Then I jumped in the canoe and dug out for our place, a mile and a half below, as hard as I could go. I landed,

and slopped through the timber and up the ridge and into the cavern. There Jim laid, sound asleep on the

ground. I roused him out and says: "Git up and hump yourself, Jiml There ain't a minute to lose. They're after

us!"

In at least 150 words, explain how this excerpt signals a change in Huck's way of thinking in the story.

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Brooklynn Leblanc

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18 March, 20:38

Then I jumped in the canoe and dug out for our place, a mile and a half below, as hard as I could go. I landed,

and slopped through the timber and up the ridge and into the cavern. There Jim laid, sound asleep on the

ground. I roused him out and says: "Git up and hump yourself, Jiml There ain't a minute to lose. They're after

us!"

In at least 150 words, explain how this excerpt signals a change in Huck's way of thinking in the story.

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Jovani Barnes · Answer 1

Huck leaves Judith's house, returns to his canoe, and paddles back to Jackson's Island, where he tells Jim that people are hunting them. The pair rushes to load the raft and silently paddles into the darkness of the river. Huck doesn't lie for pleasure or even profit, but only practical reasons, as when he lies to Judith to get information so that he can protect his and Jim's freedom. This is because Huck has an uncanny ability to put himself in other people's shoes and imagine what life would be like from perspectives other than his own.