HI GUYS! Sorry for the late blog. Yeah. I found something in chapter 33. Huck reunites with Tom and the are back to scheming. That made me happy because it shows Huck's true age and how he should be behaving. I also like the fact that Tom was so willing to accept the fact that Huck was alive. Tom also agreed to help free Jim. This is out of character for Tom because he grew up learning that an escaped slave must be returned! I'm glad Tom is back. I like the energy and fun he brings to the plot. I feel like his friendship with Tom is lacking though. That may be because he thought that Huck was dead. Jim and Huck have an unconditional friendship. Huck betrayed other people to protect him and he does the same in this section of reading. However, Huck and Tom have a conditional friendship (previously).  Tom always wanted to be the leader and he is educated and religious and has the morals he was taught. I believe that Tom doesn't want friends who disagree with him. Now that Huck has gotten some experience in the world, his idea of religion is different than Tom's. Also Huck is street smart and outdoorsy while Tom is educated in school. The two boys are different in almost every way.  Tom wants followers and if Jim came in the way of Huck and Tom's friendship, Huck would obviously choose Jim.  I hope that Tom isn't secretly planning to betray Huck and get Jim captured. Huck has told a lot of lies to protect Jim. Now Huck and Tom are telling lies together to protect Jim. I really hate that lying comes so easily to everyone in this novel. I think twain was trying to show is how obviously society lies to everyone.  Even the little white lies that Tom told.  "I'm William Thompson". It's almost as easy as the most common lie in the world "I'm fine". People don't realize how many times they lie a day. I think that Tom and Huck were just having fun and they didn't realize the danger of the lies. A lie is a betrayal of truth and it comes so easy to them. They aren't well though out and planned lies, but they were still lies. So... Yeah lies, betrayal and friendships and drug like that!

As I was reading through the chapter 27 ( I think) I obviously saw the part when the dauphin cons the Wilkes women into selling their home. This really made me angry. I feel as though it is one think to lie and even to steal, but playing with someone's safety really bothers me. People need homes to survive. Not everyone is as "outdoorsy" as Huck is. The dauphin really is the worst character in the book so far. The dauphin even goes on to separate the family of slaves. For some strange reason, I am a firm believer in families. My family is really big and we try to help each other when something goes wrong. Separating a family is clearly devastating and the more I read through the chapter the more upset I got. It's sad to think that the two men had no remorse for what they were doing. Everyone makes mistakes but the thing that separates the "good" people from the "bad" people is the ability to learn from them. The duke and dauphin obviously haven't been caught, or if they have, they do not care. The way the duke and dauphin act shows immaturity and lack of integrity. Someone as old as a 70 year old has a lot of life experience. Knowledge, maturity and integrity are gained through life experience. The only thing this man knows is how to rob people of everything they have owned. The whole time I was reading the part where the slaves are separated, I was upset and considered putting off my reading. However, I couldn't stop because I wanted to see Hucks plan of exposure come to light. (Props to Twain for keeping me interested). I am tired of this plot though. I just want to fast forward through all of this drama and get to the part where huck can just be happy. He has been controlled by someone his entire life. Huck was also controlled by fear. I am honestly just ready for the light at the end of the tunnel that is this novel.

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