A mob swarmed toward Sherburn's house in anger, and they wanted to hang him. Just then, Sherburn steps out onto his front porch with a double-barrel gun and, risking his life, tells them that they are a bunch of wimps and that they are weak for having to form a mob to come after him. Then he tells the mob that no one is going to hang him in the daylight. After hearing this, the mob breaks up and leaves. I think that Sherburn is brave and smart for walking out onto his porch to say that, but at the same time I think that he is kind of a coward himself because, although he isn't showing it, why else would he have brought a gun with him if he wasn't scared. He is being smart because he is showing them that he has the "guts" to confront them.
Later, Huck goes to the circus. One of the circus performers pretends to be drunk and rides a horse in the middle of the ring. He seemed to have trouble hanging on. It sounds like the circus back then is like the circus now. I didn't think that there was a such thing as a circus then. Huck can't watch the man on the horse because he is in danger. I think that this shows a lot about Huck, about how he is actually a lot more caring than we thought and more considerate.
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