Weekly Blog Mon. Feb. 23rd 2015 "Hucklyberry Finn" by: Mark Twain

Prompt: Draw 4 objects that represent your reading. Write a sentence for each, telling

what each item says about what you’ve been reading.

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       The first picture I chose, was a picture of the man who played Tom Robinson in TKAM. I chose this picture because, it reminds me of Jim the slave who runs away with Huck. Jim reminds me of Tom because, both author's (Twain and Lee) describe them as tall, strong, black men. They both work hard in their lives, and are both accused of doing things they never did. In Tom's case, it would be raping Mayella. In Jim's case, it would be killing Huck. 

     The second picture I chose, is a picture of Violet from The Series of Unfortunate Events. I chose a picture of Violet because, in the book Huck has to go into town dressed like a girl. He has to do this because, he ran away from his father's cabin. He was kidnapped by his father and he was forced to live in a small cabin. Before he ran away, he killed a pig and put blood all over an ax that was smashed into the door. Then he smeared blood on the cabin floor, to look like someone killed him. The whole town went crazy and they thought Jim killed him. Anyways, (off topic there), he had to go into town to buy supplies for him and Jim. However, he couldn't go looking like himself because, people would find him and give him back to his dad.   

     The third picture is a picture of gold coins because, Huck and his best friend Tom Sawyer found twelve thousand dollars in gold coins. They brought it to the judge and he told them it was from robbers. Since there was no rightful owner, the judge split the money equally between the two boys. Each of them getting six thousand a piece. Since Huck were still young, the judge was in charge of Huck's money. He gave Huck one dollar a day, but Huck later gives all the money to the Judge. 

      The fourth picture is a picture of a cartoon thief. I chose a picture of a thief because, while Huck and Jim come to shore, Huck meets two men. One claims to be a duke and the other claims to be a king; when, really they are just phonies and thieves. They trick people by putting on shows and the show is just the Duke dancing. They end up making a lot of money and leaving the island. After that, they meet a little boy who's brother died and he was on his way to visit his other brothers in England. The king and duke drill the boy for details, then they sail the boy to his boat he is to board. When they drop the boy off, they make Huck and Jim sail them to the boy's deceased brother's house. They pose as the brothers from England and steal the money from the deceased man and his children.