HF+Chapters+16+to+19

__ Chapter 16 __ Plot Summary · Huck and Jim fear they will miss Cairo · Huck at first feels guilty for helping Jim escape, feels like he is stealing Jim away from Miss Watson · Jim talks about what he will do when he is free § save up his money; never spend a cent § buy his wife, steal his children back · this makes Huck want to turn Jim in  ·  Jim says “Dah you goes, de ole true Huck; de on’y white gentleman dat ever kep’ his promise to ole Jim.” § this makes Huck feel bad for wanting to turn in Jim · Huck about to go ashore, runs into raft with men looking for runaway slave § The men ask if Huck had seen the slave, and want to look at Huck’s raft § Huck tries to get them to stop – when the men infer that Huck is talking about pap having smallpox, the men give Huck money and goes away § Huck saves Jim and Jim thanks Huck · They realize they could have passed Cairo · Boat hits raft and Huck and Jim dive off the raft · Huck arrives at the shore and stumbles onto a log cabin __ Chapter 17 __ Plot Summary · Huck caught at log cabin – men come out with guns, dogs bark §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Huck says his name is George Jackson §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Men ask if Huck knows the Shepherdsons §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Huck finally is allowed to go in the door ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Huck meets the Grangerford family §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Mother gets slave to get food for Huck, gets son, Buck to give Huck dry clothes §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Buck is just like Huck §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Learn that Huck is 13 or 14 years old ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> The parlor furnishings §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> very nice house §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> no bed in parlor §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> clock on middle of mantelpiece, parrots on each side of chalk §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> crockery cat and dog §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> wild turkey-wing fans §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> crockery basket on table – apples, oranges, peaches, grapes (fake) §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> tablecloth- oil-cloth with red and blue eagle spread on it  §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">  Books – Pilgrim’s Progress, Bible, etc.  §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;">  Pictures – Washington’s, Lafayette’s, battles, pictures daughter had drawn ·<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> Emmeline Grangerford §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> dead Grangerford daughter §<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman'; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; font-size: 7pt; line-height: normal; font-size-adjust: none; font-stretch: normal;"> very good writer/artist Plot Summary
 * __Chapter 18__**
 * Huck is living with the Grangerfords
 * We learn about the family feud between the Grangerfords and the Sheperdsons
 * Huck likes the family he is living with and becomes comfortable there
 * His slave leads him to Jim who is hiding in a swamp and has rebuilt the raft.
 * Huck goes and retrieves the hymn book for Miss. Sophia and then finds out that she has run off with one of the Shepersons boys.
 * The two families break out in a huge fight and only Huck and Jim escape off into the river.

Plot Summary Characterization
 * __Chapter 19__**
 * Huck and Jim are back on the river
 * They run across two guys who are also running away from people.
 * These two guys have tricked a town and taken their money and are now on the run
 * Huck and Jim let them ride the raft with them and see it as more company
 * The men create ridiculous stories about being a King and a Duke and would like to be treated with more respect.
 * Huck doesn’t believe them but goes along with it because Jim believes them
 * Huck- Shows his reckless side as he just leaves Jim as if on a whim, then also helps two men who are running away from a mob without remorse. This demonstrates once again the father son connection Jim and Huck share as Jim is angry that Huck left.
 * Jim - Shows his slave side when the Duke comes and reveals who he is, he starts calling him "your majesty" and such. Jim is very excited for the new people on the raft.
 * The Duke - Young man who is a con artist
 * The Dauphin - Bald man who is also a con artist