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.
2 comments:
I like the fact that you just like myself can see how Huck's vast growth of knowledge on people no matter what race they are. I like that Huck is capable of seeing that we are all humans and we do express the same emotions no matter what our standing in society is. It is sad, but true that slaves at that time were treated bad at that time, but I couldn't disagree with you when you stated that their help was greatly need. I felt as if slaves were the backbone of society during this unjust period of history. I like how you connected slavery around the world.
It was good that you showed Hucks growth in the novel and that you brought up the fact that you thought the theme wasnt as prominent anymore because theyre reaching a turning point in their lives and thinking. Do you think aside from the obvious fact that Jim is a slave and Huck is maturing that other people in the story and around the world as you said are still slaves to their beliefs of norms in society?
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