Wolfe CP English 9 C

Jim’s Life and Log

Jim’s Log 1:  I’m mighty glad I met dat  Huckleberry Finn.    He’s been a jolly good help on my a travel to ol’ Cairo.  Just told him is the bestest friend any man ever had.  I’s been through so much lately that bein’ near’m Huck makes me so happy that I’ll free soon.  I wunder what’s goin through that boy’s mind.  “you’s de bes’ frien’ Jim’s ever had; en you’d de only frien’ ole Jim’s got now.” pg 92 Chapter 15

Jim’s Log 2:  We’s just ran intah some peoples that call emselves de king en duke.  I’s mighty excited on da account dat I’ve nevah seen no king o duke in dees parts o’ what not.  Dems quite odd for what they call em royalty but who’s I too say what a king en duke say en do.  Huck is so brillian’ dat hes been comin’ up wit dem smartiest thins ya ayer herd in yo life like sayin’ his pap be dead an myself is his slave. I was a wishin’ dat we culd jus’ go back right up to de Cairo.

A 1: Was Huck Finn based on a real boy?

After extensive research I found that Huckleberry Finn was based on inspirations of different people and their adventures.  A boy by the name Tom Blankenship was a boy that was mostly who Huck was.  He was an ignorant, uneducated, pure hearted boy that was very mischievous boy that also pranked and caused trouble and ruckus.  Though the character was also based on other people Huck got his ideas, personality, and thoughts all from Tom Blankenship.

http://classiclit.about.com/od/huckleberryfinnfaqs/f/faq_huck_char.htm

A 2: Satires

An example on a satire is pap’s views on blacks to vote, learn, and have opinions. “a State in this country where they’d let that nigger vote, I drawed out. I says I’ll never vote agin. Them’s the very words I said; they all heard me; and the country may rot for all me – I’ll never vote agin as long as I live.” Pap’s thoughts on this is completely biased and he has absolutely no valid reason for why people shouldn’t have equal rights. Pap is plain and simply just ignorant for his lack of knowledge.

A 3: Passages

Then I jumped in the canoe and dug out for our place, a mile and half below, as hard as I could go. I landed,
and slopped through the timber and up the ridge and into the cavern. There Jim laid, sound asleep on the
ground. I roused him out and says:
“Git up and hump yourself, Jim! There ain’t a minute to lose. They’re after us!”

This shows that Huck considers Jim and himself as a group.  He know thinks of himself in the situation that Jim is in and now considers himself in same problem that Jim is in.  He now opens the relationship that the two share together.

Topic: Misunderstanding of Religion

Passage 1: “After supper she got out her book and learned me about Moses and the Bulrushers, and I was in a sweat to find out all about him; but by and by she let it out that Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn’t care no more about him, because I don’t take no stock in dead people.” pg 4

Response : Huck doesn’t like religion because he finds it impractical and shares no resemblance with his life and time.  Huck does not enjoy history because he finds that he won’t learn anything from someone that is already dead.  That passage shows how childish and how much he doesn’t understand how learning from history works.

Passage 2: “She said that somethin a body could receive was “spiritual gifts” This was to many for me but she told me what it meant.” pg 13

Response: Huck thinks that if he prays he will receive anything that he prays for. he mis understands that he won’t get any physical gifts and thinks fo God more as a geni more than anything else.  This shows that Huck is still a kid and doesn’t know how to interpret what spiritual guides are such as god, but believes more into fun nonsense such as superstition.    Huck still has a long way to go before he grows up but under the wing of Jim he will have an easier time than he did on his own.  Though Religion is very misinterpreted and confusing for Huck, I think that he can further understand it if he becomes more educated and learns philosophy and how to read, write, etc.

Passage 3: “I must help other people….but I couldn’t see no advantage about it.” pg 13

Response: Huck is also very selfish when he says that he finds no need to help other people because they have never done anything for them.  Being raised with superstition from his father he probably doesn’t believe anything unless he physically sees it or unless the majority of the people he knows does it as well.  I can know that because supertition cannot be proved but because it is so entertaining to follow and becomes a lifestyle or habit, it can be hard to quit.