Since the beginning of the novel, Huck has change quite a bit. He has become more reliable and has adapted to a different lifestyle; life on the run in the wilderness. He is no longer taught what is right from what is wrong, therefore he doesn't always do what is right because there isn't anyone like Widow Douglas around to teach him the correct morals. I think that Huck has learned that living on the run and in the wilderness is a lot harder than he thought it would be. I think he thought that he would just be able to take a raft and run away from St. Petersburg without any trouble, but he has come across a lot of hassles such as having to dress up like a girl to find out how much everyone in the town knew and losing their raft after jumping on a wrecked ship that was sheltering dangerous men with gun then having to steal their life raft. As one can see, Huck and Jim haven't had the easiest time. Also I think that Huck and Jim's relationship has changed very dramatically. It went from sort of friends who barely knew each other to really close friends that "had each other's backs." They told each other everything, and I think that they kind of had their own way of comforting each other like when Jim was sad and missed his family.
In these chapters, the duke, the king, and Huck dress Jim up like a sick Arab; and they paint his face blue. Then they leave him beside a tree with a sign that said, "Sick Arab--but harmless when not out of his head." I don't understand what this sign means, and I also don't understand why they just left him there. Did they think it would be safer for him to stay there till they got back?
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I agree with you on how Huck has changed and become more reliable and how he has adapted to nature and his surroundings. I also agree with you on how Huck and Jim relationship has changed because truley they went from not so close and Huck thinking Jim was a stupid/dumb person to being really close friends.
I think that the reason they put the sign on JIm is because when other people come around they will keep on walking and stay away from him and keep their distance. But I also think that they want to keep away those who are trying to find run away black people and they don't want them to be found. Also i think they didn't take him with them because he might not make a good impression on those who they are trying to con.
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