My biggest question from these three chapters was why Huck decided to pray? I can recall Huck talking about how he wasn't all too into that stuff. Basically, he had said that prayers never worked for him. Miss Watson and the widow always wanted him to pray, but he never saw the use in it. On page 205 and 206, Huck has decided to pray. I think it was because he felt it was the only thing left to do that could keep him "good". I want to know basically what changed in Huck's mind that made him believe he could pray and it would work now? After Huck had prayed he felt better about himself, so he wrote Miss Watson a note telling her about Jim and the reward if she wanted him. I think that maybe Huck wasn't praying because he believed it would work, but he knew it would clear his conscience. It still seems as though he was doubting his own self decisions. I was wondering why he wanted to turn the man in that was with him, and helped him through this entire time he has been out on his own. Jim helped him so much and then he wanted to pray to know what to do about Jim and Miss Watson. Honestly, I feel like he should have never even thought about praying because he should have just known. I think it was more of a common sense decision rather than a conscience one. So my question is, why did Huck pray? Also, what was going through his mind that made him come to the decision of praying?
One take away I really understood from these chapters was, Huck seems to question himself fairly often. He almost does it more than needed or even more than normal. I'm not sure if he thinks, talks, and acts in this way all because this book was written in first person, or if he is really just like this. Honestly, the way Huck's thoughts jump all over the place is really what makes this book more confusing than what it truly needs to be. On page 206, Huck said, "It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: 'All right, then, I'll go to hell'." Huck was thinking to himself trying to make a decision. His thoughts in this part are really what made me question how much he honestly trusts his own decision making. I think that if Jim wasn't around with Huck, he wouldn't really know what to do. Jim is really the person that seems to influence all of Huck's decisions in this book. It may seem as though Huck can decide things on his own, but as soon as Jim chimes in with his own thoughts and opinions on the matter, Huck goes with it. It just seems as though Huck depends on Jim most of the time, like he wouldn't be okay without him. On page 203, Huck says, "-old Jim was gone. Then I set down and cried; I couldn't help it." This truly shows how much Huck really needs Jim.
In these chapters, I really despised the way Huck when about looking for Jim. I think that there could've been better options rather than trying to get him back and having him get caught as a runaway. However, this was a book written in the 1800's where slaves were exceptable, and maybe in Huck's case, it wasn't a "bad" thing to do in order to get Jim back. I just think that maybe if Huck would've just calmed down a little bit before rushing into his first option, he could have made a better, smarter decision. Honestly, I really liked these three chapters. I thought they were fairly understandable and easy to read. It made a lot more sense about Huck and Jim's relationship with each other too.
One take away I really understood from these chapters was, Huck seems to question himself fairly often. He almost does it more than needed or even more than normal. I'm not sure if he thinks, talks, and acts in this way all because this book was written in first person, or if he is really just like this. Honestly, the way Huck's thoughts jump all over the place is really what makes this book more confusing than what it truly needs to be. On page 206, Huck said, "It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I'd got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: 'All right, then, I'll go to hell'." Huck was thinking to himself trying to make a decision. His thoughts in this part are really what made me question how much he honestly trusts his own decision making. I think that if Jim wasn't around with Huck, he wouldn't really know what to do. Jim is really the person that seems to influence all of Huck's decisions in this book. It may seem as though Huck can decide things on his own, but as soon as Jim chimes in with his own thoughts and opinions on the matter, Huck goes with it. It just seems as though Huck depends on Jim most of the time, like he wouldn't be okay without him. On page 203, Huck says, "-old Jim was gone. Then I set down and cried; I couldn't help it." This truly shows how much Huck really needs Jim.
In these chapters, I really despised the way Huck when about looking for Jim. I think that there could've been better options rather than trying to get him back and having him get caught as a runaway. However, this was a book written in the 1800's where slaves were exceptable, and maybe in Huck's case, it wasn't a "bad" thing to do in order to get Jim back. I just think that maybe if Huck would've just calmed down a little bit before rushing into his first option, he could have made a better, smarter decision. Honestly, I really liked these three chapters. I thought they were fairly understandable and easy to read. It made a lot more sense about Huck and Jim's relationship with each other too.