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.