The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
What mood is created at the beginning of chapter 19? What theme is reinforced in the second paragraph on page 120 and into 121
Pg 120 121 chapter 19
Pg 120 121 chapter 19
Huck and Jim continue down the river for a few days. They bask in the fresh air and warm breezes. It is quite an idyllic scene. It is the lifestyle that Huck craves,
"TWO or three days and nights went by; I reckon I
might say they swum by, they slid along so quiet
and smooth and lovely. Here is the way we put in
the time...just like the whole world was asleep, only sometimes
the bullfrogs a-cluttering, maybe. The first thing to
see, looking away over the water, was a kind of dull
line -- that was the woods on t'other side; you
couldn't make nothing else out; then a pale place in
the sky; then more paleness spreading around; then
the river softened up "