1. Thomas DeMassa, Kazhra Kelcho, Jake Stephan, Maren Fox, Cole Leslie
Huck Finn Chapters 14-16
Thomas DeMassa, Kazhra Kelcho, Jake Stephan, Maren Fox, Cole Leslie

2. Settings
-Takes place on a raft constructed by Huck and Jim floating up foggy Mississippi River
-Searching for Cairo

3. Vocabulary
careened- (verb) to turn (a ship) on it’s side for cleaning or repair
gaudy- (adj.) bright or showy
thicket- (noun) a dense group of bushes or trees

4. Chapter 14
Jim and Huck get loot from the robbers who died in the Walter Scott incident.
Among the loot were some books that Huck reads to Jim while they wait to travel again.
They begin to talk about kings and how they make money just by sitting around with their many wives
Jim thinks that Solomon (the only king he’s heard of) is a fool
This chapter reveals Jim’s close-minded opinions on things he does not fully understand, such as french speaking people
“I’d take en bust em over de head- dat is, if he warn’t white. I wouldn't ‘low no n****r to call me dat.”

5. Chapter 15
Huck and Jim make their way to Cairo, when the two get separated in a storm, Huck in the canoe and Jim on the raft.
Huck can’t find Jim, so he decides to rest for the night and find him in the morning when the fog has lifted.
Huck finds Jim and pretends that the storm never happened and that Jim dreamed it all.
Jim was upset to hear that it was a joke because he had really been worried about Huck
Huck apologizes to Jim after about 15 minutes and never plays a joke on him again

6. Chapter 16 Jim and Huck worry that they missed Cairo
Jim rambles on about freedom for himself and eventually his family
Makes Huck feel guilty for “stealing” from Miss Watson
When they think they’ve reached Cairo, Huck was ready to give Jim up, but had a change of heart.
Huck encounters some men on a boat who want to search the raft for runaway slaves
Huck decides not to give Jim up and lies to the men, saying no one would help his sick family
Not wanting to get sick either, each man gives Huck 20 dollars worth of gold and leaves.

7. Chapter 16 (continued)
Huck and Jim think they missed Cairo back in the fog
They stop for the night to create a game plan
They decided to rest for the night and move in the morning
When they wake up, they discover that the canoe is gone
The raft is hit by a steam boat, separating Jim and Huck in the accident
Huck makes it to shore alone, only to be greeted by a pack of dogs

8. Lesson Lesson Learned Conventional morality is not always correct
How the Lesson is Learned
Huck realizes that Jim is a human being, and shares the same qualities as Huck himself.
Evidence
“Well, he was right; he was almost always right; he had an uncommon level head for a n*****” (Twain, 79).

9. Lesson (Continued) Evidence
“Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ‘em ashamed’” (Twain 89)
“It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a n*****; but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither. I didn’t do him no more mean tricks, and I wouldn’t done that one if I’d a knowed it would make him feel that way” (Twain 89).

10. Lesson (continued)
“‘Here was this n*****, which I had as good as helped to run away, coming right out flat-footed and saying he would steal his children—children that belonged to a man I didn’t even know; a man that hadn’t ever done me no harm’” (Twain 92).
“‘Jim won’t ever forgit you, Huck; you’s de bes’ fren’ Jim’s ever had; en you’s de only fren’ ole Jim’s got now’” (Twain 92).

11. Study Guide Answers 1. What is the irony of the Walter Scott?
2. What is Jim’s attitude toward Solomon?
In the book, the “Walter Scott” is a shipwrecked steamboat. In real life, Walter Scott is a romantic writer.
Jim believes Solomon is not king worthy and abuses his power as king. He also thinks Solomon’s way of solving problems is dumb and not logical.

12. Study Guide Answers
3. What is revealed in the conversation about the Frenchmen?
Jim is very stubborn and close-minded to things he does not know first hand, such as other languages.

13. Study Guide Answers
4. In Chapter 15, several death images strike the reader at once. Examples are: “I hadn’t no more idea which way I was going than a dead man.” “You feel like you are laying dead still on the water” etc. What is the significance of these images?
Huck is feels as if he is basically dead, like he’s on a raft that leads him to his doom.

14. Study Guide Answers 5.Why does Huck feel free to tease Jim?
Huck feels free to tease Jim because of his Southern conception that African Americans are unintelligent and gullible.
5.Why does Huck feel free to tease Jim?
6.What is the significance of Jim’s lecture to Huck?
The lecture shows Huck that he needs to think more for himself than how society would view Jim, and more of a friend.

15. Study Guide Answers
7. What new knowledge of human nature has Huck gained?
8. How does Huck battle with his conscience?
7. What new knowledge of human nature has Huck gained?
Huck learns not to discriminate against someone by the way they look, and to realize its personality and personal being over societal views.
Huck wants to be good friends with Jim but his Southern background interferes with their friendship.
Man vs. Self , Man vs. Society
Huck thinks he is stealing property from Miss Watson, who had done him no wrong, but at the same time wants to think of Jim as a good friend and is starting to think of him as a person.

16. Study Guide Answers 9. What is ironic about Jim’s plans?
While Jim talks about his plans to free his family, Huck is simultaneously thinking about giving Jim up as a runaway slave.
9. What is ironic about Jim’s plans?

17. Literary Analysis Tone: Ironic, mocking, sarcastic,
“Well, he was right; he was most always right; he had an uncommon level head for a nigger”
Mood: Adventurous, easygoing, fearful, suspenseful, careless
“I just give up then.” (Twain 85)

18. Literary Analyses Colloquial language: “Roun’ de which?” (82)
Jim when he asks where Solomon resides. AKA “Where do they hang out?”
Figurative Language:
“...behind a monstrous long raft that was as long going by as a procession.” (91)
Describing their journey on the raft. Word choice makes journey seem impactful and venturesome.