English 104 - Introduction to Narrative
November 09, 2003 - November 15, 2003
Defending Their Innocence
Category: 08 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Jade Dunn
There is one section in the beginning pages of As I lay Dying where two different characters narrate the same section of the plot. Young Vardaman (pgs. 53-57) describes his experience of blaming Peabody for his mother’s death, running out to the barn to set Peabody’s horses loose, and...
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Posted by jdunn2 on November 15, 2003 at 07:00 PM
Eighth blog assignment
Category: 08 Blog: As I Lay Dying | Mark Phillipson
Post before class on Tuesday, 11/18. Identify a thing, a person, or an event that gets described in intriguingly different ways by two characters in As I Lay Dying. What does this difference suggest about each character?...
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Posted by mphillip on November 13, 2003 at 04:50 PM
Huck's Loyalty?
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn
At the end of the novel, Huck’s choice to “light out for the Territory ahead of the rest” (296) interestingly reveals how in his heart, Huck has never actually strayed far from his uncivilized upbringing and orphan mentality despite prior signs of a change in character. He never finds a...
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Posted by eyang on November 11, 2003 at 10:03 AM
Tom's Fraud-Twain's Fraud
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Jeb Bobseine
One of the more revealing frauds that are perpetrated at the end of this novel is that of Tom neglecting to reveal that Jim is a freed man. This fraud returns Jim to the subservient, foolish position he occupied at the opening of the novel. We are introduced to Jim...
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Posted by jbobsein on November 11, 2003 at 09:49 AM
Motivation
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Jim Light
Huck’s father is dead. At first glance, this revelation itself (made at the novel’s close) has little effect. The fact that Jim reveals it, though, has the farthest reaching effect on his character in the novel. The disclosure occurs quietly at the end of the novel when Huck inquires about...
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Posted by jlight on November 11, 2003 at 09:49 AM
Reminding the Naratee that Huck is Still Only a Child
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Alex Smith
Huck naively accepts Tom’s dangerous and surprising deception about Jim’s freedom solely because things worked out for everyone in the end and the sense of adventure was competed. This reiterates to the naratee that he is only a child, despite what the previous ten chapters led us to believe about...
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Posted by asmith9 on November 11, 2003 at 09:47 AM
Jim's Betrayal
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Liz Button
At the end of Huckleberry Finn, Tom suggests to Huck that they go on a "howling adventure," but Huck conjectures that he does not have the funds for them to make their way since his father had most likely drank up the money from Judge Thatcher's. Tom notes that...
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Posted by ebutton on November 11, 2003 at 09:44 AM
Huck's departure only highlights all the troubles he has ignored
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Jennifer Bernstein
Tom proves his fraudulence when he suddenly reveals to Huck and his company that Jim had been free man throughout the entire adventure; he knew almost the whole time and hadn’t told. “Turn him loose! He ain’t no slave, he’s as free as an cretur that walks this earth!” (291)...
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Posted by jbernste on November 11, 2003 at 09:42 AM
Well if Tom does it...
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Merrie Railsback
One surprising revelation that Huck has is when Tom Sawyer is readily willing to help save Jim. Huck is always questioning his connection to Jim, thinking that it defines his lower class standing. He thinks, “Well, I tried the best I could to kinder soften it up somehow for myself...
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Posted by mrailsba on November 11, 2003 at 09:38 AM
Tom's Fraud
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Jeff Nolin
Tom’s fraud that he essentially played on Jim and Huck while they were freeing Jim was perhaps the most disturbing fraud in the book. Tom risks the lives of all 3 of them so they can have an adventure when Tom knew all along the Jim was “free as any...
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Posted by jnolin on November 11, 2003 at 09:38 AM
He’s dead, Jim.
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Aki Makino
“Doan’ you ‘member de house dat was float’n down de river, en dey wuz a man in dah, kivered up, en I went in en unkivered him en didn’ let you come in? Well, den, you k’n git yo’ money when you wants it; kase dat wuz him (Pap) (295).”...
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Posted by amakino on November 11, 2003 at 09:24 AM
Huck's Respect for Tom
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Drew Fulton
With the exposition of Jim’s freedom Huck immediately understands Tom’s willingness to help out in the attempt to set Jim free. Huck is so shocked that he felt “like [he] was shot” and he admits that at that moment “Tom Sawyer fell, considerable, in [my] estimation” (235). Huck believes that...
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Posted by afulton on November 11, 2003 at 09:23 AM
What about Jim?
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Meredeth Lammert
Why did Huck take his dangerous adventure down the Mississippi River? Initially it was because he wanted to escape from being “sivilized” (p. 38) and from pap’s beatings, but ultimately he made it seem that his adventure became about helping free Jim. But, when we discover that Jim is a...
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Posted by mlammert on November 11, 2003 at 08:33 AM
All for nothing
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Monica Ruzicka
Perhaps the most disturbing fraudulence revealed at the end of the novel is the deception of Tom Sawyer, as his antics not only place Jim, Huck, and himself in unnecessary danger, but they also objectify Jim as a pawn in a scheming adventure. When Tom first showed interest in...
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Posted by mruzicka on November 11, 2003 at 08:05 AM
Judging Huck
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Mike Stratton
“…Tom Sawyer had gone and took all that trouble and bother to set a free nigger free! and couldn’t ever understand, before, until that minuet and that talk, how he could help a body set a nigger free, with his bringing-up.”(p.292) This statement from Huck clouds how he truly feels...
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Posted by mstratto on November 11, 2003 at 07:39 AM
"You aint got to lie Huck!"
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Torri Parker
Huck is constantly taking the hard way out of bad situations and adding to the truth to make himself believe that the hardest way out is the best. Particularly in the end of the novel, Tom’s setting Jim free with the knowledge that he was already free. Huck says of...
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Posted by cparker on November 11, 2003 at 04:31 AM
JIM'S FREE...WHAT??
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Jannelle Richardson
In the final chapter, Tom, reveals to the reader, Jim was freed by Ole Miss Watson. This revelation is very disturbing, “Turn him loose! he ain’t no slave, he’s as free as any other cretur that walks this earth!” (291) after questioning we learn that Tom Sawyer was with...
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Posted by jrichar2 on November 11, 2003 at 04:05 AM
Fraudulence and Fathers
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Alex Krippner
The most significant revelation at the end of Huck Finn is Jim’s disclosure to Huck the fate of Pap. It is not until the end of the novel, the last line of character dialogue, that Jim admits, as Huck wonders about the return of Pap, that Pap “ain’t comin’ back...
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Posted by kkrippne on November 11, 2003 at 03:16 AM
To Trust or Not to Trust?
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Julie Calareso
Although the scam concerning Jim’s known freedom is a large scam in the novel, the surprise that affects Huck more directly and personally is the fact that Jim knew all throughout the adventure that Pap was dead. “He ain’t a comin’ back no mo’, Huck.” (295). The true motivation for...
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Posted by jcalares on November 11, 2003 at 03:11 AM
The Mystery of Huckleberry Finn
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Eric Davich
At the end of Huckleberry Finn, Huck’s narrative leaves out some important details to the end of his story. We find out that Jim has been free and that he has been treated like a slave on multiple occasions even though he has been free. But how can he be...
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Posted by edavich on November 11, 2003 at 02:39 AM
Huck's Final Scam
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Erica Michel
At the end of Huck Finn it is revealed that Jim is “as free as any cetur that walks this earth!” (291) This fact means that their entire adventure on the river was pointless. Since Huck is the narrator of this tale, and it is done in past tense, it...
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Posted by emichel on November 11, 2003 at 02:34 AM
Huck is a loserrrrrrrrr
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Dro Joseney
Throughout Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck seems to be in a fierce competition with Tom Sawyer to prove that he has the better adventures between the two. Tom expresses this thought throughout his story as he constantly says things such as “Would [Tom Sawyer] ever go by this thing” (p....
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Posted by cjoseney on November 11, 2003 at 02:27 AM
Huck's Recycled Naivety
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Ryan Hurd
To Huck, Tom Sawyer is the masterful and ingenious mind behind true adventure. So when the opportunity to rekindle Sawyer’s masterful flame of adventure arises Huck cannot resist the temptation. Tom and Huck decide to free Jim from the terrible barn in which he is being held, and in doing...
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Posted by rhurd on November 11, 2003 at 02:16 AM
Fradulence Leads to Freedom
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Matthew Roy
Although it could be said that there are several revelations that are made at the end of Huckleberry Finn, the most prevalent and shocking idea reveals the surprising fraudulence of Jim. This idea of fraudulence is evinced by the fact that Jim admits to having previous knowledge of Tom’s father’s...
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Posted by mroy on November 11, 2003 at 02:08 AM
The Same Little Huck as Always
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Dan Herzberg
In a shocking move at the end of the book, Huck decides to sneak back into the wild and leave civilization behind him. Just when we think that Huck has matured and been made wiser and tougher through his adventures on the river, he throws away another shot at life...
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Posted by dherzber on November 11, 2003 at 01:47 AM
it's done and i'm rotten glad of it
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Greg Pearson
Huck’s voyage downriver began as a big adventure, but the further he travels downriver the more it begins to take on serious overtones. The reader watches Huck as he grows from a child chasing Sunday school kids into a boy who must deal with very complicated issues. He seems to...
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Posted by gpearson on November 11, 2003 at 01:22 AM
Surpising Revelations
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Alix Roy
Definitely the most startling revelation made at the end of Huckleberry Finn is Jim’s unexpected freedom. Even more startling is Tom’s knowledge of this fact the entire time he and Huck were carrying out their plan to help Jim escape. When Tom reveals that Jim “ain’t no slave, he’s as...
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Posted by aroy on November 11, 2003 at 12:59 AM
Progression to Maturity
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Frank Chi
The most surprising epiphany addressed in the conclusion comes through a true portrayal of Tom Sawyer. Throughout the novel, Tom is consistently idealized in Huck’s mentality as a superior iconoclastic idol. Twain’s description of Tom’s antics, attitude and manipulation of Jim portray an image of immaturity and extreme neglect for...
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Posted by fchi on November 11, 2003 at 12:54 AM
Tom's Need for Adventure
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Kelsey Hughes
Huck first realizes that he’s “got to decide, forever, betwixt two things,” which were either writing a note explaining where Jim was, or hiding and stealing Jim back, but he then decided that he would “take up wickedness again” and “go to work and steal Jim out of slavery again”...
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Posted by khughes2 on November 11, 2003 at 12:25 AM
Make Believe vs. Logic: A Tale with No Growth
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Katie Mitterling
Even more amazing than some of the "truths" that are revealed, Huck Finn's lack of growth and maturation is one of the greatest disappointments—and perhaps fraudulence—at the end of the novel. After all his adventures, schemes, and experiences, Huck still defers to Tom Sawyer's "expertise" when they formulate a...
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Posted by kmitterl on November 11, 2003 at 12:14 AM
Oh yeah...um...about your dad...I've been meaining to tell you, Huck...
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Alex Paul
For me, the most disturbing revelation made at the end of the novel occurred when Jim—very hesitantly—informs Huck that his father is dead. At first, Jim is only willing to tell Huck is that his father “ain’t a comin’ back no mo’…Nemmine why…but he ain’t comin’ back no mo.’” After...
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Posted by apaul on November 11, 2003 at 12:13 AM
Huck's Ultimate Test of Character: Pass or Fail?
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Nicole Colucci
The ending of Huckleberry Finn is dissatisfying, but furthermore, disturbing. When Tom admits his past knowledge of Jim’s freedom, readers are forced to re-evaluate their perception of Tom’s seemingly naïve, innocent schemes. Readers can no longer view his elaborate plots as childish and innocuous; rather, they are evidence of...
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Posted by ncolucci on November 11, 2003 at 12:11 AM
Huck Gets Caught Up in the Moment
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Eli Maitland
Throughout almost the entire novel, Huck is quite compassionate and loyal to his friend, Jim. Twain portrays Huck as a more moral human being than many other characters, such as the Duke and the Dauphin, who show no regard for others. Near the end of the book, however, this changes...
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Posted by emaitlan on November 10, 2003 at 11:53 PM
"Revelations" Are Just Another revealing of Tom's Character
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Emily Hubbard
The end of Huck Finn does not really provide revelations, but outcomes that seem forthcoming. Even though the reader is unaware that Jim is free, this is not a huge surprise because Jim is often left in the dark when it comes to fraudulent schemes. Although it is Tom...
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Posted by ehubbard on November 10, 2003 at 11:37 PM
Tactfulness and Sheer Stupidity
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Niki Alvarez
A particularly disturbing fraudulence brought to light at the end of Huck Finn is that Tom purposely kept Jim from knowing that Miss Watson had set him free in her will in order for him to get the adventure he wanted. Tom doesn’t realize that he’s dealing with real people,...
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Posted by nalvarez on November 10, 2003 at 10:16 PM
Huck's own Freedom
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Jin-Sun Kim
One of the more obvious frauds that are exposed is that Jim is a runaway slave. Throughout the entire novel, Huck shows genuine companionship towards Jim but has problems admitting to himself that he really cares for Jim and views him as a human, and not a slave. The townspeople...
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Posted by jkim3 on November 10, 2003 at 10:09 PM
Turncoat Tom
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Dan Yingst
The revelation by Tom that Jim was a free man during the entire period when Huck and Tom were attempting to liberate him was the most disturbing facet of the ending of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Tom admits, with no feeling of remorse or shame, that he knew that...
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Posted by dyingst on November 10, 2003 at 09:58 PM
Reliable Narration Undermined by Unreliable Actions
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Britta Bene
Two dimensions inherent in the story are Huck’s narration and Huck’s actions. Until Huck meets Tom in chapter 33, the two dimensions complement each other; the protagonist tells stretchers and admits to them. Subsequently he is plagued by guilt and tries to undo the pain he has caused (as...
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Posted by bbene on November 10, 2003 at 09:55 PM
Tom's imagination is revealed to be a destructive agent
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Emily Sheffield
Tom’s revelation about his knowledge of Jim’s freedom is one of the most surprising and disconcerting representations of fraudulence in Huckleberry Finn. Tom has been so engrossed in his fantastical game of playing the hero who sets Jim “free” with candlesticks etc, that he neglects to inform anyone that...
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Posted by esheffie on November 10, 2003 at 09:46 PM
Principles
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Taneisha Wilson
Huck looks up to Tom and follows him in all his escapades even when they’ll “maybe get us killed besides” (242). Huck looks up to Tom does what Tom wants him to do because Tom is “full of principle”(254). However as it turns out Tom is not as moral as...
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Posted by twilson on November 10, 2003 at 09:33 PM
Tom's Fraudulence and Huck's Blindness
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Meghan Gillis
Tom’s fraudulent manner over both Huck and Jim was self-centered to say the least. Tom knew that Miss Watson had freed Jim in her will, yet continued to play “games” in an elaborate scheme to help Jim escape. The actions of not only Tom, but also Huck are disappointing....
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Posted by mgillis on November 10, 2003 at 08:39 PM
Deception
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Kendall Brown
Throughout the Huck’s river adventure he assumes a leadership role in his interactions with Jim and people that meets on shore. With the arrival of the Duke and the King, Huck’s imagination and cunning is somewhat overshadowed by the professional quality of the Duke and King’s cons, however, he never...
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Posted by kbrown2 on November 10, 2003 at 08:25 PM
Huck Has Been Civilized
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Ryan Helminiak
It seems like Huck is finally acquiring a mind of his own throughout the liberating experience of his raft ride. Huck's decision to liberate Jim, even if it means going to Hell, seems to evidence this ability to take a stand for what he believes. However, it is quite surprising...
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Posted by rhelmini on November 10, 2003 at 08:03 PM
Huck, The Mini-Adult
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Molly McCarter
The most disturbing element of the end of this novel comes with the re-introduction of Tom and the absurdity of their plot to release Jim. Up until now Huck has been acting as a peer to Jim, and the reader may begin to forget Huck’s age and imagine his...
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Posted by mmccarte on November 10, 2003 at 07:31 PM
Huck: More Sivilzed Than He'd Like to Admit
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Andrew Morrison
The revelation that Jim is actually a free man brings to light a rather disturbing fraudulence behind Huck’s supposed reliability as a narrator. Despite that Huck claims he must “light out for territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I...
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Posted by amorriso on November 10, 2003 at 05:18 PM
The Manipulative Side of Huck
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Kira Chappelle
One particularly disturbing revelation in the last chapters of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is about a fraud we already knew—that Huck was pretending to be Tom Sawyer, and Tom to be Sid Sawyer. When Aunt Polly reveals to the kind, caring Phelps’s Huck’s and Tom’s true identities, “aunt Sally...
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Posted by kchappel on November 10, 2003 at 05:08 PM
Huck and Jim; A Friendship?
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Ged Wieschhoff
The most surprising revelation at the end of Huck Finn is that Jim knew much earlier in the novel that Huck’s father was dead and decided not tell Huck the news until he knew that he was a free man. It is angering to discover Jim’s knowledge so late...
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Posted by gwieschh on November 10, 2003 at 04:39 PM
Oh Tom – The Ultimate Fraud
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Jason Lewis
“Turn him loose! he ain’t no slave, he’s as free as any cretur that walks this earth!” (291). As Tom Sawyer utters these words to his aunt Sally, he mistakenly acknowledges his ultimate act of fraudulence. Tom is well aware of the fact that Jim is a free man when...
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Posted by jlewis2 on November 10, 2003 at 03:25 PM
naive fraudulence
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Tasha Graff
The events that play out after Tom Sawyer arrives back on the scene are perhaps the most disturbing events in the novel. Tom is so intent on “[inventing] all the difficulties” (247), he disregards any thoughts of safety and the potential death of Jim. Huck could have saved Jim in...
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Posted by tgraff on November 10, 2003 at 02:10 PM
High Pedastals and Big Plans
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Sophie Wiss
Huck’s response to Tom’s disclosure that the widow freed Jim in her will reinforces what we already suspected of Huck: he is under Tom’s spell. From early on in the narrative, Huck is able to see through Tom’s lies, pointing out that “all that stuff [about Arabs and elephants] was...
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Posted by swiss on November 09, 2003 at 11:22 PM
A Moral Gift with an Immoral Twist
Category: 07 Blog: Huckleberry Finn | Jade Dunn
Amidst the final pages of Huckleberry Finn, we become enlightened by several revelations – the boldest one being the fact that Jim, upon the death of Miss Watson, had been a free man during the entirety of the adventure. However, within this one limelight, there are many other discoveries...
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Posted by jdunn2 on November 09, 2003 at 04:44 AM