Dialectic journal, Huck Finn Ch. 9-16 :: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain

recite 1En all you wuz thinkin bout wuz how you could make a sop up 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 frens en makes em ashamed. Then he got up slow and walked to the wigwam, and went in there without saying anything however that. But that was enough. It made me feel so think I could almost embraceed 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 warnt ever sorry for it afterward, neither. I didnt do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldnt done that one if Id a knowed it would make him feel that way (83-84).Analysis Huck plays this trick on Jim, but doesnt put one over 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 black. This is sort of ironic because Jim was just talk of the town almost kissing Hucks feet because he was glad he was back, but then Huck feels so bad for hurting Jim, that he could kiss Jims feet, even if he was black. Huck seems to have a moment which will help him along on the path of equality between whites and blacks as well.Quote 2Jim, this is nice, I says. I wouldnt want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and rough live corn-bread.Well, you wouldnt a ben here f it hadnt a ben for Jim. Youd a ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner, en gittn mos drownded, besides dat you would, honey.AnalysisThis part is actually ironic, because Jim is black, and Huck is white, and Jim has helped Huck a lot, possibly to the extent of saving his life. This is ironic because normally, a white person wouldnt take the help of a black person.Dialectic journal, Huck Finn Ch. 9-16 Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark TwainQuote 1En all you wuz thinkin bout 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 frens en makes em ashamed. 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 warnt ever sorry for it afterward, neither. I didnt do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldnt done that one if Id a knowed it would make him feel that way (83-84).Analysis Huck plays this trick on Jim, but doesnt 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 black. This is sort of ironic because Jim was just talking about kissing Hucks feet because he was glad he was back, but then Huck feels so bad for hurting Jim, that he could kiss Jims feet, even if he was black. Huck seems to have a moment which will help him along on the path of equali ty between whites and blacks as well.Quote 2Jim, this is nice, I says. I wouldnt want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread.Well, you wouldnt a ben here f it hadnt a ben for Jim. Youd a ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner, en gittn mos drownded, too dat you would, honey.AnalysisThis part is actually ironic, because Jim is black, and Huck is white, and Jim has helped Huck a lot, possibly to the extent of saving his life. This is ironic because normally, a white person wouldnt take the help of a black person.