In chapters 37 and 38 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Aunt Sally thinks that she is losing her mind because her belongings keep disappearing. She was laying spoons out on the counter, and counting them. There was ten. Then Tom took one away when she wasn't looking, and she counted them again and there was only nine. So she counted them again after Tom put the spoon back; there was ten again. After she realized some of her possessions were missing, she began to blame people for stealing them. It seemed like she blamed everyone except the real culprits, Tom and Huck.
I don't really like Tom. I didn't like him that much at the beginning of the book when he made the band of robbers, but now I really don't like him at all. I think that Tom is annoying, and to me, it seems like he tries way too hard at everything like when Jim was "being held prisoner," Tom wanted to move a huge rock to help Jim escape. Then he realized that Huck and he couldn't move it by themselves so he had Jim come out of the place or shack that he was in to help him move it to help Jim escape. I don't get it!! Why would Tom make things so complicated? Does he think it's fun or something? Maybe he thinks it's funny? If Jim could just get out, then why did they have to move the huge rock?
Then Tom thought of the idea that they should put something in a pie to help him escape. So they made a rope ladder out of bed sheets and baked it in the pie to give to Jim. Ugh!!!!! Tom is really irritating me with the way that he makes everything a game. I don't think it's very funny. I would not be able to put up with him like Huck does, but I guess they are best friends so they probably don't really annoy each other.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
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