Huck and Jim tie their raft to a small sapling tree and when the current gets strong it pulls the raft which pulls on the tree and the tree becomes loose. As the current continues to pull in eventually pulls the sapling completely out of the ground and the raft begins to float down the river... with Jim on it. The raft and Jim float through the fog down the river. Eventually Huck finds them. When he comes up to it he sees that Jim is asleep and he decides to climb aboard and play a prank on Jim. He tells Jim that the raft coming lose and floating through the fog was all a dream. soon Jim becomes convinced and believes Huck. Jim notices shrub and leaves all over the raft and realizes that Huck had played a trick on him. When he notices he had once again been tricked by a young man he feels sad. He thinks Huck is his best friend and is upset that Huck would do such a thing. This shows a new side of Jim from the first trick played on him at the beginning of the book. The first trick makes Jim look like a stupid person, uneducated, and believes in anything. This trick changes Jim a little bit. Jim is hurt by it and he reacts with sadness.
I think Twain stopped writing for a year and a half because we are at a point in the book where they have passed Cairo. Their plan was to stop there and move onto the Ohio River. Now they can't do that and if they continue down the river it will lead them further and further into Slave country. Twain is trying to write about Jim gaining freedom, but how will he do that if they keep going further and further into the South?
Hannah, this is great. I like the whole why he stopped reason. I think he definitely doesn't know how to go on with the story because he kinda screwed himself over on the whole going south down the river to get freedom. Twain was not thinking too much on that one. Oh well, we will see how it goessssss.
ReplyDeleteI like this post, but it only really points out the negatives. After the fog, I think Jim is kind of made into a more intelligent seeming being. I love it, but next time don't forget more of the glass is half full attitude :)
ReplyDeleteFor the first part of this, you are kind of summarizing. We all read, and i think we are supposed to analyze the meaning of Huck continuing to prank Jim and Jim's declaration that Huck is his best friend. Do they know for sure they passed Cario? I think he was confused where Huck's relationship with Jim should go.
ReplyDeleteOMG i agree with mal and you. I dont like it when they play tricks on jim, its not cool. I hope in the end Huck stays whith Jim and they both live in the free land.
ReplyDeleteYeah i agree with the reasoning for his writer's block. it would have been boring for him to reach the point of freedom, even though Jim is so excited to be free
ReplyDeleteThis is a lot like a summary, but thank you it helped me understandwhat had been happening . i thought this was a great paret of the book. because the reader was not sure if it was or was not a drea, then you realize it is a prank.. he wanted to be like tom sawyer..but will always havew more intelligence and be nice than tom,
ReplyDeleteHannah,
ReplyDeleteI think you're right about why Twain stopped writing (good for you for picking up on this!). The novel does seem to have shifted--with Huck and Jim's evolving relationship (and the quest for Jim's freedom) becoming more central)--and now that they're headed 'down the river', what's Twain to do?
Good post!