To summarize everything up, Huck and Tom devised a plan to get Jim
out of prison. Huck agrees to Tom's plan to satisfy Tom. What?! He lets Tom be
in charge of the escape of Jim! Is he letting Tom take complete authority? Did
Huck not grow at all? Has he gone through this long journey only to end up back
to where he started? On the contrary, Huck has definitely grown much but the
fact that he allows Tom to lead does not necessarily mean he stops growing. Huck
gets an insight in what Tom believes is a proper way a prisoner breaks free and
learns the poetry of it all. “Here a captive heart busted” was the phrase chosen
by Tom to be carved into Jim’s prison. The phrase properly described from the
start to the end of Huck’s journey with Jim. They both pursued after different
types of freedom that spiraled them into this huge adventure in which they
learned about themselves, others, and grew wiser with each choice as they
traveled down the river.
In the end Jim is set free not because of Tom’s “brilliant plan”
which he ends up confessing to Sally after he gets shot and wakes up the
following day, but because two months ago Miss. Watson died and left in her will
Jim’s freedom. Jim is free, Tom confessed everything after Aunt Polly
unexpectedly visits and blows their covers but everything was fine, and Huck
was free of Pap because he was dead and had $12,000 waiting for him with Judge
Thatcher.
It all ended yet with another adventure hence the title of the
book, the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I noticed the title had a lot of
significance in the story because Huck's adventures are what ultimately lead
him to grow into his own character. Though he played a couple of pranks to Aunt
Sally showing a bit of immaturity, he is after all still a child and children
have to have fun once in a while. Huck grew up immensely and now every choice
he makes he thinks through about it and measures the consequences. He found
himself and it turned out he was adventurous because in the end of the novel he
chose adventure over civilization.
1 comment:
Huck learned so much throughout this adventure. He had many life experiences that I highly doubt he will forget. You made good references in your post. For example, I agree that he thinks about the consequences in advance. In the beginning, he was just a childish young teen that played many pranks and didn’t think about the effects it had on people. However, he grew up mentally. He realized that pranks could hurt people. Thus, he thinks about the possible results of his actions. He is mature and I am very proud of his mental and moral growth.
Post a Comment