Chapter 23
Jim isn't so dumb after all. He's kind of getting the whole point of why the duke seems different of a real duke and the king seems different of a real king. Huck knows there not real their frauds but why is it that when Jim approaches him with questions about them he still doesn't say anything. I'm sorry if I knew that oh so kings and dukes were not real I would be doing everything they tell me because they would be on my level. I feel as though if your queen Elizabeth your still on my level just with a lot of money.

Chapter 24
Now why they that? They were pretending that they were brothers and lost Mr. Peter Wilks as if he were part of their family.  The fact that the others on the steamboat believed them is pathetic. Huck realizes what they are doing once the king tells him to go fetch the duke but why is Huck doing his every command. HE IS A FAKE. What is it that they put Jim in and why did they color Jim's body was it to hide him? Anyways I think them running away from the people in the previous chapters were showing that they really aren't good guys. The king says he's going to visit an old friend but that friend suddenly died the day before, he has now become your "deceased brother" and he had left compensation behind so his daughters would be ok . But there's something I caught up on. How are they all suddenly loving brothers but needed the other people on the steam boat to show them where Peter lived.

Chapter 25
Thank the lord. The doctor is the only one that knows he is lying. Have they ever actually been to England because they are oh so fancy talking about words they use in England and such. How are people so dumb . if it were me I wouldn't be able to cry so much at a funeral if I didn't know the person. What made the king and the duke cry all that much? Don't they think that it'll soon backfire. Where is Jim in all this?

Chapter 26
Now the lies are started to be to much and their forgetting what they said . Why is it that the girls trust him so much. Haven't they learned that you cant trust anyone? How do you treat servants worst then niggers? They have nigger shows in England?  They really are bad people. The King is really a greedy person how are you going to not only steal the money the father left for the girls then try to sell their house? The duke actually has a heart because he says the moneys enough but they are still really bad people. The widow atually did teach Huck value because he argues with himself about either stealing the money and hiding it from them or snitching.

Chapter 27
Huck is really smart but how smart. Yes its a good thing that he hides the money but in the coffin? He watches the undertaker drill the coffin close but what sense did that just make. Once the coffin is buried how in the world does Huck think the girls or whoever are suppose to retrieve it? But doesn't know whether the money is still in there or not, who else would have went in their/ But now comes another lie , now the king is pretending to be a preacher. I think this is hilarious like the lies just keep going. But what trust do they have in Huck because once they find that their money is gone then they directly go to him. Its betrayal on all parts if you ask me. The Duke and the king are both betraying this family. Huck has just betrayed both the duke and the kind, and the duke and the king are kind of betraying him as the first culprit. But selling the slaves did they get money off of that or no? But I like that Huck just played them into thinking it was one of the Slaves he had just sold.

Chapter 28
In this chapter it shows that Huck does have a friendship with Jim because when him and Mary Jane conjure up this big plan he thinks of Jim. The old Huck would've just thought of himself but he thought of how it would only effect Jim's life. But its a smart plan. Now I kind of want to see a love story come up with Mary Jane and Huck because if they can come up with a plan like that together then like Ms.Watkins would always say "awe they could have beautiful babies together " : ) OHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH THE FAKES HAVE BEEN REVEALED!. How is it that the real brothers show up. I cant lie for some reason this really just made me crack up. I wish I were in the story to see the looks on everyone's faces.

Chapter 29 & 30
This isn't cool. Now they know Huck has done it all because he ran. Why couldn't he have snuck out quietly and then left, Poor Jim anywhere they the duke the king and Huck can be seen he cant. It has to be difficult on him. But how did the duke and the king fine Jim and Huck when they left off the raft. This a terrible mix up match up of so called friendship. How is the king going to be the one to steal the missing money. In what time did he have time to do so? The duke still has his faults but ignoring that he's pretty decent if you ask me. That's crazy luckily Huck isn't going down for this because the duke believes the king put it in the coffin and the kind thinks the duke put it in the coffin. What a friendship right.

Huck Finn Chapters15-21

Chapter 16

I notice that when Huck speaks he always refers ends his statement with “for a nigger”. In my last blog i brought up how I felt like Huck was going to have the effects of his old surroundings follow him. He doesn't know it but he’s starting to act like everyone else like Jim is below his standards because of the pigment in his skin. Can i ask what in the world in a whoop? Its been brought up many times and this guy on the boat who claims to be so hard repeatedly jumps up cracks his heel and say it. It is a slang or does it actually mean something. And what's up with so tough guy. He’s characterizing himself to be the baddest out there almost like Injun Joe once was in Tom Sawyer. Ok this whole Bar’l situation is kind of confusing me what is it, and why do many people want to put Dick Allbright ashore? It has to be something deadly to bring all of that lightning and thundering. When do you ever hear of a story where lightning killed people or crippled them? Now i would want to throw Dick Allbright ashore after hearing he killed his own child. How is the baby dead and following him. But still he left his wife not knowing a clue of anything thats horrible. I guess Jims superstitions are really true about all that bad luck stuff. Man ms. Watkins this chapter is loooooong. But rest in peace dear old dick. Did anyone notice how Huck got back to Jim and said “i'm finally home”. He's starting to really get comfortable but my problem now is that Jim is the one a little to comfortable. Now Huck is having doubts about helping Jim get to be free. Because you have to remember whatever you grow up learning is what will live on with you. How rude!!!!! Huck says on page 110 “give a nigger an inch and he’ll take an ell. That's no friendship to me and the fact that Jim actually treated Huck as his own or tried to keep him out of trouble. So Huck does care about Jim for lying for him. But what's there's to do now that the raft has been destroyed. They could've died i guess  niggers do have  good luck.

Chapter 17

Betsy is the second “nigger” were meeting. Why do i have a gut feeling that she's going to find out what hes doing to help Jim and they're going to try and help her to? who are the shepherdsons and why do they keep asking about them? As I can see this family is very photogenic but what happened to their daughter that she's dead now? They never really talk about it other then Buck. The pictures just show what words wont say

Chapter 18

ok I literally almost threw the book out the window. What kind of crap is it that where this family has a nigger for each family member. So wait they lost two sons and a daughter but aren't saying how. Why is Buck the only one talking about it? well now i know why they don't like the shepherdsons.  A feud for over thirty years you have to be kidding me. Im not going to lie I kind of shedded a tear seeing that little Buck is now dead. But i don't think Harney Shepherdson and Miss. Sophie are just safe yet.  If two families have managed to keep a feud  for over thirty years they are not going to let them two run off like that.

Chapter 19

ewwwwwwww why were they naked around each other on page 141. How are they that comfortable and in the middle of open water! but anyways Jim and his spirits are back. Huck really ventures out to being a kind hearted person because he helped those men who were getting chased. But i kind of don't get why they were all that astonished to the fact that one of the men by rights were a duke. Ok we got a bunch of liars on this raft. How is he the rightful king of France at the age of a couple hundred years old. Its obvious he said that out of jealousy. I couldn't have said it better myself they were all a bunch of humbugs and frauds. But like i said before Huck is learning and the things he has learned from being with his dad are all really positive. Pap wasn't/isn't all that bad as everyone puts him out to be.

Chapter 20

This chapter actually feels like a good one because everyone is watching out for Jim and forgetting the whole racial card. But them two weirdo's are really retarded. How do you try and come up with a play and base it off Romeo and Juliet? Like you both are men and you're trying to put up a love story play. Not to mention they don't know not one thing about plays or con. One thing that i love about Jim is that he never ever got to ahead of himself. For example most people if they were poor would become greedy but he stays good with what he has. He tells Huck that two dukes or Kings are enough because he doesn't want anymore.

Chapter 21

Someone get these fools. Not only are they bringing up Juliet but they got Macbeth and Hamlet in on this con/play to?, What type of funky play is this. So this colorful character name Boggs needs to stop. Huck can most definetly relate to Boggs daughter because an alcoholic like that who threatens whoever and feels he can do and say whatever he want will soon get a taste of his own medicine. This other character Sherburn scares me almost and we know i don't get easily scared. If someone left me a threat  “or die” listen I'd already have pissed in my pants by now.  OMGGGGGGG oh well Boggs is dead. But i don't think the town should lynch Sherburn because he wasn't messing with anyone. Boggs ,messed with him. Now I'm not saying its right because who deserves a one warning and then loose their life. But this is definitely some crazy stuff. Huck is always saying Tom loves adventures but this one i think Huck can take the W on the craziest adventure.

Chapter 6

Well i don't know about the rest of you guys but Huck is really starting to get under my skin. In chapter six after the widow threatens Pa, he takes Huck far out into the woods and hides him but the thing about that is Huck actually stays put for a while. He doesn't try to leave or anything. Thats selfish because you went from having nothing to having the best that someone much less a widow take you in as her own. He doesn't realize how much the widow cares for him and for him to be in that situation and not once mention well i wonder how she's feeling is really getting to me. Has he learned to be grateful over the time that he's spent with her, NO! Thats kind of going back to the theme of friendship and betrayal because regardless of the situation there was a sort of friendship between them. For him to betray her like that i don't think he realizes what his actions may mean. In chapter six his dad wakes up and is screaming and howling about the devils after him and the snakes won't stop biting hi. But then calls Huck the angel of death. After that he chased him around the cabin with a knife saying he was going to kill him. But what stuck out to me was how he refers to himself when he’s begging everything to stop biting and scratching him. On page  30 he says “oh let a devil alone” referring to himself. That was weird but going back to the start of the chapter he talks about government and how he raised his “son” to the best of his ability. But now the states want to take him away. Now we all know thats a bunch of bull. He really had the nerve to not vote because a nigger was allowed to !!!

Chapter 7

Huck may not get the alcoholic background from his father but he sure has learned a few things from his father, survival of the fittest. But i wonder is Huck envious of his friend Tom. Because he hasn't thought of noone but him this whole time and the only person he coens to think about is Tom. Now he’s going to jackson island. Where him and Tom once spent a couple days before. What puzzles me as well is why is it so important for him to be out on his own. His old habits came rushing back when his father took him back. I realize  that throughout most his life he only had himself but if you can have it all and a bed to sleep in why is he refusing it this much. The widow is not bad and her home surely isn't. Finally he has escaped but then ends up seeing his dad SOBER! This is a moment in history.

Chapter 8

Well i guess great minds think alike because JIM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!. After the whole little search party for Huck, Huck notices that he is not the only one living on the island. He goes and search to see who it is and it turns out being Jim. Ms. Watsons nigger. But like the previous chapter i still dont get why Ms. Watson thinks she is oh so a godly women when owning a slave. And listening to how Jim talks of how she treats him she isn't so innocent as she has put out to be. Jim talks about his story of being rich and i noticed that Jim called his own people niggers as well. ???? Thats kind of not in place i feel. I know Jim doesn't like being called that or treated like he has been treated so why follow through like everyone else. Why else would he have run away?. The nice things about this chapter is that a friendship between Jim and Huck has now started.

Chapter 9,10,11

Jim has told a story to Huck about how he believes in ghosts because he has seen a couple in his day. After the storm they find a dead man and i'm not going to lie when they said they found a whiskey bottle i automatically thought it was Hucks dad. But someone has shot him so it was done on purpose.Now Huck plays a joke on Jim and the worst happens, Jim gets bitten by the dead snakes mate. In these chapters theres a whole lot of talk about bad luck, good luck and superstitions. Jim and Huck are now wondering whats going on back in town so, they dress Huck up as a female to go find out. Hucks new name is sarah williams. The townspeople thought Jim had killed himself but then they switched into thinking Jim had done it. Now theres a reward out to find Jim. Now to me it sounds like the wanted someone to blame and because Jim is black they feel like he was the only suspect.  But idk why they would think Paps had something to do with it because his only reason for coming back was the money. Going back to what the lady was telling Huck or “ Sarah “ she said how Pap went and got drunk with a couple of people and never came back. Does anyone not think that he’s the one dead or is it just me?I thought she had figured out who he was but she had no clue. She only knew that she was really a he and that his name wasnt really Sarah. But niw theres trouble, The fact that theres a 300 dollar reward everyone is really trying to find Jim. And her husband and some other man are now going to go to the island and check for him. I think there are going to know people were there because they left some things out being in such a hurry to clean everything up.

chapters 12,13,14,15

In 12 Huck shows one of the things he’s actually adapted to from his father. One being that stealing is actually borrowing.See like i said before huck has learned and  took on a few things from his dad. Then Jim isn't bad at all because he actually goes and tries to teach huck. He makes both himself and Huck call three things they will not steal anymore. Jim i feel is a parent towards Huck but he just doesn't now. Like with the widow and his dad he was tld ok im your parent or guardian and this is what i say do, Jim isn't nowhere like that. They end up seeing robbers who are trying to plan out a death scene. So instead of killing the third man they want to let him drown. Heres when the dumb thoughts come into play. Both Jim and Huck say that they will go and call the sheriff. Did they not forget that they are both runaways. The community thinks one of them is dead (Huck) and they think the other killed him then ran away (Jim).They did not use their brains in that situation but thank their raft had broken. Does anyone else think that they would have really went for the sheriff or not? Hucks really not to please being stuck with the rest of the robbers knowing their trying to kill but finally he thinks about The widow.Huck finally thinks of himself of being a good person and thinks if only the Widow was here to see. i think him being away from everyone is starting to make him see what he hadn't before. Most of Chapter 14 was about what the widow had thought him. All about the biblical meanings and took it upon himself to explain it to Jim. I think he misses her but doesn't want to say it.  Just like when everything came back when he was back to living with his father, everything seems to be coming back when hes with the widows slave. Does that seem like a coincidence because i think it does but i dont get it when he says "you just can't learn a nigger to argue.".  Now this is what i mean when a friendship has  been made. They decide to try and go to ohio one of the free states for Jim. Its real friendship when a boy who was raised with people all around him to own slaves instead of befriend them and still finds a way to become friends with a nigger.But when both of them were hurt and Huck realized the joke wasnt funny he still made it his duty to go apologize. The fact that he didn't want to at first because he was black kind of makes me think he still has the ways of his town with him. The fact that he did apologize showed true friendship in my eyes.  Huck is really not that bad of a person.

Huckleberry Fin
chapters 1-5

So. far the Adventures of Huckleberry Fin has shown friendship betrayal through not only Huck but from other characters as well. See One betrayal is of Huck's father (pap) coming back and telling Huck to cut school. Anyone can be a parents but pap isn't a father. He's a drunk who comes back into his sons life and tells him to quit school because he's doing better. Wouldn't you think that a Father would encourage him to stay in. Because most of the Huck's life he isn't the proactive type well not in a positive sense at least. Huck's only real remodel in these first five paragraphs in my opinion would be the slave. Everyone else in this novel tried to make him become someone who he wasn't. Yes they were trying to make him better but that wasn't doing anything but confusing him. For example the widow. Huck's dad is one of the biggest betrayal's in his life and now everyday since  pap has been backs he's had to keep  watch out for himself. It's got to be hard to have an alcoholic as a father who only comes back because he hears that you have money. In this novel friendship plays both a big role as well as a small one. Its more of a bigger role because of his friend Tom. Tom has been one of the ones to actually guide him as a true friend would do. Tom is his only true friend and sad to say if Tom wasn't  around he would be going downhill. Instead of living with the widow and having not only a place to stay but a roof over his head.

Scarlet Letter chpt1-2

Chapter 1-2

Chapter 1

The prison doors is all that sticks out on chapter one. It kind of confused me because I was like who goes there? And why do they go there? Like they were just talking about how it looked and what people wore and then it sort of ventured off into talking about this certain black flower and then about the rosebush. It really confused me. Like I get that the narrator was trying to be descriptive so that we as the readers can understand more with a mental picture but I don’t feel as though as that was needed. Like I feel as though it was all extra stuff that we could’ve learned later on in the story.

Chapter 2

 So this seems to introduce religion. What threw me off is why are the puritans, the Quakers, an Antinomian, heterodox religionists and idle or vagrant Indian being kind of kicked out of the town. They also bring up how people such as children that were handed over and a sluggish bond-servant got whippings at the whipping post. I’m kind of not surprised because back then they did give whippings to the disobedient. People also seemed to be super scared of the bearded physiognomies, they most definitely didn’t like witches what so ever. They publicly punished people. I never knew back then they did that I thought it was like indoors or something but what I want to know is what made certain people get whopping’s at the whipping post in homes or closed areas while others got them when being surrounded by the public. Mocking others got you punished, laughing at others got you punished but somewhere as bad as death. Was it ever that serious? Going back to page 48 the women who were in prison had to give up their kids, I know they really had no choice but to whom did they have to give their kids up to?  Who is the Hester Prynne’s?  Well Mrs. Hester is talked about with a certain mark on her that she’s so bold to walk around town with. The women of the town feel angry. They all as a community  feel like anything on your clothing or on you is disrespect, so they kind of urge that she take it off but don’t really tell her. She has brought shame to everyone and they are so cruel to say she deserves death. I personally don’t feel like she’s bringing shame I mean that doesn’t determine how good of a wife  or mother she is based on a letter shown on her clothing. So wait was Mrs. Hester not in prison because she still has her child and is now being judged and wanted dead and all this other stuff?  So, A was known as the SCARLET LETTER. The townspeople were also surprised because they thought that her attitude would be scared and ashamed but she came up proud. So im guessing she was the kings mistress. Therefore she kept her baby and nobody could really do anything to her call her names and talk about her behind her back. But shes on her way to get her so called punishment.

The word scaffold keeps popping up, what does it mean.

She’s a fighter because being called all those names and then already having a bright red colored A which made her stand out more would have made me go crazy and took in it off but she made sure she realized it was real and she wasn’t backing down!

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why is this so hard for me to figure out :(