Jim: “Ef it wuz him dat ‘uz bein’ sot free, en one er de boys wuz to git shot would he say, ‘Go on en save me, nemmine ‘bout a doctor f’r to save dis one’? Is dat like Mar Tom Sawyer? Would he say dat? You bet he wouldn’t! Well, den, is Jim gwyne to say it? No, sah” (286-287). Explanation: After Tom Sawyer was shot while carrying out the plan to free Jim, Jim prioritizes Tom’s safety and health before his own freedom. This is an extremely noble gesture by Jim, which clearly shows his kindness and consideration towards others, enough to risk his own dreams and goals as a free man. Jim breaks the negative stereotypes that are placed upon African Americans and justifies that African Americans are able to be just as respectable as whites. Tom …show more content…
Although he had known that Jim was actually a free man from the time Miss Watson died two months ago, he keeps this knowledge to himself and does not allow for Jim to be liberated from all of his troubles. Tom uses Jim as simply a toy for his overly adventurous needs, revealing a new level of cruelty and a new low in morality. He does not consider the consequences of his selfish behavior. Instead, he is only focused on the fact that a great adventure would result from keeping Jim’s freedom as a secret. Tom reflects the vast majority of society during the 1880s, as he views Jim, an African American, of being less than …show more content…
She wanted to care for him and educate him as she was saddened by the fact that Huck basically has no father figure. Furthermore, Huck often reflects on his actions based on what the Widow would think of it. She is a very caring woman, however, she completely adheres to the rules of society and owns slaves. Her morals are disrupted by her practice of being a slave owner. The Duke: “Because Mary Jane ’ll be in mourning from this out; and first you know the nigger that does up the rooms will get an order to box these duds up and put ‘em away; and do you reckon a nigger can run across money and not borrow some of it?” (188). Explanation: The Duke states that every African American is thieving, but this comment is extremely hypocritical as he is an overwhelmingly deceitful conman himself. The Duke does not realize his own faults as a fraud himself, when he is stereotyping African Americans, because of his racism. To him, a racist, if an African American does something wrong, then it is significantly worse than if a white man committed the same deed. There is nothing but hypocrisy behind his unnecessarily derogatory and illogical generalization. He shows an absolute lack of respect and dignity. The King: “When we got back to the raft and he come to count up he found he had collected eighty-seven dollars and seventy-five cents”
Widow Douglas is Huck’s legal guardian and a strict mother figure for Huck. Miss Watson wishes the best for Huck but shows this by continually nagging him.
She was the one who taught Huck about Solomon and many more other stories in the bible. Huck does mention in the book, that he lost interest in the stories from the bible the widow told him. He found out all those men in the bible were already dead, but that’s not the point. If it wasnt for the widow, Huck would not have stood his ground and told Jim the true meaning behind the story of King Solomon. Even though Huck has lost interest in the stories he was told, he knew the true deep meaning of them. Which allowed Huck explain the story to Jim. Sooner or later they both encounter a small
"'How is servants treated in England? Do they treat 'em better 'n we treat our niggers?'“No A servant ain't nobody there. They treat them worse than dogs” -pg.172
The first thing most people think of when they hear the name Tom Hanks is a toy cowboy, but there is so much more to him. He has a lot more to tell the listeners then just how to get beyond infinity; he can tell listeners how anyone can change the world. Hanks gave a commencement speech at Yale University in 2011 to the graduating class. Hanks talks about how, even through fear, anyone can change the world for the better. He emphasizes that people should work to make the world better instead of posting and tweeting everything people do in the hopes to become famous. Hanks uses a little bit of ethos and pathos when he used his credibility as a famous person to make the graduates listen, an example of ethos, and uses pathos to not only make
In Huckleberry Finn Widow Douglas is a positive role model for Huckleberry and wants to provide for Huckleberry so he can have a good life. Widow Douglas gives Huckleberry a home, sends Huckleberry to school, and teaches him about the Bible to help him have a good life. Widow Douglas shows how heroic she is through her efforts to try to provide for Huckleberry so he can have a good life.
Like the oppressive civilization Huck’s bound to, slavery confines Jim to his slave status. When given the dilemma of either running away or being sold off by his owner, Miss Watson, Jim chooses to run away: “I—I runoff…Ole missus…pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she awluz said she wouldn’ sell me down to Orleans” (Twain 43). The repressive civilization restricts both Jim and Huck’s freedom through Miss Watson’s reforms, Pap’s abusive relationship, and slavery prompting them to escape the confines of a ‘civilized’ society and to seek protection in the waters on the raft.
In the book, after Huckleberry meets Tom on the road to town, he gives Tom and overview of his situation to fill him in and find some help. When Huckleberry Finn tells Tom about his helping Jim get to freedom, at first tom says, “What! Why JIm is --”, then later on says, with his eyes lighting up, “I’ll help you steal him!” Throughout the book Huckleberry hides Jim from multiple people and uses many clever ideas to keep others from finding out. Huckleberry FInn and Tom Sawyer being the next generation get excitement and joy from trying to get Jim to the north. The fact that Huckleberry Finn needs to hide Jim from others and can tell Tom Sawyer as soon as they meet, and have Tom on board immediately, gives proof that the ideas of right and wrong are changing. The younger generation in this case are trying to help out their friend Jim so that he could have a better
Jim’s freedom was a game to Tom and this can be seen when Aunt Sally asks Tom why he wanted to help free Jim. “Well, that is a question…goodness alive” (260). Tom and Huck have two different opinions on Jim. Tom doesn’t have a relationship with Jim making it easy for him to do more risky things because he doesn’t care for Jim health and all he cares about is the adventure. As for Huck, Huck has built a relationship with Jim and his goal is to help Jim achieve his freedom. Lester writes, “Jim is a play-thing…or a torchlight parade” (367). To Tom, the thrill of an adventure is more important than to help Jim escape from slavery. He uses this opportunity to convince Huck to play into this unnecessary adventure and Huck not being able to stand up to Tom does whatever he’s told. Lester also talks about how Miss Watson freed Jim in her will even though he was accused of killing a white boy. “Huck, having manufactured…suspect of murdering a white child” (367). There may be a chance that Miss Watson forgot about Jim being accused of killing Huck, but in reality, Jim would have been hunted down and captured if they suspected him of killing a white boy. Lester says that
Tom Sawyer is characterized by many unvalued traits, but however, as the reader gets deeper into the book, Tom is found to be a caring individual towards his Aunt Polly, his crush Becky Thatcher, and his dear friend Huckleberry Finn. An example of his responsibility and compassion for others is found when Tom and Huck were in the graveyard one night only to find the drunk Muff Potter and thug Injun Joe with a well-respected Dr. Robinson is found looting from a corpse and Injun Joe then uses Muff Potter’s knife to kill the doctor (Ch.9, Pgs. 68-70). Tom and Huck swear to not tell anyone of their witnessing the crime, but when the trial comes and Tom is called to the stand, Tom did not want to send innocent Muff to face execution, and so he told the truth of that night, gaining respect and given the title of hero (Ch.10, Pg.71-73 & Ch.19). Another example of Tom Sawyer’s caring thoughts is in Chapter 20, where Becky is found in Mr. Dobbins secret drawer looking at his anatomy book and when Tom crept up on Becky, she was startled and accidentally ripped one of the pages. When Mr. Dobbins finds his anatomy book with a ripped page, he starts calling out student’s name to find out who did this “crime.” Right at the moment he called out Becky Thatcher’s name, Tom boldly shouted, “I done it!,” (Ch.20, Pg.132). Tom Sawyer then faces what was supposed to be Becky’s whipping, but his whipping resulted to Becky
Tom Sawyer, the Black Avenger of the Spanish Main, has not matured as much as people think. In the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain, Tom is a static character. Shown frequently throughout the novel, Tom has always wanted to be the center of attention. When he was showing off, whether to a single person he admired, or a crowd of people he wants to impress, he always has one goal; being the one everyone envies.
Even though Huckleberry has an easy, simple, and safe plan to free Jim, Tom needs to make it more difficult and troublesome. At one point, when they are aiding Jim, Huckleberry realizes that there is a hole big enough for the slave to get out through, but Tom says, “I should hope we can find a way that’s a little more complicated than that… We’ll dig him out. It’ll take about a week!” (Twain 209). This is another example of Twain using Huckleberry’s realistic views to portray the uselessness of
In the book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer written by Mark Twain, the main character Thomas Sawyer is characterized in many different ways. Because Tom Sawyer is characterized as a young boy the descriptions of him in the book contribute to the reader’s idea of a “real” character by Twain letting the reader connect to Tom as if they were him. Tom Sawyer is a fully developed character because Mark Twain uses real life stories and adventures of real young boys to connect to him and to let us capture Tom’s life and personality. For example, in the book Mark Twain explains that Tom Sawyer is mischievous and wild like a young boy. He hates school, church and chores just as any young boy would, creating an image that others can relate to. Tom Sawyer does everything he cans to avoid doing these things. He skips school to go swimming and gets his friends to whitewash the fence, while he sits back watching them do his work . He goes
The Adventure Of Tom Sawyer is a literature, written by Mark Twain, who was an American humorist and novelist. His vivid imagination, keen sense of humor, and sharp wit resulted in some of the most beloved classics of American literature. In this novel, the frequent use of the conversational rule of Black English, which constantly reminded me that it is about black Americans. Mark Twain was also good at the use of abbreviated form which is very common in black oral English. All that above let me come to perceive Tom and his deeds through his identity as a black and a child. Mark Twain told us about the truth and the real life at that time. And he showed the world in which everyone has a role to play in the Black America, such as Tom Sawyer
Jim is shown void of almost every stereotype that once classified African Americans. He consistently presents himself as a good human being. When Tom Sawyer is shot, Jim offers to turn himself in so that Tom could go to a hospital. By putting himself in Tom’s shoes, Jim felt enough empathy to ruin his own life in order to save Tom’s. In the mind of Huck, Jim is considered “white inside” (279). Without denying his generalizations of African Americans, Huck uses the word “white” to describe Jim as a good person. Jim is considered Huck’s exception to the racist prejudice of African Americans. Jim continually undermines Huck’s racist ideals through complex thoughts and emotions. Jim demonstrates his love for his family through
One of the key themes that is discussed by the readers of the novel is slavery. The story is set in a completely different time period where what people thought was right and wrong is completely different from current time. It was so interesting how Jim went from being the target of Tom and Huck’s prank to being Huck’s partner in crime. The reason the white people could justify what they were doing to their slaves is because they weren’t looked at as humans. “Violence is one of the most personal and even intimate acts between human beings, but it can also be cultural and societal” (Foster 95). It was pleasant as the story progressed to see Huck get to know and understand Jim. Huck finally sees that Jim has the same feeling and emotions that he himself has. They both share difficult living situations, they are both constantly commanded, and the only difference is society doesn’t see Jim and Huck as equal.