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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : Chapters 21-27 Highlights

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : Chapters 21-27 Highlights. Chapters 22-23: Huck Finn. Jim is pining for his family, and Huck seems surprised, which indicates he still doesn’t think of Jim as quite human, even if he is friends with Jim.

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn : Chapters 21-27 Highlights

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  1. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 21-27 Highlights

  2. Chapters 22-23: Huck Finn • Jim is pining for his family, and Huck seems surprised, which indicates he still doesn’t think of Jim as quite human, even if he is friends with Jim. • Jim’s account of his actions toward his deaf daughter shows us how human Jim really is.

  3. Chapter 23: Huck Finn • “…I do believe [Jim] cared as much for his people as white folks does for their’n. It don’t seem natural, but I reckon it’s so.” • In the slave-holding society of Huck’s time, African Americans are regarded as cattle, incapable of experiencing any of the deeper of finer human feelings. • Therefore, their God-ordained role is that of insensible beasts of burden.

  4. Chapter 23: Huck Finn • Huck does not consciously question the values of his society. • Thus, he initially has difficulty accepting Jim’s humanity: The concept that a black man has the same capacity to love his family as white people runs contrary to everything Huck has been taught.

  5. Chapter 23: Huck Finn • It is Huck’s loving heart that allows him to rise above the conditioning of his society and recognize Jim as a fellow human being with a soul. • Although Huck never questions the rightness of slavery, his acceptance of Jim’s humanity unconsciously denies any moral justification for slavery.

  6. Chapter 24: Huck Finn • The plan to have Jim get in costume on the raft is a plot device that allows Huck and the con men to stay in town for several days. • The town’s reaction to the con men’s story about being the deceased man’s relatives made Huck say to himself, “It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race.”

  7. Chapter 25: Huck Finn • Why does Huck go along with this shameful behavior? Jim, whom Huck knows is in a dangerous situation with these ruthless characters. • Twain expresses disgust with more than the con men – he also is disgusted with the narrow vision of the townspeople. It all adds up to an indictment of humanity.

  8. Chapter 25: Huck Finn • Imposter: one who practices deceit or fraud by pretending to be someone he is not. • The King is a double impostor: He is not really a king and is now assuming the false identity of Parson Harvey Wilks so that he can steal from the deceased Peter Wilks’s estate.

  9. Chapter 25: Huck Finn • The novel is filled with impostors, thus pointing up the hypocrisy of the society. • Even Huck becomes an impostor on several occasions, although, when he assumes a false identity, it is to either protect Jim or himself rather than commit fraud.

  10. Chapters 26-28: Huck Finn • Huck is startled and puzzled by the discovery that in a tight spot it might actually be better and safer to tell the truth than lie. • He compares himself to Judas, however – in keeping with his low self-image. • Mary Jane’s willingness to pray for Huck may lead him to fall in love for the first and only time in his life.

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