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Huck Finn Chapters 36-43
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The Adventures of Hucklebery Finn: Chapters 36-43
Chapters 36-37
Summary: Chapter 36
Chapters 36-37
Characters
- Huck Finn- Throughout this chapter Huck still follows Tom even though his methods are unreal, because he sees him as his idol.
- Tom Sawyer- Comes up and thinks of fantasy methods for Jim's escape.
- Jim- Remains in the shack while Tom and Huck plan for his escape
- Nat- The Phelps' slave who brings food to Jim and helps out with his escape.
Characters
- Tom and Huck sneak out at night to begin digging the escsape hole.
- They use pick-axes after giving up from using the pocket knives.
- They tell Jim they will use Nat to hide tools and things for his escape
- Tom would have wanted to make his escape an 80 year record.
- 11 dogs sneak in Jim's shack and Nat passes out when he thinks they are witches.
- Tom tells Nat to let him make a witch pie
- to avoid bad luck by the witches
CONNECTION
Blindly following the lead of another can lead to ones own as well as others misfortune
● EX: Huck listening to everything Tom says, surrounding
Jim's release from capture, has lead Huck into many close
calls like when he was almost caught by Aunt Sally for
stealing the spoon, also Jim remains imprisoned so he is
not in a good situation either.
Chapter 37
- Huck and Tom Leave Jim's shed and are almost caught stealinng tools and things needed for Jim's escape.
- Huck and Tom trick Aunt Sally by messing with the spooms which make her lose the spoon count.
- Huck and Tom block all the rat holes for Uncle Silas because he was blamed for the lost spoon by Aunt Sally.
- Huck and Tom bake the witch's pie and hide the rope in it for Jim so he can escape.
Chapter 37
Characters
Huckleberry Finn- Continues to follow Tom because he
idolizes him and is also almost caught by the discovery of
missing items
Tom Sawyer- Continues planning for Jim's rescue and is almost
caught for the items he stole
Jim- Still held captive and expects to receive tools sent by Huck
and Tom
Uncle Silas- Can't find the shirt Huck and Tom stole and
is blamed for the missing items.
Aunt Sally- Puzzled by the disappearance of Silas' shirt and the
bed sheet, she also interrogates the family for clues
Nat- After being scared into thinking he was being haunted by
witches, he will give a witch pie to Jim with a rope for his escape
Connection
Growing Up
Connection
Chapter 38
SUMMARY
- Tom tells Jim to add inscriptions into the wall of the shed before he escapes
- The boys try stealing a millstone but it is too heavy for them
- Lastly, Tom tries to get Jim to take a snake, rat, or spider into the shed
Chapter 38
CONNECTION
Connects to jail and how people often write stuff on the walls of thier cell as well as how long they have been there
Chapters 39 and 40
Chapter 39
Chapters 39-40
- Tom and Huck capture snakes and rats to put in the shed with Jim captive and accidently infest the whole house with them.
- Uncle Silas intends to advertise Jim as a captured runaway slave.
- Tom wants to prevent that from happening so he writes a letter threatening the family.
- The letter he writes to the family says that theives will attempt to seize Jim.
Chapter 40
Chapter 40
- Aunt and Uncle Silas are curious about the letter.
- Several armed farmers become uneasy and attack the shed leaving Tom, Huck, and Jim to escape.
- They reach the canoe and head straight for the raft and find out that Tom got shot in the leg.
- They worry if they should take Tom to a doctor.
- Huck believes that Jim is "White" inside.
Themes
betrayal and mistreated
Themes
individualism
Chapters 41-42
Summary:
Chapters 41-42
- Huck finds a doctor to help Tom
- As Huck is returning home he finds a group of women with Aunt Sally
- Jim, the doctor, and Tom return home
- Everyone wants to hang Jim for his punishment, but the doctor speaks up for him
- Waiting for Tom to wake up
- Tom tells everyone that Jim is free
- Mrs. Watsom died about two months ago and set Jim free in her will
- Aunt Polly shows up and reveals everyone's fake identities
Chapter 43
- Jim was finally released from being imprisoned and his help with the doctor impressed Aunt Polly, Aunt Sally, and Uncle Silas so they gave him food and cleaned him up
- Jim also got $40 for being a patient prisoner
- Tom talks about taking Jim and Huck on adventures but Huck claims that he doesn’t have the money for it because he assumed his father took his money from Judge Thatcher and used it to get drunk
- Jim tells Huck that he doesn’t have to worry about his father because the dead body they found back in chapter 9 was Pap.
Connections
It is revealed that Jim had been freed throughout a large portion of the novel, this strenous and almost pointless journey Huck and Jim went on can be connected to Dante's Inferno.
Connections
Works Cited
- Ms. Dedmon's Huck Finn Summaries for 36-39
- http://liuan1014.blog.stab.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/37/2015/12/c36-309.jpg
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- http://wa.westfordk12.us/pages/FOV1-0006DB0B/KKucaj/huck/c35-37.pdf