Miss Watson Character Analysis

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• I really did not appreciate the way Pap fin would drink up all the money earned by Huck.
• i feel the river meant freedom to Huck and Jim as there was nobody to tell Huck to do anything, no ‘civilization’ . For Jim he was not a slave but a free man.
• have a bond which was quite hurtful and sad.
• Normally father earns for his family, cares for them, feeds them and also teaches his children and fulfils their materialistic demands. Meanwhile Huck had to earn money and also feed himself and give Pap food. In return as always Pap would get drunk and hit and abuse Huck and not teach him anything at all.
• I really enjoyed the funny shows the duke and king put up. In my opinion I feel the most hilarious one was ‘The Royal Nonesuch’.
• Jim is very
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She was very diverse from her sister Widow Douglas. Miss Watson was very keen on Huck learning how to read and write. Plus she wanted him to not turn out like his Pap and be a well educated instead of a drunkard. She was very stern and strict and wanted everything to go her way.
• Symbolism: the raft scene when Jim and Huck were on the raft,it was when their problems didn’t catch up to them and they needed to come back to reality. The world around them was filled with bad omens and it was what was instilling fear in them.
• Friendship: the author agreed upon to end Huck Finns lonesomeness by giving him a friend, Jim, who almost throughout the novel left Huck in a conflict between friendship and society. This means that Huck had a choice of leaving Jim as he was a black and agreeing with the rest of his society or disagreeing with his society and being friends with Jim. Hucks choose to be with Jim which concludes that he chose society. Huck is almost shown betraying Jim by writing a letter to Miss Watson but soon changes his mind and decides to trust and aid Jim by going to St.

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