In Document E it says, “...At last I had an idea; and I says, I’ll go and write the letter--and then see if I can pray...So I got a piece of paper and a pencil, all glad and excited, and set down and wrote….” This shows how Huck viewed Jim as a slave because he was going to send his owner a letter letting her know where Jim was. Huck knew that Jim belonged to someone so he wanted to do the “right” thing and return him to his owner. This still shows a sign that Huck obviously remembers Jim is a slave. Despite Jim being a slave Huck still wants to hang around him. Only probably once or twice in the book Huck would refer to Jim as a n--ger. The difference Huck never said that talking to him, but when it came to talking about Jim he probably only said that like once or so. I feel like in the book that signified not only someone was black, but I also feel like they also kind of signified that the person was a
In Document E it says, “...At last I had an idea; and I says, I’ll go and write the letter--and then see if I can pray...So I got a piece of paper and a pencil, all glad and excited, and set down and wrote….” This shows how Huck viewed Jim as a slave because he was going to send his owner a letter letting her know where Jim was. Huck knew that Jim belonged to someone so he wanted to do the “right” thing and return him to his owner. This still shows a sign that Huck obviously remembers Jim is a slave. Despite Jim being a slave Huck still wants to hang around him. Only probably once or twice in the book Huck would refer to Jim as a n--ger. The difference Huck never said that talking to him, but when it came to talking about Jim he probably only said that like once or so. I feel like in the book that signified not only someone was black, but I also feel like they also kind of signified that the person was a