Question 9- Both Pap and the Widow drove Huck to want to be by himself by pushing him to be someone else. Pap was completely against Huck being educated or attending any church or really him being civilized in any way. On top of that Pap was also highly abusive and manipulative towards Huck, something that he just had to get away from. The Widow also pushed Back into things he did not want. “Miss Watson she kept pecking at me, and it got tiresome and lonesome” (Twain 2). She wanted him to attend school and church and take on all of the beliefs she found to be proper. All Huck wanted was a chance to be himself, he did not want to be what others thought he should be and the two just could not understand this.
Question 10- it is easy to see just how close Huck and Jim had grown over the course of their journey together. When Huck first found Jim on the island he was happy to finally talk to someone else but was weary as to whether or not to trust him. As the two traveled together his trust …show more content…
The river is the decision maker, moving the men from place to place presenting them with whatever obstacles it wants too. Huck has no control over where he goes and has to give into the power of the river often. “...the current was tearing by them so swift. In another second or two it was solid white and still again… I just give up then” (Twain 82) He rode for miles on his raft, floating down a waterway that never seemed to end. As in many books and poems this river is also a symbol of letting go and being free. Huck desires his freedom from the start of the book and he reaches his dream through his wonderful, yet hard journey on the river. The days slip by and the river pushes him and Jim along to an uncertain destination. Without the Mississippi, Huck would never have met the people and had the experiences he did while running wild and
Question 10- it is easy to see just how close Huck and Jim had grown over the course of their journey together. When Huck first found Jim on the island he was happy to finally talk to someone else but was weary as to whether or not to trust him. As the two traveled together his trust …show more content…
The river is the decision maker, moving the men from place to place presenting them with whatever obstacles it wants too. Huck has no control over where he goes and has to give into the power of the river often. “...the current was tearing by them so swift. In another second or two it was solid white and still again… I just give up then” (Twain 82) He rode for miles on his raft, floating down a waterway that never seemed to end. As in many books and poems this river is also a symbol of letting go and being free. Huck desires his freedom from the start of the book and he reaches his dream through his wonderful, yet hard journey on the river. The days slip by and the river pushes him and Jim along to an uncertain destination. Without the Mississippi, Huck would never have met the people and had the experiences he did while running wild and