Sunday, February 8, 2009

Huck Finn after Ch31

After chapter 31 Huck faces once again the moral dilemma of freeing Jim, but this time we as readers actually hear what Huck is thinking and we feel it. Huck is very descriptive through out this scene which draws together the theme of freedom and social satire. In this chapter we notice how Huck is trying to get away from the perverted value system and finds himself trying to do the right thing for Jim but at the same time he believes he is doing wrong due to the morals he has grown up learning through society. We see Huck trying to follow his hearth and instincts as he sacrifices himself for him friend Jim. After chapter 31, the quest for freedom comes back as it was interrupted while duke and king entered scene after chapter 16. But in these chapter, this process is more internal for Huck since he is on his own trying to fight his way though society. We hear Huck now feeling for Jim, but he still doesn't see the big picture because he doesn't feel for slavery as a whole.

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