will Huck base his final decision on Jim? will he regard Jim as a runaway slave, or a friend that has accompanied him throughout this book. The answer seems simple but for a young boy, it would be very difficult to make a final decision. I'm not sure I could do it either in the amount of time allotted within the story. It will be interesting to see what his thoughts are in the next few chapters.
A take away I got from these chapters is how trust can be misplaced if one doesn't fully know the one he is trusting. For example, Jim has placed his trust within Huck. Even though I believe Huck will make the right decision in the end, he has had issues with changing his mind through this book. So how can Jim really trust him? And the same goes for how can Tom trust Huck as well. I believe this again comes down to the friendship theme. They all have trust within each other because of their friendships. Which is why That group will prevail in the end I feel.
One thing I do like, is that in this set of chapters, Huck seems to be "full hog" or all in. And he feels like he's doing something wrong and accepts it. Well in all actuality, his society is the one that's wrong. Huck is actually doing the right thing, he just doesn't see it like that because it was not a good thing in that day to help slaves. This really was a controversial view in that day, so I'm liking that Huck is choosing the hard road. which just happens to be the right one.
A take away I got from these chapters is how trust can be misplaced if one doesn't fully know the one he is trusting. For example, Jim has placed his trust within Huck. Even though I believe Huck will make the right decision in the end, he has had issues with changing his mind through this book. So how can Jim really trust him? And the same goes for how can Tom trust Huck as well. I believe this again comes down to the friendship theme. They all have trust within each other because of their friendships. Which is why That group will prevail in the end I feel.
One thing I do like, is that in this set of chapters, Huck seems to be "full hog" or all in. And he feels like he's doing something wrong and accepts it. Well in all actuality, his society is the one that's wrong. Huck is actually doing the right thing, he just doesn't see it like that because it was not a good thing in that day to help slaves. This really was a controversial view in that day, so I'm liking that Huck is choosing the hard road. which just happens to be the right one.