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Name: Diana Anderson Date: February 5 2021 Period: 1 Mr. Powers, AP English Language & Composition

Huck Finn Dialectical Journal, Chapters 30-34 Dialectical Journals are two-sided ledgers with quotations on the left and student responses to the quotations on the right. This version is a guided dialectical journal; the quotations are already listed for you. As you come across these passages in the novel, write your reactions/responses/thoughts to it on the right. Here are some examples of Twain's most familiar quotes from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  In these examples, you will see how Twain's masterful use of dialog serves to put the reader right into the middle of this exciting and complex story. The king begin to gurgle, and then he gasps out: “‘Nough! I own up!” I was very glad to hear him say that; it made me feel much more easier than what I was feeling before. So the duke took his hands off and says: “If you ever deny it again I’ll drown you.” Chapter 30

This quote is showcasing how the King eventually confessed that he was doing the wrong thing, which made Huck eventually feel much better in his viewpoint. Throughout the quote it was shown that if the King ever lies about his confessions one more time the duke states that he will drown him.

That’s just the way: a person does a low-down thing, and then he don’t want to take no consequences of it. Thinks as long as he can hide, it ain’t no disgrace. That was my fix exactly. The more I studied about this the more my conscience went to grinding me,and the more wicked and low-down and ornery I got to feeling. Chapter 31

In this quote, Huck comes to the realization that people do not like going through consequences even though they are the ones in the wrong. Huck believes that if Jim hides and continues to do so he would not be able to be caught which results in no consequences. However, once Huck kept thinking about it, he started to feel terrible as time continued on.

“Alright, then, I’ll go to hell” -- and tore it up. Chapter 31

In this quote, Huck is stuck between two choices, Hell of Heaven because of the fact that Jim has been given the opportunity to get money from the Duke and King themselves. Because of this Huck writes a letter exposing Jim’s location however then changes his mind and decides to hide where Jim is. This makes Huck believe he is going to hell.

Chapter “It warn’t the grounding - that didn’t keep us back but a little. We blowed out a cylinder head.” “Good gracious! Anybody hurt?”

This quote showcases that Huck is speaking with Aunt Sally and that Huck states that running around was not going to be a problem and he blew out a cylinder head. Then afterwards Aunt Sally begins to ask if there was anyone injured and when asked Huck states no but then adds that a black person

“No’m. Killed a n####r.”

“Well, it’s lucky; because sometimes people do get hurt.” Chapter 32

was killed. However even though someone was killed Aunt Sally ignored it and said that it was a good thing that no one got hurt. This is a pure example of racism back in the day even though one got hurt, white people believed that black people's death was not of importance.

But if they was joyful, it warn’t nothing to what I was; for it was like being born again, I was so glad to find out who I was. Chapter 32

In this quote, Huck is showcasing his happiness because he is pretending to be Tom Sawyer. He states later that he does not care that others are happy or not however he cares that he knows who is supposed to be which makes him happy.

His eyes lit up, and he says: “I’ll help you steal him!” Well,I let go all holts then, like I was shot. It was the most astonishing speech I ever heard and I’m bound to say Tom Sawyer fell considerable in my estimation. Only I couldn’t believe it. Tom Sawyer a n****r stealer! Chapter 33

In this quote Huck tells Tom Sawyer about Jim and his plan on how to steal Jim from enslavement which Tom later agreed to. Huck was surprised that Tom agreed to his plan and he made sure and made him promise that Tom could not tell anyone about it.

[A]nd as they went by I see they had the king and the duke, though they was all over tar and feathers, and it didn’t look like nothing in the world that was human - just looked like a couple of monstrous big soldier-plumes. Well, it made me sick to see it; and I wassorry for them poor pitiful rascals, it seemed like I couldn’t ever feel any hardness against them any more in the world. It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.  Chapter 33

In this quote, Huck knows that it was the Duke and the King that was tied up even though it was quite hard to tell, he could tell it was them because of the feathers and tar. In this quote Huck compares them to soldier plumes however feels bad towards them because he feels sick inside just by looking at them and after he looked at them he did not think he could be angry anymore. THis quote showcases Huck’s soft heart and realizes that humans can really be mean to each other at times.

But that’s always the way; it don’t make no difference whether you do right or wrong, a person’s conscience ain’t got no sense, and it just goes for him anyway. If I had a yaller dog that didn’t know no more that a person’s conscience does I would poison him. It takes up more room than all the rest of a person’s

In this quote Huck recognizes that it does not matter if people act in right or wrong ways because either way we will feel a certain way either way. He uses an instance of a yellow dog for his claim and states that if the dog has the same conscience of a human he would most likely poison the dog. He ends off this quote by saying that human’s conscience

insides, and yet ain’t no good, nohow. Tom Sawyer says he’s the same. Chapter  33

consumes people and does not lead to anything beneficial.

All right - I’m glad we found it out detective fashion; I wouldn’t give shucks for any other way. Now you work your mind, and study out a plan to steal Jim, and I will study out one, too; and we’ll take the one we like the best.” Chapter 34

In this quote it is being showcased that Huck is proud of himself for noticing how to get Jim out like secret detectives. He tells Jim to figure out how to rescue Jim and Tom states that he will attempt to find a plan and between the two plans they will decide which they like best.

He told me what it was, and I see in a minute it was worth fifteen of mine for style, and would make Jim as free a man as mine would, and maybe get us all killed besides. So I was satisfied, and said we would waltz in on it. Chapter 34

In this quote Tom tells Huck his plan, and Huck believes that it is too complex and uses an expression that is so complex that it is 15 plans. He states that it would make Jim free but at the expense of people's lives. However Huck was pleased with the plan and went with his as he said it was the best option out of the two.

Here was a boy that was respectable and well brung up; and he had a character to lose; and folks at home that had characters; and he was bright and not leather-headed; and knowing and not ignorant; and not mean, but kind; and yet here he was, without any more pride, or rightness, or feeling, than to stoop to this business, and make himself a shame, and his family a shame, before everybody. I couldn’t understand it no was at all. Chapter  34

In this quote Huck is stating that Tom is a well mannered, respectful and smart boy however had a reputation of losing. He additionally states that he is more smart than ignorant and a more kind person instead of a rude one. However to this point in the book he still could not comprehend why he wanted to save Jim because he would be lowering himself and his family by doing something like this for a slave.

“Here’s the ticket. This hole’s big enough for Jim to get through if we wrench off the board.”

In this quote, Tom compares Huck’s plan of getting Jim through a hole to a game of tic tac toe and getting three in a row. He additionally states that it's like skipping school in order to find out how easy it should be. He also states that it is better that they find a more complex plan than Huck’s plan. Tom states that he likes the plan that they currently have because he wants mischief, however Tom finds a plan that is even longer.

Tom says: “It’s as simple as tit-tat-toe, three-in-a-row, and as easy as playing hooky. I should hope we can find a way that’s a little more complicated than that, Huck Finn.”

“Well, then, I says, ‘hoe’ll it do to saw him out, the way I done beforeI was murdered that time/” “That’s more like,” he says. “It’s real mysterious, and troublesome, and good,” he says, “but I bet we can find a way that’s twice as long.” Chapter  34...