Fast Food Nation
Thursday, September 22, 2011
Chapters 12-15
In these chapters Huck's characters can almost be characterized as contradictory. Huck is seen as being educated from what he has read, and then on the hand his actions speak differently. When Huck is trying to teach Jim about Kings and solemn it almost seems that Huck is no longer this ignorant boy that we read about in the first few chapters actually but quite learned. Then on the other end Huck is portrayed as being dumb when he spy's on the murders when the ferry is about to sink. These two contrasting points that Twain writes are meant to show that even though Huck is not completely ignorant in books or survival nor is he very well educated in both. Twain demonstrates that Huck may act adult-like at times but that in reality he is still very childish and still has a lot to learn.
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I think that Huck has had to prove to Jim and almost to himself that he is still a young boy and his actions will be different than older men's. I agree with the statement that Huck is educated in both literature (to some extint) and real situations as well. Not all education comes from a textbook. I foreshadow that Huck will do something very childish that will led to trouble for both him and Jim.
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