Huck Finn

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Huck Finn Key Info 38-41

• By the end of chapter 38, Toms plans for Jims
  escape have gotten over the top
• Inscriptions on the walls, filling the cabin
  with creatures, making a makeshift escape hatch.
• Hucks plan was to take a board out of the cabin,
  sneak away into the night, and escape downriver
  on the raft.
• Into what roles are Huck and Tom placed?

2

• They put rats, snakes, and spiders into the cabin
  with Jim to make him being a prisoner seem more
  real.
• Jim comments that when this is all over, he
  wouldnt ever be a prisoner again, not for a
  salary.
• Think..reflect on this.
• This escape takes three weeks to accomplish.
• Tom leaves a note signed anonymously saying a
  gang of cutthroats will be stealing Jim.
• What is happening with Tom?

3

• 15 men show up and the boys take off with Jim.
• Tom gets shot in the leg and tells them to run,
  but its JIM who says he wont leave until Tom
  sees a doctor.
• How is Jim characterized?
• Huck says he knew Jim was white on the inside.
• Think about the roles of the shore and the raft.
  What do they represent?

4

• Huck finds the doctor
• Falls asleep
• Wakes up to see Uncle Silas and makes up a story
  about where Sid is.
• They get back to the house and Aunt Sally stays
  up all night with a candle in the window waiting
  for Sid.
• Huck feels bad