Thursday, February 2, 2012
Huck Finn
So pretty much at this point, Huck and Jim are still found with the dauphin and the duke. They're rehearsing lines of Hamlet but obviously, they don't know too much about it, but Huck still seems to find all of this very interesting. We're then taken over to a scene where some man has killed another and a mob forms to lynch him. Huck witnesses this and it sort of still shows the whole idea that there is chaos and drama wherever he goes. After that, the duke and the dauphin post flyers that they will perform a play but they don't seem to do too well. They then post another one, but only intended for men. The performance is short though and the crowd feels as if they were ripped off, but tend to take it out on the other towns people, claiming that the play was actually good so that they get ripped off as well. They earn well over 400 dollars but make their escape on the third night. Huck also witnesses a circus, where one man is doing a dangerous task. While everyone else is cheering though, Huck can't bare to watch because he is afraid for the mans life and doesn't understand why anyone would want to do anything so dangerous. Jim is now complaining that he's always tied up while everyone else leaves and goes out. They enter into the next town and find out about some guy who has just died but left an inheritance for his two brothers. The duke and the dauphin take this opportunity and go to the Wilks', claiming to be the two brothers. The plot works and they both receive 6,000 dollars. Huck feels great disgust towards them and how low they can be in performing something so terrible. This shows that Huck is a truly good person and even though he has done many things to lie and run away, he still has a conscience and manages to keep a hold of his morals.
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