I had thought that Miss Watson or the Widow were already a legal guardian of Huck. Therefore I was thrown off when Miss Watson and Judge Thatcher tried to convince the court to grant full custody of Huck to the women. I think that Pap is a raging alcoholic with anger issues. He continues to lash out and act abnormal; I can see why Huck would not want to be around him. When Huck fooled Pap and ran away, I don't understand why Huck would not look around the island when he arrived there to make sure he was the only one. I realize he is young, but he seems intelligent enough to think of something as simple as that since he is trying to go unfound. I think he was testing his luck a little by getting too comfortable and putting out his traps and having a campfire. After some time had passed with Huck and Jim being together they found a dead man that had been shot. I am curious to find out why they man was shot. What is his story? I want to know where he came from, and what people he rubbed the wrong way. Chapter 11 was a bit hard to follow because there was so much going on and it had all happened so fast.
When Pap came to town, he heard everyone say that his son was rich. This made Pap jealous that his own son was better tan him. The way he acted jealous toward Huck made me realize what kind of person he is since he tries to take Huck's money from him to buy alcohol. A real father would try to help their child become better than they ever were. Pap is a very selfish man that only cares for himself; he thinks very highly of himself and is very arrogant and rude. He shows his true colors in his rant about the government on page 27. Pap was not only jealous of Huck, but anyone who was better than him and received more attention. He thinks he deserves more than anyone else, but the government is to naive to see it. I can see that some still openly showed resentment to African-American people, but I feel that others did not appreciate the kinds of things Pap was saying whether they agreed with him or not. This section of the chapter represented how appearance mattered; the African-American man was well-dressed and wealthy, he is also well respected for being an educated. Although he is well put together, the color of his skin is still not overlooked. Pap must be some sort of crazy because he seemed possessed by something awful during the night. He scared Huck so bad that he did not want to stay with him anymore. When Huck successfully fooled Pap and got to Jackson's island, his self-confidence increased. Though he became lonely before he met Jim, he was please with his accomplishment.
I liked the change in Huck's self-confidence; he now thinks that he is clever and smart for successfully fooling Pap and surviving on his own. I liked
When Pap came to town, he heard everyone say that his son was rich. This made Pap jealous that his own son was better tan him. The way he acted jealous toward Huck made me realize what kind of person he is since he tries to take Huck's money from him to buy alcohol. A real father would try to help their child become better than they ever were. Pap is a very selfish man that only cares for himself; he thinks very highly of himself and is very arrogant and rude. He shows his true colors in his rant about the government on page 27. Pap was not only jealous of Huck, but anyone who was better than him and received more attention. He thinks he deserves more than anyone else, but the government is to naive to see it. I can see that some still openly showed resentment to African-American people, but I feel that others did not appreciate the kinds of things Pap was saying whether they agreed with him or not. This section of the chapter represented how appearance mattered; the African-American man was well-dressed and wealthy, he is also well respected for being an educated. Although he is well put together, the color of his skin is still not overlooked. Pap must be some sort of crazy because he seemed possessed by something awful during the night. He scared Huck so bad that he did not want to stay with him anymore. When Huck successfully fooled Pap and got to Jackson's island, his self-confidence increased. Though he became lonely before he met Jim, he was please with his accomplishment.
I liked the change in Huck's self-confidence; he now thinks that he is clever and smart for successfully fooling Pap and surviving on his own. I liked