Although this is the last few chapters of the book, I still
see many signs of enslavement, both current and new. For example, Jim is still
trapped inside the shed with both Huck and Tom trying to think of ideas to get
him out. To me, Jim is enslaved within his own mind. When Tom and Huck actually
see Jim and explain situations to him, he is confused but just decides to go
along with them. This is another sign of enslavement for him. He is so to say
enslaved within the boys’ grasp because he will willingly do anything for them
and listen to anything they say. That’s called mental enslavement in my
opinion. Another person that we see as difficult in these last few chapters is
Nat. Nat is enslaved and is controlled by both Huck and Tom and he does not
even know it himself. He is superstitious and even believes that witches are
hunting him. He shows many signs of being gullible by even believing that he
has to bake a pie for that to be the only cure. Meanwhile, he doesn’t even know
that Huck and Tom are scheming to put a rope inside the pie. As you can see,
many forms of enslavement have continued to happen even when the book was about
to be over. If you think about this another way though, Huck and Tom have
lowered their standards and now could be considered as the King and Duke.
3 comments:
Hope you're having a good Saturday night LJ. I'm so happy to finally be done with this book. I feel as though it was so complex at times. We continue to see the enslavement throughout these final chapters especially between Tom, Huck and Jim. I'm still not over how Tom knew that Jim was set free but continued to make Huck go on with his plans to free a man who was already set free. Tom like you said has such a hold on them especially Nat who is "gullible' like you said. Besides that everyone was enslaved by one another but only Huck and Jim realized it enough to want to escape.
I can see why you think that Jim may be mentally enslaved, but I think that that may have something to do with the fact that he has been a slave for his entire life. He is going along with what Tom and Huck are saying because he has never known to rebel, except when he left, obviously. In a way, Huck and Tom could be considered the King and the Duke, but I do not think that they are that devious. The King and the Duke were willing to steal from a family whose father had just passed away and I don’t think that the boys would do that.
I also think Jim was enslaved by the boys but mostly Tom because there were times when Huck didn't want to go along with the plan. And there were also times when Jim spoke up about Tom's plan so Jim isn't always enslaving himself but I understand where you're coming from. It's also because he's been a slave as Kevin has mentioned before. And I was also surprised like Kentrisha at the end when Tom knew Jim was free. It really shows how different he and Huck are. Nat is also enslaved by Tom because he is gulligble which is something I mentioned as well.
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