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.