Event+From+The+Novel

__Chapter X - XI__
In these chapters, Huckleberry Finn dressed up as a girl in able to get information from a nearby town ashore in Illinois. While going through town, Huck Finn decided to knock at the door of some forty year old woman. Huck chose to use the name of Sarah Williams as an alias as a young girl. The woman tells Huck (or Sarah Williams) of the story of how Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn got a large sum of money. Also, she tells him how the public think that Jim was the prime suspect of killing Huck, since Jim had run away the night that Huck (was believed) to have died. The woman asked Huckleberry what his name was and he replied Mary Williams. Having messed up, Huck quickly claims that his (her) full name was Sarah Mary Williams. Then she asked Huckleberry to throw a bar of lead at a rat. After those two incidents, the woman had realized that Sarah Williams was indeed a male. Huckleberry still, yet again, disguised his identity by claiming he was a farmer’s apprentice who ran away, with the name of George Peters. Finally he leaves the house, with the woman in full support of keeping Huck (or George Peters’) secret of running away. Hence Huck went back to the raft with Jim.
 * Summary:**

Mark Twain gives his basic interpretation of females. Of how one would disguise themselves as a girl. Meaning more allusively, how he thinks young girls are like in his time period. He construes that a girl should not be able to throw as accurately or powerfully as their male counterparts. Also, Mark Twain gives the fact that girls would not wear britches or pants, rather only skirts. Mark Twain also deduces that girls have a certain walk that seems to be different of guys.
 * Significance:**

The next assumption Mark Twain makes about society is that people are fools, and making a fake identity is simple. He believes that aliases are easily used and might be used commonly. This gives an interpretation that Mark Twain might be uneasy with the fact that some people can’t be trusted. He also gives an analysis of his version on the use of spies, and how efficient the can be used to get information, not necessarily for war or politics. main page