1. "Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece-all gold. It was an awful sight of the money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher, he took it adn put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece, all year round-more than a body could tell what to do with."
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Why would Huck keep his money with Judge Thatcher?
Max: He's trying to keep his money safe by giving it to him. And by giving the money to the Judge, Huck can't spend it all in one day.
2. "Now,says Ben rogers, 'what's the line of business of this Gang?' 'Nothing only robbery and murder,' Tom said."
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Why is it that they want to steal and murder?
Garrett: That's how the pirates did it. Tom wants to sound tough and intimidate everyone as much as he possilby can.
3. "...had a hair-ball as big as your fist, which had been took out of the fourth stomach of an ox, and he used to do magic with it."
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It's odd how he uses hair balls to tell the future. Why would he do that?
Chad: Jim believes he has some type of internal magic power to predict the future. Jim had been raised on the idea of superstitions. Even though he is wrong, Huck is stupid enough to even ask Jim for advice for the future.
4. "By-and-by he rolled out and jumped up on his feet looking wild and he see me and went for me. He chased me round and round the place, with a clasp-knife, calling me the Angel of Death and saying he would kill me and then I couldn't come for him no more."
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Why would his dad do such a thing to Huck?
Joe: Well, he's a drunk and maybe his dad wants to kill Huck to get his money. By killing Huck, he'll inherit his money and will use it to buy more liquor.
5. "Po' little Chap.'
'But some says he got out and got away, and come to America.'
'Dat's good! But he'll be poot lonesome-dey ain' no kings here, is dey, Huck?'
'No.'
'Den he cain't get no situation. What he gwyne to do?'
'Well, I don't know. Some of them gets on the police, and some of them learns how to talk French.'
'Why, Huck, doan' de French people talk de same way we does?'
'No, Jim; you couldn't understand a word they said-not a single word.'
'Well, now, I be ding-busted! How do dat come?'
'I don't know; but it's so. I got some of their jabber out of a book. Spose a man was to come to you and say Polly-voo-franzy- what would you think?'
'I would think nuff'n; I'd take en bust him over de head. Dat is, if he warn't white. I wouldn't 'low no nigger to call me dat.'
'Shucks, it ain't calling you anything. It's only saying do you know how to talk French?'
'Well, den, why couldn't he say it?'
'Why, he is a-saying it. That's Frenchman's way of saying it.'
'Well, it's a blame' ridicklous way, en I doan' want to hear no mo' 'bout it. Dey ain' no sense in it.'..."
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This passage shows how Jim feels about other people. Why is that?
Tarun: It's amusing how the cat and cow analogy is portrayed. Jim feels that way about other people because he is not very smart and Twain is portraying him as unintelligent.
6. "What's that, yonder?'
"A piece of raft,' I says.
'Do you belong on it?'
'Yes, sir.'
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I choose this passage because it shows Huck's attachment to the raft.
Chad: The raft characterizes Huck's childhood. When Huck's on the raft, he feels at home and safe.
Joe: It shows how Huck is young, wild, and free.
7. "Next day you couldn't hear nothing around the town but how splendid the show was."
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Why would the townspeople say the show was good, when it was actually a rip-off?
Tarun: They wanted to know how plays usually go and felt that the other townspeople would feel left out if they hadn't gone.
Garrett: The people who already went wanted to make the other townspeople to get rip-offed too, because they had gotten rip-offed.
8. "It's all right, I've got it. Take my trunk in your wagon, and let on it's your'n; and you turn back and fool along slow, so as to get to the house about the time you ought to; and I'll go towards town a piece, and take a fresh start, and get there a quarter or a half and hour after you; and you needn't let on to know me, at first."
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Why do you think that Tom would go along and help Huck?
Max: I believe that he did it because Huck is his friend. And that's what friends do. I'm sure that Huck would do the same to Tom.
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Why would Huck keep his money with Judge Thatcher?
Max: He's trying to keep his money safe by giving it to him. And by giving the money to the Judge, Huck can't spend it all in one day.
2. "Now,says Ben rogers, 'what's the line of business of this Gang?' 'Nothing only robbery and murder,' Tom said."
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Why is it that they want to steal and murder?
Garrett: That's how the pirates did it. Tom wants to sound tough and intimidate everyone as much as he possilby can.
3. "...had a hair-ball as big as your fist, which had been took out of the fourth stomach of an ox, and he used to do magic with it."
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It's odd how he uses hair balls to tell the future. Why would he do that?
Chad: Jim believes he has some type of internal magic power to predict the future. Jim had been raised on the idea of superstitions. Even though he is wrong, Huck is stupid enough to even ask Jim for advice for the future.
4. "By-and-by he rolled out and jumped up on his feet looking wild and he see me and went for me. He chased me round and round the place, with a clasp-knife, calling me the Angel of Death and saying he would kill me and then I couldn't come for him no more."
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Why would his dad do such a thing to Huck?
Joe: Well, he's a drunk and maybe his dad wants to kill Huck to get his money. By killing Huck, he'll inherit his money and will use it to buy more liquor.
5. "Po' little Chap.'
'But some says he got out and got away, and come to America.'
'Dat's good! But he'll be poot lonesome-dey ain' no kings here, is dey, Huck?'
'No.'
'Den he cain't get no situation. What he gwyne to do?'
'Well, I don't know. Some of them gets on the police, and some of them learns how to talk French.'
'Why, Huck, doan' de French people talk de same way we does?'
'No, Jim; you couldn't understand a word they said-not a single word.'
'Well, now, I be ding-busted! How do dat come?'
'I don't know; but it's so. I got some of their jabber out of a book. Spose a man was to come to you and say Polly-voo-franzy- what would you think?'
'I would think nuff'n; I'd take en bust him over de head. Dat is, if he warn't white. I wouldn't 'low no nigger to call me dat.'
'Shucks, it ain't calling you anything. It's only saying do you know how to talk French?'
'Well, den, why couldn't he say it?'
'Why, he is a-saying it. That's Frenchman's way of saying it.'
'Well, it's a blame' ridicklous way, en I doan' want to hear no mo' 'bout it. Dey ain' no sense in it.'..."
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This passage shows how Jim feels about other people. Why is that?
Tarun: It's amusing how the cat and cow analogy is portrayed. Jim feels that way about other people because he is not very smart and Twain is portraying him as unintelligent.
6. "What's that, yonder?'
"A piece of raft,' I says.
'Do you belong on it?'
'Yes, sir.'
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I choose this passage because it shows Huck's attachment to the raft.
Chad: The raft characterizes Huck's childhood. When Huck's on the raft, he feels at home and safe.
Joe: It shows how Huck is young, wild, and free.
7. "Next day you couldn't hear nothing around the town but how splendid the show was."
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Why would the townspeople say the show was good, when it was actually a rip-off?
Tarun: They wanted to know how plays usually go and felt that the other townspeople would feel left out if they hadn't gone.
Garrett: The people who already went wanted to make the other townspeople to get rip-offed too, because they had gotten rip-offed.
8. "It's all right, I've got it. Take my trunk in your wagon, and let on it's your'n; and you turn back and fool along slow, so as to get to the house about the time you ought to; and I'll go towards town a piece, and take a fresh start, and get there a quarter or a half and hour after you; and you needn't let on to know me, at first."
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Why do you think that Tom would go along and help Huck?
Max: I believe that he did it because Huck is his friend. And that's what friends do. I'm sure that Huck would do the same to Tom.