Assessment-NO

1. Right off the bat, Twain shows his sense of humor and lets readers know that from line one and on, his book will employ satire. And I suppose if somebody were angry at certain things that he wrote, or the way he wrote them, he could just show them the “Notice” and say that he was being satirical.

2. Yes every few chapters is sort their own group with a rising action, climax, falling action, and then some sort of conclusion that isn't really fulfilled until the ending of the book, which in a sense wraps everything together.

3. There are quite a few events in the book where Huck is faced with some sort of decision to make, and he goes against what society might agree with and formulates his own opinion and then sticks to it. Of course he is only a boy, and so some of his decisions are actually bad ones. When he agrees to go with Tom's elaborate scheme to free Jim, he knowingly accepts his fate. As for the part where the slave hunters ask who is on the raft, Huck makes a good decision even though Jim is still considered property by law, albeit an unjust one.

4. Huck and Jim pass the mouth of the Ohio River, and consequently have to continue deeper into the South, which ironically is where slavery is more prominent. It seems like Huck and Jim have to go through many difficulties to actually reach freedom. Because they miss their exit, they end up at the Phelps' house where Tom eventually reveals that Jim is free.

5. Jim and Huck are taken further south because they miss the mouth of the Ohio River because it is far too foggy. They then run into the two slavehunters, and Huck is forced to lie about having Jim onboard. This then leads to a whole rash of other situations until Jim's eventual freedom.

6. I suppose one might say that the back-and-forth pattern of movement between river and shore could somehow represent Huck when he has to make some sort of decision, moral or otherwise. It might also represent Jim imparting some wisdom in Huck as well.

7. The King and the Duke subdue Huck and Jim with their very presence. Neither Huck nor Jim feel like they are free on the raft, which is ironic because they got on the raft in the first place to be(come) free. Together, the King and Duke lead Huck and Jim into all sorts of crazy predicaments which leads them into various scams and cons.

8. The King and the Duke come to a point where they feel they have complete dominion over the raft and therefore Jim, and just go ahead and take advantage of the fact that he's a slave and sell him. Tom sees Jim in the same way, and thinks that because Jim is a slave, then he would be fine with being treated so poorly if, in the end, he got money.

9. One of the main instances where Huck is in immediate danger of harm or death is at the beginning when his Pap is still around. Whenever Pap feels like it, he'll go ahead and start beating on his son because he's drunk and it seems like it would be a fun thing to do. Huck escapes the situation by getting the heck out of dodge.

10. I thought it was going a little bit overboard when Jim ended up at the Phelps farm and Huck happened upon the same exact place. Then Tom shows up and they can all have a lovely reunion. In the real world, if something like this happened, I would start praising all sorts of gods, including Egyptian, Roman, and Norse ones.

11. In my opinion, Tom Sawyer is just an idiot with way too much time on his hands. In reality, Jim's and Huck's are definitely attainable, but they are stupid in their own ways, just like Tom is stupid in his own ways. I suppose Tom's moronic plans could mirror the fact that Jim and Huck both have really lofty goals, but as I said, Tom is a nimrod.

12. Yes, I think that Tom finally gets what he deserves. He leads everyone into these crazy predicaments and then has nothing to do with the consequences. It's like he leads everyone into a war that can't be won because he stands by his beliefs so firmly, and won't take anybody else's opinion into account.

13. Yes I believe that we can trust Huck, but only to a certain degree. I embellish a lot, but I try my hardest not to, and I try my hardest to stay as honest as possible. It seems like Huck tries to stay honest throughout the story, so I suppose we could indeed trust him. On the other hand, some parts of the book seem like somebody went a little bit overboard and just kept going on and on with lie after lie and then the lies kept piling up. In my opinion, we don't really have to start reading between the lines until Huck arrives at the Phelps' place. After that, I can't help but not believe Huck.