Achilles loss of his brother affects his sanity and enrages him to an inhumane vengeance on Hectors body. Achilles struggles to get a grasp on the loss of his broth Patroclus and takes all his anger out on Hectors body after killing him. Achilles convinced himself that his anger would stop after he had killed Patroclus’ killer, Hector. It just continued to enrage him further, as after every time he mutilated Hectors body it receded to a peaceful untouched state. The reader is able to understand the depth of Achilles and Patroclus’ relationship and the strong connection that they shared, which went deeper than just adoptive brothers and cousins they were soul mates.
What Comes of Handling Snake-skin (pg 52) Jim told Huck that touching snake skin causes bad luck and Huck decides to trick Jim with a dead rattlesnake but ends up causing Jim a snake bite that takes “four days and nights” to heal. As the story goes on, Jim has repeatedly proved himself to be correct in Huck’s eyes, even thought Huck refuses to acknowledge it. XI. They’re After Us! (pg 52) Huck disguises himself as a girl to “slip over the river and find out what was going on” and he went to a lady who immediately found out that Huck was a boy
In the novel Ghost Boy, by Iain Lawrence, the author explores the negative results of growing up, and difficult, especially when it is a struggle to figure out one’s true identity. Harold Kline is an albino. He is mad fun of by other children and called Ghost Boy. His mother remarries after his father and his brother are killed in World War II, and he finds that the man his mother married is cruel and mean. Harold wishes that he fit somewhere, that there would be a place for him.
When he almost turns Jim into the slave catchers, he realizes that Jim is his best friend, and when he thinks he is doing the right thing by writing the letter to Ms. Watson, he then realizes that Jim does not deserve that. Jim is a good person, especially to Huck and so he begins making a plan, “ And for a starter I would go to work and steal Jim out of slavery.” (207). He decides to break Jim free from the Phelps farm because he knows in his heart that it is wrong for Jim to be enslaved. Huck is now taking the risk of getting himself into legal trouble, as he is now physically stealing Jim. This is different from
He feels better after doing the right thing. After contemplating whether to help free Jim for a second time, Huck thinks about all the times Jim has been there for him and helped him and been selfless and cannot bring himself to not help free his friend. Furthermore “[Huck] struck the time [he] saved [Jim] by telling the men [they] had small-pox aboard, and [Jim] was so grateful” (223), making it almost impossible for Huck to
Huck should have told the officials about the runaway slave, Jim, immediately as he found him. Yet throughout the story Huck grows a strong bond with Jim which is unheard of in those times. Jim gets taken and Huck debates on trying to save his friend or let a slave go rightfully. “All right then, I’ll go to hell” (Twain 214) This is one of the most powerful statements in the book because its Huck accepting the fact that he is willing to go to give up his immortal spirit in order to help his friend, Jim, and do what is right. Huck completely now views Jim as more than just property, but as a person.
Jim teaches Huck how to make right decisions, how to treat people equally no matter what race they are, and the love of friendship. While Jim was in the jail, Huck met his best friend Tom. Tom is everything that Huck is not. Tom’s stubborn reliance on the “authorities” of romance novels leads him to acts of incredible stupidity and startling cruelty. While find out a way to save Jim, Huck met Tom, he became just like Tom, and he would do whatever Tom tells him to do to avoid trouble.
It is a novel of improvement and development. Jefferson has been sentenced to death for a crime he did not commit. His attorney refers him as a hog, but he learns how to become a man and gets off of his four legs and stands. By Grant teaching Jefferson to die with dignity and by Jefferson learning how to die with dignity he is able to initiate a transformation in the community by refusing to fulfill the expected expectations placed upon him by a racist white society. Grant plays an important role in Jefferson’s development.
Huck learns what is really right and wrong. He does not simply follow society and their beliefs, but believes in what he thinks is right all along: freeing Jim and doing everything in his power to save him from a miserable life away from his family, who are the people he cares the most for. In the end, Huck and Jim cared for each other and created their own small
In Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Fin, the reader follows Huck’s journey to mature into a man. In the story, Huck goes from being taken care of by the widow and her sister to being kidnapped by his drunkard bum father. Then from there Huck fakes his own death and runs away from everyone and he encounters Jim the runaway slave with the same intentions. They travel down the Mississippi river and encounter and interact with many people. Huck has many adventures during this time and the many different conflicts help mold his moral conscience.