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The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it. (1.3)

Tom he made a sign to me – kind of a little noise with his mouth – and we went creeping away on our hands and knees. When we was ten foot off Tom whispered to me, and wanted to tie Jim to the tree for fun. (2.6)

"But mind, you said you wouldn' tell—you know you said you wouldn' tell, Huck." "Well, I did. I said I wouldn't, and I'll stick to it. Honest INJUN, I will. People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum—but that don't make no difference. I ain't a-going to tell, and I ain't a-going back there, anyways. So, now, le's know all about it." (8.52, 8.53)
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Huckleberry Finn is a about a boy who wants to be part of this robber gang by Tom Sawyer, but in order to get into the gang Huck has to be a respectable young man. Huck is not liking his new living situations, but he ends up sticking it out to be part of the gang. Huck’s dad arrives in town, but not for a good reason, his dad ends up kidnapping him and taking him to a cabin across the river. Every night Hucks father goes out he returns drunk and beats huck. Tired of his confinement and fearing the beatings will worsen, Huck escapes from Pap by faking his own death, killing a pig and spreading its blood all over the cabin. After he escapes Huck ends up waiting on an island when he discovers an old friend that goes by the name Jim. Little does Huck know, but after he and Jim gets off the island Jim will help Huck throughout the rest of the…show more content…
When we was ten foot off Tom whispered to me, and wanted to tie Jim to the tree for fun. (2.6) This reminds me of when me and my cousins would mess around after we were done helping our grandparents. Once we were playing a game and we ended up tying one of my cousins to a light pole. Even though, my cousins and I said some mean words, we always knew that we were just joking around and could not take anything to heart. "But mind, you said you wouldn' tell—you know you said you wouldn' tell, Huck." "Well, I did. I said I wouldn't, and I'll stick to it. Honest INJUN, I will. People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum—but that don't make no difference. I ain't a-going to tell, and I ain't a-going back there, anyways. So, now, le's know all about it." (8.52, 8.53) This reminds of all the times me and my cousins would do or say senseless things. Sometimes we do not always trust each other, but at the end, we remember that we are family. Family should be able to trust and have each others backs no matter the situation. After reading The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn I learned that Huck has been through so much. Throughout the story I found many quotes that reminded me of fun times and family. Huck had some hard times from getting beat by his father to learning how to rob people and becoming part as the
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