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A 3 page paper which examines how when Tom Sawyer re-entry into the action towards the end of the novel is gratuitous and reduces the roles of Huck and Jim. No additional sources are used.
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File: TG15_TGpranks.rtf
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develops between the mischievous Huck and Jim, the runaway slave. The text chronicles the evolution of Huck from boy to man and how his relationship with the fatherly Jim
initiates this rite of passage. When Hucks daring pal Tom Sawyer, who is the adolescent equivalent of Don Quixote, always imagining himself as the hero of a Romantic adventure,
is reintroduced into the action in Chapter XXXIII, the novel appears to lose its focus. While Huck is genuinely committed to helping Jim acquire his freedom, he is skeptical
of Toms pledge to do the same, and with good reason. As Huck frequently points out during his narrative, because of Toms supposedly social standing, he has always held
niggers in condescending disdain. When Tom assures Huck his desire to help Jim is genuine, Huck agrees to allow his friend to take the lead in planning the imprisoned
slaves escape, albeit with reservations. Huck had devised a relatively simple plan to liberate Jim which would involve fetching his raft, stealing the keys from the pockets of Jims captor,
releasing Jim and head downriver, hiding the black man during the day and sailing at night (Twain 323). Tom, however, pooh-poohs Hucks scheme as being "too blame simple" (323).
Instead, he proposes the lengthy chore of digging Jim out, which will take about a week (326). When the boys discover that Jims captor is a superstitious slave,
Tom convinces him that he hears singing and that it is the call of the witches. He then decides that the way to secure Jims freedom is by making
what he calls a "witch pie." Tom explains to Jim "how wed have to smuggle in the rope-ladder pie and other large things by Nat, the nigger that fed
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