Chapter+26

__Character List for Chapter 26__  · Huck  · Jim  · Duke  · King  · Joanna  · Mary Jane  · The Doctor

 **Chapter 26- __Adventures of Huckleberry Finn__ by Mark Twain. **

 v The attitude/ the way of life in this time period is different than it is now. If Huck were me, and I was caught lying, I would be in trouble. Instead, Mary Jane let his lying slide.  v A point in satire in this chapter is when they are comparing English servants and the slaves in the United States. They said that “…they treat them worse than dogs,” (pg 131). When in actuality, the slaves in the United States are treated worse than dogs.  v Twain compares Mary Jane to a baseball team going against an opposing team (Hare-Lip). Making their feud seem like a competition.  v <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The duke went and robbed some orphans of some gold; then afterwards, he todl Huck that he did not want to rob them of everything that they had. But, he pretty much just stole all their money. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> v <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">The way of life has changed since back then in many was first of all the King and the Duke wouldn’t have been able to get away with stealing the money as easy as they did in the book. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> v <span style="font-family: "Times New Roman",serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Twain through in another element of satire. By Huck “conning” the con men, he fools them when they are supposed to be the sneaky and sly ones.

__<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Summary of Chapter 26 __ <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;">The night when the doctor came to warn them, Joanna and Huck eat together, since they are the youngest two people there at the dinner. They talk and she asks him all about England, and Huck lies to her in order to sound smart. She finds out about him lying several times, and Huck keeps pretending to choke on a chicken bone in order to think of a way out. Mary Jane overhears Joanna telling Huck that she does not believe him and makes Joanna apologize to Huck for being so mean. Huck decides he cannot let the King and Duke steal the money from these extremely nice girls. <span style="color: #000000; font-family: Verdana,sans-serif; font-size: 10pt; line-height: 200%;"> Huck goes to the King's room and hides when he hears the Duke and King coming. The King and the Duke debate whether they should leave now that suspicion has been raised or wait until the rest of the property is sold off and they can get the rest of the money. They choose to stay and hide their money in their mattress (מזרונים). Huck steals the money right away and waits until it is safe to go downstairs to hide it from the Duke and the King.

Analysis: <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;">Twain wrote this chapter to show the reader that Huck is starting to see that going along with flow is not always the right thing to do. One quote that supports my analysis of this chapter is when Huck says “I say to myself, this is a girl that I‘m letting that old reptile rob her of her money.’’ This quote is valuable to my analysis because throughout this chapter Huck thinks to himself about how he is letting the girls get ripped off. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Another quote that supports my analysis is when Huck says “I felt so ornery and low down and mean, that I says to myself, my mind made up: I’ll hide that money for them or bust.”This quote shows that Huck knows by allowing the king and the duke to steal the money that he is doing something wrong and he is not going to allow it to happen. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> In addition a quote that supports my opinion is this statement by Huck “I got to steal that money, somehow: and I got to steal it some way that they won’t suspicion that I done it. They’ve got a good thing, here; and they ain’t agoing to leave till they’ve played this family and this town for all they’re worth, so I’ll find a chance enough. I’ll steal it, and hide it; and by-and-by, when I’m away down river, I’ll write a letter and tell Mary Jane where it’s hid.” This quote shows how Huck knows that the King and Duke are going to take all the valuable things they can from the girls and the town. He realizes he cannot let that happen and has to find away to get the money and keep it safe. <span style="font-family: &#39;Times New Roman&#39;,&#39;serif&#39;; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"> Throughout this chapter Huck gets courage to the right thing no matter what others in society are telling him.