Huckleberry Finn

Huckleberry Finn

Discussion Questions

#2
The spider and the owl are both examples of superstition in the book. They are connected with death.

#5
He was "ruined" (became cocky and stuck up) because he was a slave. And at that time, slaves were not supposed to attract attention.

#6
Tom Sawyer left 5 cents for the candles. Huck instead wouldn't have left the money. So is Tom a better person than Huck?
No, because the difference between them is that Huck wouldn't have taken the candles if he hadn't needed them. Tom on the other side does not actually need them. But because he knows he does something wrong there, he tries to pay for it. But it wasn't necessary to do something wrong.
Huck, in contrast, isn't able to think that far. He is not educated and clever enough.

#7
Tom: A clever boy, grown up in his brain, can act and think like an adult, relies on romantic literature to know what to do
Huck: Naive but a realist, innocent and childish

#8
Being called a highwayman sounds much more noble than being called a simple burglar. Stopping a carriage is much more complicated than just walking in someone's house.

#9
He understood it like: You pray for it - You get it. When he figures out he has to pray for others he doesn't understand why everyone prays then. Why doing something when you can't take advantage of it?

#10
Huck doesn't understand that Tom is actually playing a game with him. He doesn't get that it is all a big joke.

#12
He wants it rather to be in the Judge's hands than under his father's control.