Chapters 31-35

In these chapters, Huck achieves freedom only to be captured once more. Huck manages to escape from the King and Duke only to be captured by them again; but not physically. Jim's sale enslaved Huck mentally as seen on page 239 when Huck says, "Then I set down and cried; I couldn't help it". I believe this enslaved Huck mentally because his thoughts are now on how to free Jim which is is hard for a teenager to do. This was also the first time I've seen Huck cry. This shows his affection towards Jim and how lost he feels without him. Huck says he'll even go to hell if it means freeing Jim. I think this was great. I believe Huck is finally addressing his struggle of helping Jim. It's obviously hard to help a runaway slave and any boy with "common sense" would have turned Jim in. But Huck is different. I feel he has seen both sides of the story. He knows black people aren't as bad as white people make them out to be. And I have to say that I love Huck's decision of freeing Jim. To me, it seems like a sort of freedom of thought and mind. However, Huck is captured once again by Tom. Huck knows Tom's plan is crazy and complicated but follows anyways which is enslavement. Huck doesnt' even try to break free when he says "You going, right here in the day-break? That weren't the plan" andTom responds, "No, it warn't-but it's the plan now" (p. 265). To see Huck not going against Tom of all people for the sake of saving Jim the worst. It's really not great because I feel Huck isn't blooming, or growing.