Thursday, January 15, 2009

Help the Robbers?

In Chapter 13, Huck Finn goes to the ferryboat captain to tell him about the the men that are stranded in the boat. Why does he do this? Even though the men are robbers/murderers, he claims to feel sorry for leaving them "in a fix". He makes up an entire story just so the man will take his ferryboat out and help the men. But did he really want to help the men, or did he just want the robbers to be caught? To me, Huck is a very nonjudgemental person. Because of this, he felt like it wasn't his decision whether or not the men should die for their wrong doing.
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  1. JcBoffJanuary 15, 2009 at 1:11 PM

    I don't think Huck neccessarily wanted the robbers to get caught for what they have done. I think it is more that Huck does not want the robbers to die because of him. He figures that as long as he can make sure they survive, their deaths will not be on his head.

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  2. Orange_Haired_PartierJanuary 15, 2009 at 1:26 PM

    well even though people do bad things most of us normal people feel empathy

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