huck Finn chapters 35-43

Give a brief summary of chapter 35

Huck and Tom plan a rescue for Jim

Where do most of Tom’s ideas come from?

adventure boks

How are huck and Tom foils?

Huck is practical , and wanting to save Jim. Tom is impractical, wanting a thrill

How to Aunt Sally and Silas treat Jim?

They are kind to him, but still keep him a slave

How do Tom, Huck & Jim Revert to their old ways in this chapter?

Tom is patronizing Huck, Huck is going along with it and Jim is a silent slave.

What does this quote mean. “Tom was in high spirits. He said this was the best fun he ever had, and the most intellectual; and said if he only could see his way to it we would keep it up the rest of our lives and leave Jim to our children to get out.

Tom only cares about thrills, and does not care about freeing Jim.

What is the topic of conversation at the breakfast table, and why is Aunt Sally Distressed?

Silas’ missing shirt, her missing silverware and her missing candles.

What tricks do Tom and Huck play on Aunt Sally.

they steal her things, put them back, and confuse her about how many things she has.

Explain the irony of Tom’s emotion while reading the “mournful inscriptions”.

He has shown no emotion over Jim being locked up and enslaved, but cries over fictional characters imprisonment.

What is ironic about stealing the grindstone?

they are able to free Jim to make him carry the grindstone, and instead of letting him go, they lock him back up again when it is done.

List some items Tom thinks Jim needs to be a proper prisoner

A plant, an onion to cry, spiders, snakes, rats and an instrument

What happens to the rats & snakes. Why does Hucks pov make it funny?

Huck & Tom hide the rats under Aunt sally’s bed . They then put the snakes in a bag and do not tie it. Snakes fall from the ceiling and the house is infested. Huck is unbothered, finding it strange that Aunt Sally is so freaked out.

Why does Tom decide to write anonymous letters? What is the purpose of them.

He has read it in books. The letters are supposed to help Jim escape, and scare Sally and Silas.

Why does Aunt Sally send Huck and Tom to bed right after supper?

They got home late & she knows trouble is coming (the letters)

What does Huck find it the setting room?

a mob of 15 farmers with guns.

What does the mob make Huck realize?

The gravity of the situation he and Tom are now in.

What causes Huck’s dismissal from the setting room.

He puts bread & butter on his head in the cellar. The setting room is to hot and all the questions make Huck nervous sweat. The butter melts down his head and everyone thinks he has brain fever. They rip off his hat to reveal the bread and butter. Aunt Sally is relieved, thinking all Huck has done is get a snack.

What occurs during the escape that causes Huck to go find a doctor and Jim to abandon his escape?

Tom Sawyer is shot in the leg

What motivates Jim to stop running?

Jim stays with Tom to make sure he is okay, knowing the bullet in his leg could be fatal.

What story does Huck tell the doctor.

Hi’m and his brother were on a raft, his brother kicked a gun in his dream and it shot him. The doctor is suspicious.

What does Huck do in chapter 41 that is inconsistent with his character? Why?

He stays in bed when Aunt Sally tells him to. He feels bad for what he has put her through.

Who appears as Aunt Sally reads the letter from her sis?

Tom, Jim & the doctor.

How do the men treat Jim? Who steps in to vouch for him?

They jeer at him, beat him, and want to kill him. The doctor defends him, citing his good character.

What new info does Tom give about Jim?

He was freed in the dead Widow Douglas’ will.

How are Huck & Tom’s true identities revealed to Aunt Sally?

Aunt Polly straightens out the confusion.

What had Tom planned to do when they had successfully escaped with Jim, since Jim was already free.

He wanted to take him back home on a steamboat and pay him off for his lost time.

What does Huck find out about his dad?

he was the dead man in the floating house at the beginning of the story.

How does the story come full circle for Huck?

He ends up being “sivilised” By Aunt Sally, just like the widow Douglas. he hates it and desires another adventure.