Dialectic Journal, Huck Finn Ch. 9-16
Essay title: Dialectic Journal, Huck Finn Ch. 9-16
Dialectical Journals: Huck Finn
Quote 1:
ââEn all you wuz thinkinâ âbout wuz how you could make a fool uv ole Jim wid a lie. Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey frenâs en makes âem ashamed.â Then he got up slow and walked to the wigwam, and went in there without saying anything but that. But that was enough. It made me feel so mean I could almost kissed his foot to get him to take it back. It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a ; but I done it, and I warnât ever sorry for it afterward, neither. I didnât do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldnât done that one if Iâd âaâ knowed it would make him feel that way â (83-84).
Analysis:
Huck plays this trick on Jim, but doesnât realize it would hurt him so much. Jim is very hurt, and goes inside the wigwam. Huck has to bring up courage to apologize to Jim because he is a . This is sort of ironic because Jim was just talking about kissing Huckâs feet because he was glad he was back, but then Huck feels so bad for hurting Jim, that he could kiss Jimâs feet, even if he was a . Huck seems to have a moment which will help him along on the path of equality between whites and blacks as well.
Quote 2:
ââJim, this is nice,â I says. âI wouldnât want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another