Blog post #10

Addie Ramonda
Mrs. Smith
Per. 3

At this point in the book Huck meets Mrs. Loftus. She's one of the more genuine people in the story. Mrs. Loftus treats Jim, an African American with respect which is unusual in this time period. Mrs. Loftus is a very smart woman and sees Huck exactly for what he is. Mrs. Loftus husband doesn't like Huck and Jim though and is planning to hunt them down. There is a raft in this part of the book that Jim and Huck share, Twain uses it as a safe haven between the two boys. There are equal in the raft, not a white and black boy, just the same. Huck shows his immaturity in these couple of chapters. His foolish behaviors get Jim and him into trouble when they have a run in with robbers. Huck can't resist his Tom-like impulses. Jim sees the childishness in Huck but never says anything, he is acting like a good slave by doing this. Jim is constantly afraid to disobey and go against Huck because he is a run away slave.

Blog post #9 Reader Response

At this point in the book Huck is living in a cabin with his pap. Huck absolutely hates it because his dad is a drunk. One day when his  Huck decides to leave, he smashes the windows of their cabin and smears pig blood inside, making it look as though robbers broke in and killed him. Huck is planning to go to Jackson island at moon rise. Huck falls asleep and finds pap rowing him. Pap then dies and Huck takes over and begins on his way to Jackson Island. When Huck is at Jackson Island he sees a fairy boat pass that supposedly is carrying Pap. Everyone is very concerned thinking that Huck has been murdered. This point in the story is where the author can really see what the rest of the novel is going to be based around, Huck's supposed death. Huck is lonely for awhile but then on the fourth day at the island he meets Jim, who thinks Huck is a ghost. Jima and Huck are very similar because they are both outcasts from society. It seems as though the two of them are in their own paradise not giving a care about the world. The author keeps foreshadowing that this paradise won't last. Huck and Jim are constantly aware of the invaders that could come onto the island. So far I think the book is cute and even though it is about a child I feel like we can all relate in some way of wanting to get away from society.

Blog #8 Reader Response to parter novel

My partners (Andrea and Haley) and I are reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. Huckleberry Finn is the main character and narrator of the book. The first scenes start off by giving you a sense of what Huck is like. To me he seems to be kind of an outcast but also very thoughtful and intelligent. Tom Sawyer is Huck's friend who is the complete opposite. Tom comes up with rebellious ideas and is aggressive whereas Huck is passive. From these first few chapters we learn that Huck and Tom ended their last book with finding gold in a cave, both of them receiving 6,000 a piece. We also learn that Huck was adopted but ran away until Tom convinced him to return and join his band of robbers and live with Huck's widowed mother. Huck does not like his mother and the way that she always tries to push her believes onto him. Huck gets annoyed of his mother for her continuing to think that he is bad and is going to go to hell. From the first chapter the reader is informed of Mark Twain's other book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer but that we didn't need to read that and the two books are separate from each other.