Saturday, March 22, 2014
Huck Finn Chapters 6-10
During chapters 6-10, i noticed several themes of freedom and enslavement. One major one was how Huck was kidnapped by his father and kept in a cabin in the woods. His father would leave and lock him in while he got drunk and then he would come back every night and beat him. I think Huck was considered a slave to his father because his father controled every aspect of his life during this period of time. Huck then gained freedom when he found the canoe, faked his death, and escaped to Jackson's Island. He was free from not only his father, but all rules entirely. He mentioned how he was free to smoke as often as he liked, which he was not able to do before. When Huck meets up with Jim, i thought because the two of them are so involved in their superstitious beliefs, that they could be considered slaves to all of their superstitious beliefs.
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Bella, this is a good start, but don't feel restricted by the word limit - it is a minimum, not a maximum. :) I would have liked to see you take more time to explore ideas that you skimmed over - like in any parent/child relationships what kinds of limitations are there on freedoms - for both parent and child? What role does society play in parenting?
ReplyDeleteI liked how you captured that Huck's father is treating him as a slave. He is really a terrible father due to the fact that he is always drunk and kidnapping his own son! It was a good interpretation when you connected slavery to the superstitious beliefs. However, you should have gone more into the freedom/ enslavement topic a little more.
ReplyDeleteI think that we can all agree that Huck is treated like a slave by his father, who in fact was controlling of his life. His father did control his life in someone way and I do feel that Huck still does feel his presence (mentally chained to his father). When he does escape he is free in a sense (physically from his father). I like how you connected both Huck and Jim being slaves to the superstitious beliefs. Generally people focus on their physical state of enslavement and not the mental part; but I like how you added that part in. Thanks for giving me a deeper input of slavery in the novel.
ReplyDeletenice point bringing up how Jim and Huck are slaves to their superstitious beliefs but I think you should have added more evidence and details to support that. I completely agree with Huck being a slave to his father especially during the period of time that his father had him locked in a cabin. Do you think its good for Huck to have THAT much freedom as he did on Jackson island or should there still be some sort of restrictions and rules implemented considering he's so young?
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