Huck finn; last chapters

In the last few chapters of " The adventures of Huckleberry Finn", i liked how brave Huck was to save Jim. I liked how Tom also helped out. The funny part though is that Tom knew that Jim was already free. Tom probably went on the journey because he knew how much fun Huck and Jim have. i liked how Jim had risked his freedom to help Tom out after he had been shot. I also like that Miss Watson set Jim free. To me, that shows that Miss Watson thought of Jim as more than a slave. Overall, the book was good but it wasnt a book i would enjoy reading on my free time. the book got boring at times and i just wanted to go on spark notes but i knew that wouldnt help out. i hope that we will reading more interesting stories during the rest of the school year.

Huck finn; 21-32

I really enjoyed reading these chapters because there was a sense of humor along with some suspense. I believe that Jim cares a lot about his daughter and im glad that his daughter was brought back into the story again. I think that it was a "whoa" moment for Huck Finn because i think that Huck thought that it was impossible for a man of a different race to actually adore and care for another being, left alone, your own daughter. These chapters made me respect Huck a little bit more because of that incident. I thought it was funny how the people got tricked and how they got played. If that were to happen to me i would laugh about it because i would of spent double the money on a show that i was trying to get back at. You can tell that the people of that time were really wise and knew how to get around a situation. Also, I am glad to see that in these chapters the duke and the dauphin are starting to get caught in the lies they keep telling to everyone. It's not right to pretend to be dead to get money. I think that that is cheap, unrespectful, and untolerable. I like that Huck decided to start to get away from them because it shows that Huck can now differentiate between the good and the bad.

Self- Reliance by Ralk Waldo Emerson

I chose to write about Emerson's poem, “Self-Reliance” because i felt that i could relate to this one more and i understood it better. When he says that there is a time when every man should take himself for better, for worse, as his portion, i couldn't agree more. People do need to understand that everyone has flaws and their flaws make them unique. By accepting these flaws you are one step ahead in the game of life. You should always be confident and never afraid to say "im wrong" because everyone, even two year olds, will say that they are wrong. I also liked it when he said that to be great is to be misunderstood because some of the greatest people were indeed misunderstood. Emerson gives the examples of Socrates, Jesus, Galileo, and Newton. All these people all had a great view on life but they were misunderstood because people were to ignorant to understand the truth. For example, Jesus told us how we should live and told us that we should forgive everyone. People can take that and twist it around by saying that you should be a "softy" and go around and be vulnerable to everything. But no, Jesus is saying to forgive one another because it is the right thing to do. We as humans dont understand the great gift of forgiveness so we tend to abuse it. And, forgiveness is then misunderstood, along with the Leader. I am really enjoying what Emerson rights; so far this has been the best story i've read.