My main question from this was not just from these last chapters, but from the entire book as a whole. I guess I am wondering why Huck is sometimes portrayed in this book as a mature individual, but sometimes as a young irresponsible child. I think Mark Twain could have done a better job as to keeping Huck in one category, maturity wise. Sometimes he makes his own decisions, but then on page 278, it says, "...come out from under that bed, Huck Finn." Only children seem to hide under their beds as if to not be found. I guess that was my largest question throughout the entire book; why is Huck treated differently? Is it to confuse the reader, or to portray a different tone? I honestly have no idea but I would love to know!
My biggest takeaway from this book was that I knew all along Miss Watson was good hearted. Even though back in this time period slavery was an acceptable concept in the United States, Miss Watson was portrayed otherwise. She did have slave work, being her slave was Jim, but she never seemed to treat him as so. At the end of this book, on page 277, Huck says, "I mean every word I say, Aunt Sally, and if somebody don't go, I'll go. I've knowned him all his life, and so has Tom, there. Old Miss Watson died two months ago, and she was ashamed she was ever going to sell him down the river, and said so; and she set him free in her will." Not only does this show how truly good-hearted she was, but this also shows that her ways of thinking were basically against what the rest of the country believed at this time. She felt guilty for keeping a slave and wanting, or even thinking, about selling him.
I really enjoyed the way this book ended. The last paragraph was almost like a comical break for me. Basically like how at funerals people give their sad stories and everyone is crying, but then the best friend of the desist gets up and tells all these funny crazy stories that makes everyone laugh. That's what I thought about the final paragraph in this book. Even though it wasn't a sad book or anything, or this wasn't in the middle of the book, that is still what it reminded me of. On page 281, the final page of the final chapter, Mark Twain writes, "Tom's most well known now, and got his bullet around his neck on a watch-guard for a watch, and is always seeing what time it is, ans so there ain't nothing more to write about, and I am rotten glad of it, because if I'd 'a' knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn't 'a' tackled it, and ain't a-going to no more. But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before." (Twain, 281) I was not shocked by the way Mark Twain finished his novel. I almost expected it because most authors tend to end a book the same way it began. Not the exact way all the time, but the same tone is usually used and I liked it.
My biggest takeaway from this book was that I knew all along Miss Watson was good hearted. Even though back in this time period slavery was an acceptable concept in the United States, Miss Watson was portrayed otherwise. She did have slave work, being her slave was Jim, but she never seemed to treat him as so. At the end of this book, on page 277, Huck says, "I mean every word I say, Aunt Sally, and if somebody don't go, I'll go. I've knowned him all his life, and so has Tom, there. Old Miss Watson died two months ago, and she was ashamed she was ever going to sell him down the river, and said so; and she set him free in her will." Not only does this show how truly good-hearted she was, but this also shows that her ways of thinking were basically against what the rest of the country believed at this time. She felt guilty for keeping a slave and wanting, or even thinking, about selling him.
I really enjoyed the way this book ended. The last paragraph was almost like a comical break for me. Basically like how at funerals people give their sad stories and everyone is crying, but then the best friend of the desist gets up and tells all these funny crazy stories that makes everyone laugh. That's what I thought about the final paragraph in this book. Even though it wasn't a sad book or anything, or this wasn't in the middle of the book, that is still what it reminded me of. On page 281, the final page of the final chapter, Mark Twain writes, "Tom's most well known now, and got his bullet around his neck on a watch-guard for a watch, and is always seeing what time it is, ans so there ain't nothing more to write about, and I am rotten glad of it, because if I'd 'a' knowed what a trouble it was to make a book I wouldn't 'a' tackled it, and ain't a-going to no more. But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she's going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can't stand it. I been there before." (Twain, 281) I was not shocked by the way Mark Twain finished his novel. I almost expected it because most authors tend to end a book the same way it began. Not the exact way all the time, but the same tone is usually used and I liked it.