Jim flees from his owner after overhearing her discussing whether or not to sell him for dollars. Because of fog and other difficulties, they miss this conjunction and then other things happen. He is sold as a runaway by the king to Silas Phelps. He plays the unhappy part of prisoner to satisfy the childish whims of Tom Sawyer.
Why does Huck want to save Jim Turner? Huck began to think how dreadful it was, even for murderers, to be in such a fix. How does Huck send help to the Walter Scott? It is Jim , and so to prevent Jim from being captured, Huck lies and said it is his father, who is suffering from smallpox. When Huck reaches this realization, he makes a decision to reject conventional morality in favor of what his conscience dictates.
Chapter 17 He has been brought up by his father, the town drunk, and has a difficult time fitting into society. Jim is thrilled to see Huck alive, but Huck tries to trick Jim by pretending that Jim dreamed up their entire separation. Jim tells Huck the story of his dream, making the fog and the troubles he faced on the raft into an allegory of their journey to the free states.
But soon Jim notices all the debris, dirt, and tree branches that collected on the raft while it was adrift. He gets mad at Huck for making a fool of him after he had worried about him so much. Huck eventually apologizes and does not regret it.
He feels bad about hurting Jim. Jim and Huck worry that they will miss Cairo, the town at the mouth of the Ohio River, which runs into the free states. Jim talks on and on about going to the free states, especially about his plan to earn money to buy the freedom of his wife and children.
When Huck and Jim think they see Cairo, Huck goes out on the canoe to check, having secretly resolved to give Jim up. Huck comes upon some men in a boat who want to search his raft for escaped slaves. Huck pretends to be grateful, saying no one else would help them.
He leads the men to believe that his family is on board the raft and is suffering from smallpox. Out of pity, they leave Huck forty dollars in gold. Huck feels bad because he thinks he has done wrong in not giving Jim up. However, he realizes he would feel just as bad if he had given Jim up. Floating along, Huck and Jim pass several towns and worry that they have passed Cairo in the fog. They stop for the night and resolve to take the canoe upriver but in the morning discover that it has been stolen.
Bibliography and Citations. Life on the Mississippi. Critical Companion to Mark Twain. Twain's last visit to Cairo was in , described in Life On the Mississippi.
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