What does the author mean in the description of Colonel Grangerford in the following passage:

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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

What does the author mean in the description of Colonel Grangerford in the following passage:

"When he turned into a cloud-bank it was awful dark for half a minute, and that was enough; there wouldn't nothing go wrong again for a week." (ch. 18 pg. 110)

Asked by raine s #334750 on 8/30/2013 12:14 PM

Last updated by jill d #170087 on 8/30/2013 12:58 PM

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Answered by jill d #170087 on 8/30/2013 12:58 PM

The description depicts Colonel Grangerford as a man who easily gets over anger and doesn't even think about what he was angry about after it is over. Although I believe that "dark, half minute" was probably pretty memorable for whoever he was angry at to begin with.

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