What do you make of the last chapter? Is this a happy ending for Huck and Jim?

I thought the last chapter was somewhat a happy ending for Huck and Jim. Tom lives through his gun wound, and tells Jim the news about Miss Watson passing away and him being free now. Jim became free from his father because he found out that he died in the beginning of their adventure. Toms adventure was unnecessary because he wanted to follow the books so he could have a fun adventure to save Jim, even though he already knew that he was free. Because of Tom they end up getting caught and have to reveal their story. If Tom wouldn’t of followed the books the boys would have been able to get away and continue with their adventure down the river. Now Huck has to live with Aunt Sally because she adopts him, meaning he is going back to a sivilized life.

• – How does Huck ruin the Duke and King’s plan? Why does he do it?

The Duke and King come up with a plan to steal 6000$ of the inheritance money of Peter Wilks. Huck comes up with a plan to steal the money and put it in a coffin because he feels bad when he sees the girl crying. He tells Mary Jane the identity of the con artists, even though it can danger his life and Jims life. Huck wants to do what is right, because the family is going through enough with grieving. Huck is doing what’s right and this is a change because he had been playing tricks with people throughout the book.

• At the end of Ch. 23 Jim tells as story about his daughter. What is significant in that story and what does it reveal about Jim?

Jim tells us the story of his four year old daughter Elizabeth. She didn’t follow his orders, and he hit her. He asked her to close the door, and she just stood there. He felt really bad that he hit her because it wasn’t because she wasn’t listening to her father; it was because she became deaf from the Scarlet fever. This shows that Jim has emotions, and black people usually don’t have emotions because they become socially inferior.

• What do you make of the Duke and the King? Is it wise for Huck and Jim to go along with them?

Jim and Huck come across the Duke and King who need a lift down the river. These two men try trick Huck and Jim into thinking that they and royalty status, but they know that they’re not who they say they are. I don’t think it’s a bad idea for them to go with Huck and Jim because they made 87$ while tricking some people. The only bad thing is that they are con artists and they could be planning on something that could danger Huck and Jim. Huck is convinced that they aren’t royalty but Jim believes they actually are.

In what ways are Buck and Huck similar?

Huck meets buck when he meet the Grangerfords. They allow Huck to stay with them after he is saved from a dog. Buck and Huck are both adventurous and around the same age. They also have similar personalities like tricking people. Buck is a little bit impatient though, when he meets Huck and tells him a joke, he doesn’t understand. Another problem is Bucks family is feuding with the Shepardson family, which Buck wants to kill. Buck and Huck both seem to get along because they have similar traits.

How do the events in this chapter characterize raftsmen?

The events in this chapter characterize raftsmen somewhat like pirates. When Huck and Jim are going down the river hoping to find Cairo, they come across a large raft with 13 drunk people on it. The men were around a fire getting drunk and telling stories to each other. A few of them also started to fight each other. They were pretty drunk resulting them to be obnoxious and foolish.

Ch 13+

Huck wanted to save the people because he himself might end up a murderer one day, even though he wasn’t able to. He makes up a story to the ferry watchman about his family being stranded so he could help them out. This shows that Huck’s personality and views could be maturing. Huck believes people should die when it is their time. Huck risks his own life to help another, also showing that he will do anything helpful for anybody. He took the robbers escape plan, and killed them unwittingly.

• What trick does Huck play on Jim? Why is he tricking him now when he didn’t want to before?

Huck and Tom were in Miss Watson’s garden when Jim her slave hears them from inside. Jim attempts to stay awake and listen and find where the sound is coming from. He then falls asleep and Huck decides to play a trick on him because he is superstitious. Tom puts his hat on the tree branch over him and surrounds him with candles he found from the kitchen. When Jim awakes he tells people that witches visited him during the night and put the hat on the branch over his head. Jim becomes the town celebrity within the slaves because they enjoy witch stories. Huck is tricking him now because he didn’t want to be alone, and wanted a partner. He tricks him later on because society saw black people as stupid.

Ch 9

What is it that defines an American Man? An American Man should be strong and have the characteristics of a frontiersman. Eustace definitely fits the position for an American Man, he was raised by living off the land, hunting his own kill, and being knowledgeable about the wilderness. Eustace’s views on nature and life would be peculiar in the life we live in today. He believed that people should live in nature, and survive naturally from their knowledge about the wilderness. He also has a strong personality that can be hard to interpret. Girls also like Eustace and he is somewhat a player because he gets with a numerous amount at one point in the book. The bad thing is since he is so weird he cant sustain a relationship.

Ch 8

The apprentices don’t like Eustace because he is so demanding a picky. Eustace was also very impatient which made it hard for people to learn from him. Many of the apprentices leave Eustace because they believe that they wont make it with this controlling type of man. I would definitely not want to work for Eustace, he is too demanding for a leader. I would leave with the apprentices probably and tell Eustace that he need to learn to cooperate with people.

Ch 7

Eustace wants to ride his horse across the country would be a test for him and a challenge to prove his father. He also wanted to build a better relationship with Judson his brother. Eustace goes through a few incidents on this trip. One of them is when Eustace met Peter Rabbit the mule. The mule made Eustace mad by not making good decisions. Eustace then practically kicked the $h1t out of him, and made him listen to him. This shows that Eustace has a personal connection with animals and he treats them as if they were something we could connect with because of his bond with nature, and animals.

CH6

In chapter 6 Eustace is getting exhausted of running Turtle Island. He wants to buy more land so the land around him doesn’t get polluted. He wants the Cabell Gragg land, which he has to buy through David Kaplan. When Eustace almost loses the land he does whatever he can to save it. The purchasing of the land somewhat changed Eustace. He became a normal person instead of being very impatient.

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• What does actually starting Turtle Island do to Eustace? What does it allow him to do?
The founding and creation of Turtle Island gives Eustace a chance to live the lifestyle that he really wants to live. Eustace has a hard time to purchase the island at first because he doesn’t have the sufficient amount needed. He then proposes his father who he hadn’t spoke to in a long time for a loan. Eustace works hard to pay off his loan. He wanted to keep making the island better so he kept on asking his father for more money. During the growth of the Island Eustace also feels the need of a girlfriend. Eustace then meets Valerie, who was raised as an outdoors girl by her parents. The only problem about building a relationship at this time of Eustace’s’ life is that he doesn’t have much time to spare. He is busy with the development of the camp, and delivering speeches.

Lindas Freedom

In the year we live in now our society and world still contains racism and discrimination. In America African-Americans are minorities, and racist seem them to be not equal to Caucasians. African-Americans are not just the only minorities; some people also look down foreigners or immigrants. These stereotypes are why people see others as inferior. People that live in America should all have the same rights as others.

Linda's Freedom

Linda finally gains her freedom when Mrs. Bruce purchases her for $300. After she is purchased she is offered the chance to still live with Mrs. Bruce. Linda serves Mrs. Bruce as being her daughter’s nurse. Linda has mixed emotions after she is purchased in order to be freed. She felt bad because she had to be bought to be free which makes her still feel like she is being sold as an item. Linda came to the north expecting that it would be free, but actually the north has more discrimination. Linda’s grandmother also dies, but she finds out that Linda gets freed before she dies.

Linda's escape towards freedom

Linda is planning her escape towards freedom a.k.a. the North. She takes a boat and a train to go north. On the boat she is worried because the captain is white. She found it hard to trust him because her masters had been white. As time progresses she realizes that he cares for her because he is trying to help her. When Linda was in Philadelphia she couldn’t buy a ticket for 1st class, as she wanted. Instead she had to sit in the 3rd class. This shows her that there is still problems and discrimination that arise in the north. She finds a job, and she got to see her children free in the north.

Mr. Sands and WillIam

Why does William leave Mr. Sands? Do you think his actions were justified or rude?

William ran away from Mr. Sands because he wanted freedom, and hated being a slave. He just wanted to have his freedom. Mr. Sands told William that he would be freed by him if he waited five years. William didn’t seem to care and took his chance to escape when Mr. Sands was bringing him to New York. I think his actions were justified because he wanted to escape and live in the free North. William thought it was a good decision for him to run away because he wasn’t sure he could of trusted Mr. Sands.

Mista Sands

Mr. Sands obtains possession of the children after Linda attempts to escape from slavery. She got fed up with Dr. Flint and left him and her children. Dr.Flint decided to sell Linda’s children after his attempts to bring Linda back to his daughter’s service. He sold the children to a speculator who was hired by Mr. Sands. Linda trusts him because he has been there for her. Mr. Sands has attempted to free Linda and her children so I believe that he will do what he says. Linda should also trust him because he is the father of one of the children.

Gold Chain

In this chapter Linda has yet another baby. This is odd because she is sad about people in slavery, which means her children will be too. A gold necklace was given to her baby when she was being baptized; this necklace is a sign of symbolism in this book. The gold necklace is a bond for slavery. “She clasped a gold chain round my baby's neck. I thanked her for this kindness; but I did not like the emblem. I wanted no chain to be fastened on my daughter, not even if its links were of gold. How earnestly I prayed that she might never feel the weight of slavery's chain, whose iron entereth into the soul!" (68, Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl) She says that she doesn’t want any chain, not even a gold one, on her baby’s neck. Linda does whatever she can to keep the idea of slavery from her baby. She doesn’t want her to “feel the weight of slavery.” I thought it was weird that she wouldn’t accept the present from her old master. I agree that Linda is strong toward her view on slavery and she doesn’t want her children to have any part in it, I believe that she is doing the right thing. Though I would have taken the chain anyway because it’s gold.

Interesting Passage

“READER, be assured this narrative is no fiction. I am aware that some of my adventures may seem incredible; but they are, nevertheless, strictly true. I have not exaggerated the wrongs inflicted by Slavery; on the contrary, my descriptions fall far short of the facts.”

This is one of the first things that settled in my head before I started reading this story. Just from the Preface I realized that this story was going to be harsh. Jacobs doesn’t want an image out that she is writing this for attention, or doesn’t want people to get in trouble over this. She gives the reader an assured statement that gives her a confident voice. This book contains harsh material, one being sexually abused by her master. I find that Jacobs is a strong woman who has a determined mind towards freedom. She shows her strength and courage throughout all the obstacles that she must encounter.

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In chapters 4-8 Jacobs talks about how love is perceived through the eyes of a slave. Slaves believe that there is no point in love because their loved one could be sold off any moment and they would have no right to argue. Linda wants to sell herself to her lover, who is a free black man, so that he could free her. When she proposes her master to request to be with him, he slaps her and tells her that she is living a better life with him. He sees that it is an advantage to keep her as the slave to his daughter. Dr. Flint offers her one of his slaves to marry, but she finds her deprived emotions feeble. She was scared to love anybody because her love is isn’t acquirable.

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I was reading the “Preface by the Author” and just by reading that I could tell that the story was going to be sad and gruesome. The author Harriet Jacobs describes the life of a slave, in the perspective of a slave. Linda, who is the main character, and the author, had been treated well as a child. Her life had drastically changed after her mother had passed away at the age of six. Her normal master had died and another took her. He wasn’t the normal master either. He would beat her until she bleed. An example of this is when her father dies she doesn’t have the permission from her master to visit his grave. Jacobs gives the reader the view on slavery from her eyes, and how they lived. She refers to the other people as just “slaves” meaning everybody that she is with, and she gives us her individual story by incorporating her life with how she lives.

Thomas Paine

Our group has been focusing on different historical characters, and the one I’ve learned a lot about is Thomas Paine. He was one of the important characters in the Revolutionary Period. He wrote Common Sense, which is very well written. This factual story talks about the complications America had with England in order to gain their independence. Paine wanted a representative democracy that gave equal weight to each of the colonies. Paine says that’s the practice of monarchy originates from a sin, and how it affects the public. This novel was very successful in America, and helped colonists strengthen their views. This book has shaped the view on the colonists and has contributed in the establishment of our nation. Paine makes it clear that the colonies must declare independence, so they can ask for help from other countries when needed.

Reflectin

In class we talked about how Gatsby has been going after his dream to be with Daisy, and that she wasn’t like the new Daisy. He has practically dedicated his life to this dream, and if he can’t accomplish it then there is nothing else to look forward to. Wilson killed Gatsby, who killed Myrtle, who ruined Wilson by not being faithful to him. Gatsby was so much about the past, and that makes you unaware of what’s going on around your life. Gatsby wanted his perfect life with Daisy before he went off to war, Nick wanted a perfect woman and job, Daisy wanted money, and Wilson just wanted his love with Myrtle.

Mista Gatz Funeral

The people that attended Gatsby’s funeral were Nick, Mr.Gatz, and his servants. These were the only people that were kind enough to pay respects to Gatsby’s body. The people that didn’t show up were Meyer Wolfsheim, Tom and Daisy, and Jordan. Meyer Wolfsheim didn’t come because he said he had been to too many funerals when he was younger. I was surprised that Meyer didn’t come because apparently he was the man that made Gatsby. Tom didn’t come because he thought that Gatsby had killed Myrtle. Daisy didn’t come because Tom didn’t let her go.

Climax of the B00K

In chapter seven we reach the climax of the novel. There were many things that could have been hinted at like Tom and Wilson’s wife being with other men. Gatsby was stealing Daisy from Tom, who was with Myrtle. Myrtle is really weird and she wants to be in a higher class incredulously. She is stupid for running out in front of the car to get with Tom. First off running in front of cars is not the best idea. Gatsby was also in the car when Myrtle was run over. This book has turned into Gatsby going after Daisy. He is upset in the end because he has figured out that their relationship has changed over the years.

Truth about Gats

I believe that Gatsby makes up the lie because he wants to show that he is a class man because he came from a bad family. He is also embarrassed to tell the truth. Gatsby has a big obsession with wealth and he envys Dan Cody a man he used to work for on a yacht. He doesn’t want to show or tell about his lower class identity so he tells people that he attended oxford and had wealthy parents from the Midwest, which he never did. I think Nick tells us these news at this point because all the anticipation of this Gatsby build up, and now he wants us to know about the real Gatsby.

Gatsby Ch.5

Nothing can life forever, and for Gatsby it’s going to be his love with Daisy. The mist was the reason why Gatsby couldn’t see Daisy’s home across the bay. The distance seemed short to Daisy but that was what separated him from her. Also the green light is the vision of his goals, in Gatsby’s world he wants to obtain anything he wants. Daisy is no longer an enchanted object for Gatsby. She is just a human being, which causes the light just to become a light. Gatsby has good intentions and dreams for Daisy that the enchantment fades almost immediately upon their meeting.

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