Chapters 17-21

Chapter 17 ends with Huck and Jim being separated. Huck then finds a house in the country and a family that takes him in as there own. The Family is feuding with the neighbors, the Sheperdsons. It kind of reminds me of Romeo and Juliet. They are just killing people over something that happened in the past and the families are holding ancient grudges. And of course there are two lovers, but they are on different sides of the feud. What a surprise! Then when Huck is looking for water moccasins with his slave he comes across Jim. Jim tells him why he got lost and that they found the boat unharmed. Next Sophia runs off to marry a Sheperdson boy. And when the dad and two brothers got killed Buck wanted revenge. But him and his cousin got killed. Huck decided to leave so he went and got Jim then left. Later on they come across to guys one about 70 and one about 30. Both running from trouble. The 30 year old said he was a duke going threw a hard time. He convinced Huck and Jim to wait on him! Then the 70 year old said he was Lewie the 17th so he would get attention. They made Huck and Jim do the dumbest things! Like bow when they speak, feed them, and keep watch out in the bad weather. If I were escaping for freedom I wouldn't listen to them. Next they have a great idea to go to town and get actors and perform Romeo and Juliet for money. The town hated the play so they left town. But now the duke had an idea to travel in day time and say they were turning Jim in for a reward. now they are in a very southern town. Its kind of funny because it sounds alot like some people in Purvis; drunk, kind of crummy homes, and nobody cares!

chapters 8-17

Chapter eight starts off with a bang. Literally, a boat is shooting bombs over the water so Huck's remains will surface. Of course they didn't because he was laying in the bushes watching them. Soon after he begins hunting and comes across Jim, the widows nigger, asleep by a fire. Huck woke him up and Jim was very surprised to see him. They explain their stories to each other about how they got there on the island them began looking for food before the rain Jim predicted. Sure enough it rained and the river overflowed. They began exploring the island and found a house with a dead man in it. Huck and Jim guess that he was murdered by the shot in his back. They took what they thought they need and just kept on going. I thought it was kind of strange that they took women's clothes and wanted a baby bottle. What could they use that for? But I soon found out that Huck dress like a girl to enter town and get some news. He talked with an old lady named Judith. She give him the scoop and catches on to him being a boy. But Huck being the amazing lair he is came up with a cover up, and passed off yet another lie. When he and Jim leave down the river they ran into a recked boat that had murders on it. Huck wants to turn them in but without giving themselves away. Of course Huck being the genius makes it happen. As they continue down stream a larger boat moves over in the fog and acts like they are going to hit Huck and Jim. Both bail off into the water, and get separated from one another. When they finally cross paths again that night Huck decides to play a trick on Jim. He tries to explain his story and Huck deny it all and says he was dreaming, making Jim think of himself as crazy. Jim became upset with Huck about this. Huck soon starts feeling guilty for setting Jim free. The widow lost her help and she never did anything to hurt Huck. So far Huck is still exciting to me. His surprising lies keep me interested! I love the dialect it uses. The way Jim talks is a lot like The Piano Lesson.