Huck pretends that one of the women stuck on the ferry is the niece of the richest man in town. Apparently the watchman isn't as savvy as Mrs.
Judith Loftus, because he takes off to rescue them. Huck knows he should beat it, too, but he feels like he has to stay and make sure the men are okay first.
Also, he stops to congratulate himself on being such a good guy. If only the widow could see! But by the time the wreck comes floating toward him on the river, it looks like no one survived. Still, Huck isn't too heavy-hearted over the dead robbers. If they can stand it, he says, so can he. Tired of ads? Animal Farm 4. Catching Fire 5. Of Mice and Men 6.
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That is the way it is done in romance novels. To ensure success To fool the ignorant villagers To throw off suspicion Quiz. Table of Contents. All rights reserved. Huck invents an elaborate story about how his family got on the wreck and convinces the watchman to take his ferry to help. Meanwhile, the wreck of the Walter Scott drifts downstream and, although the ferryman has gone to investigate, the robbers clearly have not survived.
Loftus is one of the more sincere people Huck encounters throughout the course of the novel, but her attitude toward Jim makes her goodness somewhat problematic. Loftus is clearly a clever woman, as we see in the tests she spontaneously designs to unmask Huck. Despite her charity toward Huck, however, Mrs. Loftus and her husband are only too happy to profit from capturing Jim, and her husband plans to bring a gun to hunt Jim like an animal. Loftus makes a clear distinction between Huck, who tells her he has run away from a mean farmer, and Jim, who has done essentially the same thing by running away from an owner who is considering selling him.
Whereas Mrs. Loftus and the rest of white society differentiate between an abused runaway slave and an abused runaway boy, Huck does not. The two even engage in a bit of moral philosophizing about stealing.
Though their resolution to give up stealing a few items to render their other stealing less sinful seems childish, it nevertheless represents an attempt to reconcile practical and moral concerns. There is no good reason why Huck and Jim should tie up to the wrecked ship, particularly at night and in a storm, but Huck is unable to resist. The two are lucky to escape, and the incident proves to be another reminder that even on the river they are not safe from the problems that plagued them at home—violence, cruelty, and powerlessness at the hands of any white adult.
When Huck acts like Tom Sawyer, trouble follows, but when he acts like himself—when he seeks to interpret and react to experience in a practical manner—things generally turn out fine. In a number of instances in the novel, Jim protests when Huck formulates a foolish plan, but eventually gives in to the boy. After all, Huck, though a child, is a free, white child who could turn in Jim at any time and collect a large reward for doing so.
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