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What do they find when they dig up Peter Wilks corpse?
The king says it is a small blue arrow, and the older gentleman says it is a dim “P” and “B.” The lawyer decides the only one way to be positive is to exhume Peter Wilks and have a look at his chest. When they open the coffin, they discover the bag of gold on the body’s chest.
Why does Huck decide to turn Jim in?
Jim’s excitement is obvious, and Huck struggles with his shame of helping a slave escape. When Jim says he will steal his children out of slavery if necessary, Huck decides he must go ashore and turn Jim in to the authorities.
Why do Huck and Jim want to get rid of the Duke and King?
Why doesn’t Huck tell on the king and duke when he has a chance? He wants to be rid of them and have nothing more to do with them. Huck feels relieved because he knows he can easily impersonate Tom. He can also give information about Tom’s family.
Why do the men dig up Peter Wilks’s body?
The townspeople become convinced that all four men claiming to be Peter’s brothers are frauds, and, enraged, decide to dig up Peter’s body to see if he has any tattoo at all. The king’s guess as to Peter Wilks’s tattoo is, so audacious, may be what saves him and the duke from immediate incarceration.
Why did Huck send Mary Jane?
Huck tells Mary Jane to go away, because he is afraid that she will express in her face knowledge of the duke and king’s fraud, which will in turn allow the two to escape.
Why did Huck not turn Jim in?
Huck realizes that he would have felt worse for doing the “right” thing and turning Jim in than he does for not turning Jim in. When Huck reaches this realization, he makes a decision to reject conventional morality in favor of what his conscience dictates.
What happened to Jim at the end of Huck Finn?
Jim is free, Tom’s leg is healed, Huck still has his $6,000, and Aunt Sally has offered to adopt him. Settling down with Aunt Sally—as nice as she is—is about the last thing Huck wants to do. Instead, he decides to “light out” for the territories, the unsettled land west of the Mississippi (43).
Why is Huck upset when Jim is sold?
Huck is upset when Jim is sold because Jim did all that he could for the King and the Duke and the sold him to strangers for $40. The sale makes Huck mad because the King and the Duke used Jim.
Why does Huck continue to pity the Duke and Dauphin?
Huck feels sympathy for the King and the Duke, despite the frauds they have perpetrated against so many innocent people and despite the fact that they betrayed and sold Jim. In this act, they have also betrayed Huck, yet he maintains sympathy with them. Huck’s moral instincts lead him to identify with others.
What did Huck and Tom dig the floor with?
Eventually, the men wake and prepare to go. Before they leave, they bury some money they have stolen—$600 in silver—because it is too heavy to carry. While hiding it, they encounter an iron box, which they unearth using the tools that the boys left on the ground floor.
Why does Huck like Mary Jane?
I would say that Huck really likes both her and her sisters and that he thinks that they are very nice, kind people. Huck seems to be particularly taken by Mary Jane’s beauty but also by the grace and kindness with which she behaves.
Why does Huck cry after he and Jim are reunited?
She is also crying because, in selling the Wilks’s slaves, the duke and king separated a mother from her children. Moved by her tears, Huck blurts out that the family will be reunited in two weeks, and, thinking that in this case the truth is better than a lie, he says he can prove it.