Through these chapters and the past chapters, Huck keeps mentioning the word skiff. The way he uses it makes me think it's a noun, person, place, or thing, but I don't know what it is. So a question I have had through reading is what is a skiff? For instance, on page 31, Huck says, "I just expected there'd be somebody laying down in it, because people often done that to fool folks, and when a chap had pulled a skiff out most to it they'd raise up and laugh at him." (Mark Twain, 31) So, this shows it's some sort of thing but being that Huck talks about it a lot, I would like to know exactly what it is?
A take away I received from these chapters was that Paps is very controlling. Maybe it is just the way he speaks but it seems that way every time he talks. The way he is very straight forward and demeaning towards Huck proves it. In a way, I think this is why Huck keeps his ideas more realistic just because of the way his father is towards him. He just seems like the type of guy to demean any imaginative dreams of Huck if he had any, and that's why Huck is so realistic. Paps attitude is kind of one of the main key factors in these chapters it seems like.
I liked how when Huck decided to run away he ended up finding Jim. I think it was a very unexpected twist in the plot that I was not expecting. I tend to not like books because they are so predictable; however, this was very unexpected. I also liked the way Huck and Jim sort of bonded in a way, by talking and working together to achieve the same goal. However, I did not like the way Huck faked his death by killing the hog. It was very clever, but I guess I think he shouldn't have so that way Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas wouldn't have to here about Huck being dead eventually.
A take away I received from these chapters was that Paps is very controlling. Maybe it is just the way he speaks but it seems that way every time he talks. The way he is very straight forward and demeaning towards Huck proves it. In a way, I think this is why Huck keeps his ideas more realistic just because of the way his father is towards him. He just seems like the type of guy to demean any imaginative dreams of Huck if he had any, and that's why Huck is so realistic. Paps attitude is kind of one of the main key factors in these chapters it seems like.
I liked how when Huck decided to run away he ended up finding Jim. I think it was a very unexpected twist in the plot that I was not expecting. I tend to not like books because they are so predictable; however, this was very unexpected. I also liked the way Huck and Jim sort of bonded in a way, by talking and working together to achieve the same goal. However, I did not like the way Huck faked his death by killing the hog. It was very clever, but I guess I think he shouldn't have so that way Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas wouldn't have to here about Huck being dead eventually.