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October 31, 2005
The End of Huckleberry Finn
"...how ornery and tough the fried chicken was --all that kind of rot, the way women do to force out compliments." I had to laugh at this quote in 26 (hopefully I'm reading the Roman numerals right) because I know that women still do that. It's hard not to because if people don't say something's good right away, it kinda makes you nervous. I wasn't that disappointed with the ending. At least Tom, Huck, and Jim ended up on good terms, but Tom was giving alot away on freeing Jim and there was a footnote that said that this was bad. It was good though that Tom was in the end because he was the beginning of everything and Huck is kind of the end. Tom makes Huck "comfortable" and in a friend, that is one of the most important qualities. Did Jim end up being free or was he still "enslaved" technically? The language started to get on my nerves, but I tried to understand all that was happening in the end.
Posted by ErinWaite at October 31, 2005 07:40 AM
Comments
humm i think Jim was in a way still enslaved. Although he was freed, he still had to stick with huck. I mean it could be that he just has nothing and nobody else to go with. He was enslaved for so long that really what would he do if he didn't have Huck. So, in reality it is a good thing that he is still stuck with Huck. It gives him some help in a world that was against his race.
Posted by: michelle koss at November 1, 2005 01:09 AM
I couldn't agree more. As Dr. Jerz said, many blacks were still enslaved, even though they were technically free because it seems that they had no place else to go or they'd been split from their families. I think Huck is the only family Jim knows. You put things in perspective for me, thanks! Did you read how people were disappointed with the ending in our assigned readings? Were you?
Posted by: Erin at November 1, 2005 01:11 PM