Huck Discussion Questions

Questions XL - Chapter The Last

#1
Jim is a good person, he risked his own life for Tom. He put Tom's heath before his freedom (life).

#2
After that, the people didn't treat Jim as bad as they would have done if he hadn't held this speech.
The people are very gullible, they get convinced so easily by other person's opinions. I don't really like this attitude, but it helped Jim!

#3
Tom makes a necklace out of it so that he can show it around like: Look, I got shot but I'm still alive. Again, this is a hint to romantic novels because big heroes probably would have done the same.

#4
He is going to run away soon. This society does not make much sense to him so he prefers to create his own universe again. He doesn't want to be civilized and educated, etc. All he wants is being free and having the freedom of going wherever he wants to.

#5
You would have had a complete different book with a third person as the narrator. You als wouldn't have created such a strong relationship to Huck.
Huck is an unreliable narrator, he doesn't really know what's happening. But his way of telling the story (in his childish, naive way) makes the book also unique. It is not as normal as all the other books are, where the narrator is omniscient.
If a different person would have told the story it wouldn't have been as funny as it was. Huck's character makes it one of a kind. Toms view, for instance, would have turned the book into a simple romantic story.