HF+Chapter+31

After little to no success with the Royal Nonesuch and other schemes, the king and duke are fresh out of ideas to make money. So when the next small town of Pikesville comes by, they turn in Jim for forty dollars without the consent of Huck. Huck is sad, but at the same time conflicted about whether or not to get back Jim or give him up.He even writes a letter to Miss Watson, but he goes against his morals and decides to save Jim. In order to fool the slaveowners who who were keeping Jim, he goes by the name of Tom Sawyer.
 * __HuPlot summary__**:

Huck is conflicted about the situation with Jim, but decides to rescue him anyways. Huck goes by the name of Tom Sawyer to get into the Phelps household. The King and Duke are beoming mistrustful of Huck. Huck wants to completely rid himself of Duke and King. Huck assumes false identity of Tom Sawyer.
 * __Characterization__**:

The thought of conscience and trust coming to play with Huck deciding on what to do about jim and the mounting distrust of Huck vs. the king and duke.Huck ends up following his conscience rather then conform to the corrupted civilization he was brought up in. This shows the reader that Huck is begining to question what society thinks is right and is starting to see civilization for what it really is.Along with social conditioning, this is also a major bildungs roman part of the novel because Huck throws away the letter he wrote to Miss Watson. The nature and river are a focus idea in the chapter because that is where Huck goes to think.
 * __Theme__**

Huck's defect- Trys to stay within conventions of society, but usually just trusts his heart Duke and King - They are too greedy to really be called trustworthy In the return to civilization in this chapter, the defects of it are show strongly:
 * __Civilization__**
 * Jim is sold back into slavery
 * Huck is in a major problem with his morals and with the Duke and the King
 * Duke and the King Lie and are the most deceiving in this chapter

Twain stresses relationship between human nature vs. conventions or Huck's Heart vs. Huck's conscience and the views of society.
 * __Twain's analysis__**:
 * Equality-Huck throws away the letter because he sees Jim as an equal
 * Lying-
 * Wrong- The Duke and the King lie about where Jim is
 * Right- huck lies so that he can save Jim
 * Nature vs. Convention- letter event
 * Family-Huck's love for Jim
 * Religion Not always right(letter event)