Woho last blog on freedom and elslavement!

In these last 10 or so chapters in the book, 'freedom and enslavement' has progressed tremendously. Huck and Tom have been trying to help Jim escape and make him the free man that he deserves to be. Tom even pretends to be 'Jim's mother' and Huck acts as 'Sally's slave servant' to help him. I feel that Tom and Huck are really trying to become good people in this world because they want to make sure that Jim can finally escape the torture he has been dealing with. My favorite part in the book would have had to be when they all finally did escape and this quote was said, 'Now old Jim, you're a free man again, and I bet you won't ever be a slave no more.' (Twain, 305). It is really great that Huck has faith in Jim that he will never be the person he was ever again- a slave and prisoner in this world. Something I found interesting though was when Huck said, 'I knowed he was white inside, and I reckoned he'd say what he did say-.'(Twain, 305). It was a little odd of Huck to think that Jim is acting like a white person just because he is now not considered a slave. I also was shocked that Miss. Watson actully didn't want Jim to be a slave and selling him down the river after we find out that she has died 2 months ago. It was amazing to see that in the end Jim gets praise for helping Tom when he was ill. He derverved all the excellent treatment that he got afterwards. 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' was a tough read but had quite a lot to speak upon different aspects of freedom and enslavement. 

4th blog on freedom and enslavement!

As the story progresses, the continuation of 'Freedom and Enslavement' has decreased a little bit but is still occuring. I find it quite appalling that at first, Huck thought it could not be natural for a black man (Jim) to feel as much love for their children as a white man. Now, he is finally starting to open up his horizons and see that blacks are just the same as whites. Another connection to enslavement is the quote, 'How is servants treated in England? Do they treat 'em better 'n we treat our niggers. No! A servant ain't nobody here.'(Twain, 199.) They also make a reference to them being even worse than dogs. I believe this is showing that slaves are treated just as bad in different parts in our world. Another interesting thought was that it was said that Miss Mary Jane had her trip ruined by some slaves. 'And it was the niggers -I just accepted it. She said her beautiful trip to England was just spoiled for her.' (Twain, 212). I feel that there is some appreciation towards slaves by Miss. Mary because she got so sad from the separation of the slaves. I believe Huck will do the best he can and achieve success in figuring things out with the money  while Miss. Mary uses freedom and goes to stay with Mr. Lothrop. 

3rd blog on Huck Finn :)

Right now in the book, Huck is beginning to have second thoughts about helping out his slave friend Jim.  'But you knowed he was running for his freedom, and you could have paddled ahead and told somebody.' (Twain, 109). I understand why Huck is feeling this particular way. Back then, it was uncalled for to help a slave, so Huck is going against the way of life back then by helping Jim to freedom. I thought it was so sweet when Jim was talking about saving up money to buy his wife back, then his kids when he gets to a free state. Huck really showed courage when he had to lie to the man who was a skiff that Jim was a white man. 'Well there's five niggers run off to-night ,up younder above the head of the bend. Is your man white or black.' (Twain, 111). He tells the man that he is white so they won't take Jim away. I think that Huck did the right thing by standing up for Jim because they have been traveling for a while together, and he can't lose him! One last thing that was interesting was when they mentioned in the story that slaves cause bad luck. This bad luck led to Huck having the feelings towards why the snake attacked them.

2nd blog on freedom and enslavement for Huck Finn!

As the chapters progress, there is still a lot of talk regarding to Freedom and Enslavement. There is talk of enslavement when they mention that, 'a government can't sell a free nigger till he's been in the state six months.' (Twain, 29). Hucks's father keeps ranting on about this while he is drunk, and address that he will never vote again because a black person was allowed to. Huck also uses the theme Freedom to go to school. He quotes, 'I didn't want to go to school much, before. but I reckoned I'd go now to spite Pap.' (Twain, 24). Huck gains freedom by going to school because he is tired of the way his father has been acting towards him, plus he is always drunk. Due to this fact (and Ms. Watson could not adopt him), he has chosen to run away to Jackson's Island to make a life for himself. Here, he also finds out that the slave Ms. Watson was holding (Jim) is also on the island hiding out. A women named Sarah has spoken to them about how people are saying that Huck was killed by possibly Jim. 

First Blog on Enslavement and Freedom- The Adventures of Huck Finn

The theme of 'Freedom and Enslavement' is addressed through-out the novel 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.' It is ironic in the story that a 'good white women' like Miss. Watson holds slaves in her home. ''By- and by-they fetched the niggers in then had prayers, then everyone went to bed.'' (Twain, 3). Miss. Watson is portraying  this theme by calling her slaves in during pray time. In chapter 2, Huck does not treat the slave Jim right. He ''slipped Jim's hat off his head and hung it on a limb right over him.'' (Twain, 6). I think that  Huck and Miss Watson are not being good role models when it comes to the slaves. Even being around Jim causes Huck to feel very uncomfortable. He only experiences an itch when he is around him, however it goes away once he leaves him. One last thing is that Huck tries to gain some freedom away from his controlling father who is a drunk. Having him living with the Widow Douglas/Miss.Watson at least gives him some freedom in his life. I'm hoping to see a change in the view slavery between Huck and Miss Watson/the Widow as the book continues to progress. I am also hoping to see the aspect of freedom change for different characters in the book, especially the slaves.

Happy Thanksgiving post! The Scarlet Letter chapaters 16-20

Well I have not completely finished the book yet (I am almost there!) I have really enjoyed most of this section of the novel. The first thing that grasped my attention on this section was how much Hester now hates Roger. She also quotes, 'He betrayed me! He has done me worse wrong then I did him!' (Hawthrone 173) Is this true though? I don't know if I agree with her one hundred percent that he was the one who was more of the wrongdoer. I think that they both are equally to blame for everything that happened between them.
A few pages after this happened, Pearl begins to question why her mother wears the scarlet 'A' on her bosom and why the minister holds his hand on his heart. She keeps begging her mother to tell her, but the only responce Pearl gets is 'Silly Pearl, I wear it for the sake of its gold thread.' (Hawthorne 177) Personally, I just wish that Hester would confess to Pearl and tell her why she wears it. They have been though so much together, and even though she is little-she should tell her all about her Scarlet letter plus who her father is!
When I wrote my last post , I was confused to whom the 'Black Man' they were dicussing was. It turns out to be that he is a man who haunts the forest and has people write their names with their own blood! Once again, Hester lies about her 'A' when she says 'Once in my life I met the Black Man!, This Scarlet Letter is his Mark! (Hawthorne 182)
Chapter 17 was a very intense chapter! I was happy to see that both the minister and Hester confessed things to each other. The minister told Hester that he has not found peace these past seven years. I know Hester has had more to deal with than the minister. However, I still wish that he had found peace and that he didn't have to suffer in his mind all this time. Hester said an even bigger thing to the minister! 'That old man!-the physician!-he whom they call Roger Chillingworth!-he was my husband!' (Hawthorne 190) I thought that Hester was going to keep this inside of her for the whole book. I am glad that she found the courage to speak this towards him (even though he already knew about it).
It's fascinating that after all the problems the minister and Hester had that they are coming together to  fight through their differences. 'She undid the the clasp that fastened the scarlet letter, and,taking it off her bosom,threw it to a distance among the withered leaves. (Hawthorne 198) I was in utter shock when she chose to try to forget about the 'A' ever being on her! This only lasted for a short period though. Pearl never saw her mother like this, so it made her turn insane! Without her mom having the letter on, she wouldn't become herself again. I understand why she had to put the letter back on. The things that happened from your past will always be a part whether they were good or bad. I feel like Hester needs to keep the 'A' on forever!

Since I'm absent I might as well start my blog on : The Scarlet Letter pages 114-169!

There were so many things in the section of the book that were important! However, I found chapter 9 to be quite boring to read. There were a few good key points in this chapter. Roger has now taken the role of a doctor and is now called a 'leech'. When I looked up more about this term, I found it quite interesting to see that it meant that doctors' used to drain blood from their patients! Roger is now the doctor of Dimmesdale because he has gotten very ill. Since Dimmesdale did not want to marry anyone younger then him, Roger is now living with him and is taking full care of him! 'As not only the disease interested the physician, but he was strongly moved to look into the character and qualities of the patient, these two men, so different in age, came gradually to spend much time together.'(Hawthorne 119) I found it a little weird that Roger spent TOO much time with his patient.  The part that grasped my attention a lot was that the town's people are now starting to think of Roger as the devil! 'Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale,in all ages of Christian world, was haunted either by Satan himself in the guise of old Roger Chillingsworth.'(Hawthorne 124)

Chatter 10 of the novel took me sometime to understand. What I got from it was that the Roger and Dimmesdale were having a conversation about Hester by Roger's plants. They hear Pearl outside and she says ' Come away, Mother!, Come away, or yonder old Black Man will catch you! (Hawthorne 131) Who is this black man Pearl is talking about? One last thing that caught my eye in this chapter was that Chillingsworth says Hester does not live with her sins buried because she openly shows her 'A'!

I could not believe a minster would commit adultery! At first I was kind of angry with the minister because he had Hester take all the blame all these years.  People hated her for so many years and since no one wold have expected the minister, he never say anything! I am happy now that at least now he is sharing to the town what he has done. 'Come up hither once again, and we will stand all three together!' (Hawthorne 149)  It is great that he finally went forward to the town and stood on the scaffold with the two of them. People still do not believe though that he did it! Someone said he dropped his glove but, ‘A pure hand needs no glove to cover it! (Hawthorne 155) I am curious to see when the people will believe he did it.   One of my favorite chapters so far was chapter 11. This was the first time that Hester and Roger have had a conversation in years! Throughout the whole novel, I kept waiting for Roger to seek revenge on Hester. Now, we know that the minister has no illness, and this secret is just eating him alive! 'I must reveal the secret.' (Hawthorne 169) I am so proud of Hester that she finally wants to stand up and show who the minister really is.