The behavior of Tom at the end of the book is extremely childish. He knows that Miss Watson has died and wants Jim to be set free, as laid out in her will. However, he continues the charades to create an adventure for himself. He cannot do something simply; instead, he must make it dramatic and exciting for himself. It is also very dangerous. By creating obstacles for himself and Huck to help Jim escape, he is putting all 3 of them in danger. This shows how immature Tom really is. Huck also appears a little childish, as he goes along with all of Tom's plans. However, he does not know about Miss Watson, so he seems to be a little more grownup. I believe that Huck is more grown up than Tom.
I completely agree with Evan. I see Tom as a selfish, immature character. Even though he knows full well that Jim is free already, he goes through a whole charade that includes extraneous labor by his and Huck's part, as well as stealing and lying. Every simple, efficient idea that Huck has to free Jim is shot down by Tom, who replaces a logical idea with an overcomplicated, unnecessary plan. I like that when Old Miss Hotchkiss is speaking near the end of the book with the other adults, she criticizes the exaggeration of Jim's 'escape' saying that the etchings on the walls, the pens, and the shirt covered with writing is over the top and ridiculous. This juxtaposition of a more mature adult and childish Tom characterizes him as fiendish and mischievous. I don't think anyone's behavior was necessarily cruel, though I think Huck posing and Tom and Tom as Sid may have been sort of cruel and unnerving to Aunt Sally. I do like that someone finally called out Tom on his actions, and for not actually being 'Sid' and hiding all the letters. He got what he deserved for making everything so miserable.
I agree with Evan with Tom being childish and creating more problems to make an adventure. Howvever, this is how Tom is protrayed throughotut the whole stroy and how Huck in a sense sees Tom. I think Tom acts this way, because it is his character and to change Tom's character would not make sense. The story is about Huck and we do not really see Tom that much in the story, so changing Tom's character would be weird, because we do not see a change in him like we do in Huck. I think it would make more sense to see a change in Huck character, because the story is about him and we see how the experiences change him. I thikn how the characters act in the end of the book is true to how it would happen in real life. No cange in Tom because we dont see any life changing experiences with him. Huck changes in charcter, because of his experiences down the river and thinks Tom's way of doing things is a little much.
I believe it's cruel of Tom to withhold information about Jim and how he is actually free because it would have simplified things for Huck and Tom. However, I am not surprised that Tom withheld this important information until the end because he always enjoys making a big, fancy, and flamboyant manner out of things. I do see Tom's actions as childish and yet again I cannot truly fault him because he is in fact a child. It would be illogical to expect well thought out and common sense "adult" decisions from a young kid. I do see Huck as becoming more mature and growing as a character because of how he seems to no longer just be a passive person hanging on Tom's every word and doing it regardless. Huck seems to have grown since the beginning of the book and has taken much more ownership in his own life by the end of the book, a reality that I believe was fostered by his experiences on the raft going down the Mississippi River when he was forced to make his own decisions on many different occasions and in many tumultuous situations as well as living with the consequences of his decisions.
yeah it wasn't nice of Tom to use Huck and Jim the way he did. Tom is the type that likes to live in the moment and be the center of attention, this is characteristic of an immature selfish personality. He wanted the adventure and he got it by withholding information in order to get what he wanted, he even uses his injury as a trophy of his adventures. I think that Jim comes out as the only one who is truly moral in the whole book. He sacrifices his freedom in order to bring Tom to a doctor to take care of his injury. Even Huck throughout the book struggles with what is "right" and what is "wrong" througout the book, while for Jim it comes naturally and Huck is truly humbled by the humanity of a black man, calling him "white inside." I think by the end of the book he Huck understands the depth of injustice that goes on around him and refuses to be "sivilized" again which shows how he grows as a character and a person by the end of the book
Tom is being selfish when he defers Jim’s freedom by creating more obstacles. He wants to satisfy his personality’s hunger for adventure and being thought as heroic. We can see this ‘heroism’ of Tom in the beginning of the book, but it causes no harm in the village. However, this play causes severe humiliation for Jim at the final chapters. In contrast, Jim makes an unselfish decision – to sacrifice his freedom to help Tom, who is injured. Disappointingly, Huck accepts the Tom’s plan, prioritizing the friendship with Tom over Jim. This prioritization shows the immaturity of Huck – he feels this need to “fit in” and have “style” like Tom, which connects with today’s teenagers too, who conform to their peers. Huck has no friends, but Tom, and he lets Tom to be the leader in this “friendship”. It is debatable whether it is friendship because Huck idealizes Tom with all his flaws and childishly sees him as a role model rather than a friend. In sum, Jim is a dynamic character because his view about African Americans changes at the end of the book. Nevertheless, the closest he comes to acknowledging Jim’s humanity is saying that “he knowed he was white inside”.
I agree with everyone in that Tom was immature at the end if the book. I'm not sure if he was selfish because I do not think he intentionally wanted to obstruct the plan of freeing Jim, he just wanted to go on an adventure. I think it was Tom's naiveness that prevented him from realizing how simple and efficient a different plan could be, such as the one Huck proposed. There is also the idea that Tom wasn't really concerned about Jim, because he could of viewed him as another black man. However through Tom's immaturity, we are able to see how much Huck has matured and grown. In the beginning of the book, Huck would idolize Tom and always try to do what Tom would do. By the end of the book, Huck was acting more rationally and making wiser decisions.
I think that the end of Huck Finn can be characterized by all the adjectives used above. Tom was completely selfish because of his want for an adventure. I think this was very cruel to Huck, his aunt, and especially Jim. The only thing that makes it a little better is that he gave Jim $40. But i do not think that was worth putting their lives at risk. However, i also thought the end of the book exhibited Huck's growth. He does not take blind orders from Tom to take the doctor and blindfold him. He continues to realize that Tom doesn't always have the best ideas. This is what caused Jim to be helpful and later be captured. If this had not happened he would have not realized he was free. He has changed a lot since the beginning of the book when he was willing to give up Miss Watson's life for Tom's respect. I do not believe he would agree to do this if the same question was proposed to him after the adventure he has had.
I thought that the ending of Huckleberry Fin shows the growth of the manipulation of Tom because at the beginning of the book it wasn't like that, or at least he did not show how manipulative he is. Tom is definitely selfish for not sharing anything about Miss Watson's death even though he knew, so I felt like he deserved it because it was also immature to hide something like that especially since her will would have freed Jim, his selfishness was too much because having someone remain a slave because you want an "adventure" makes him worst that the slaveholders. He defiantly deserved that bullet, it seemed like it was Karma for what he as done.
Tom’s behavior could be described as cruel or immature, however I think his behavior at the end of the book can be best described as inhumane. He used Jim as a tool to elaborate his own adventures. He knew that Jim was a freed man, but he didn’t tell anyone even his close friend Huck in order to be protagonist of his story and adventure, which shows that Tom thinks Jim only as his tool. Also Tom’s behavior was very disrespectful to Huck, who was struggling a lot by just helping Jim, who Huck thought was still a slave. During the adventure, Huck continuously questioned himself whether to help Jim or not. If he knew it earlier, he wouldn’t have been felt guilty helping Jim. It was very risky to escape in Tom’s way, and Tom got injured as a result. It was lucky that Tom was the only one got shot, there was very much possibility that Jim and Huck might also got injured, which shows Tom’s egoistic nature. While Huck, in some way is still immature, grew a lot during the adventure, especially the way of thinking and his perspective toward Jim.
Tom has been disregarding of Huck and Jim's selflessness throughout the novel, but I do not believe we can call this selfish. Agreeing with both Demi and Patrick, Tom did not "intentionally" create more obstacles, but rather did it to satisfy his desire for adventure. It is natural, I believe, for a boy in Tom's age to be "selfish, immature, cruel and ignorant." A question then arises: how old does a person have to be until he is judged? I believe the answer to this question depends on the person and his experiences. Concluding from this point, I do not believe Tom is guilty, but rather innocently adventurous. Huck and Jim, on the other hand, seem to be a followers to Tom. I believe the result of this is Huck's inexperience and lack of the desire in adventuring, and Jim's skin color. Jim has been treated so cruelly by slaveowners to a point where he has forgot his voice and his rights. In conclusion, Tom is innocently trying to adventure and set up obstacles in his mind, while Huck seems to follow his every decision.
Tom is being really naive and ignorant at the end of the book. His behavior is cruel to everyone who is deceived, especially Jim. And his prioritizing his adventure while putting Jim's freedom at risk proves his immaturity. Yet I'm so relieved when Tom jumps from the bed and reveals the truth, which eventually shows a degree of sense and morality as a human being, "educated" one. For Huck, his susceptibility and immaturity is manifested as Tom appears in the novel. Indeed, I appreciate Huck's growth throughout the story, but as a boy and playmate of Tom for a long time, Huck is still immature to be determined to take control his decision. Due to the fact, I won't attribute Huck's complicity to his cruelty, but partially to his ignorance. After all, Huck has a better sense of right and wrong in the whole scheme of "escape." But I do think the end of Huck Finn gets extremely ironic, a satire which is revealed by the confrontation between the educated and the uneducated. And it also seems to indicate the danger of formal education at the time because how Huck eventually obeys Tom resembles how people conforms to the "education", which advocates institution of slavery. It sets a foil for Huck's last decision, in a natural way, when he decides not to be "civilized," perhaps a further take away and growth for him.
Tom's behavior at the end of the book is selfish, immature, and cruel. He is like the new kid who comes to school finds popularity and does anything and everything in their power to keep their popularity. Tom with his pirate book made him appear knowledgeable and powerful over the barely educated followers. Now that Huck had all this experience over Tom I think Tom felt insecure so he chose to make his plan to free Jim even more elaborate in order to make himself look more knowledgeable again. But Huck was aware of the ridiculousness of what Tom was doing. It's immature that Tom felt it was okay to follow through with his plan when Jim had been worrying about his freedom this whole book and he had been free the whole time. Huck I think is not a static character. His growth is evident in the last couple of chapters although you can tell that he still has some bad habits like listening to Tom even though he knows Tom is ridiculous. Huck's behavior was immature but only logical in his own way like he has been the entire book.
I do not agree that Tom is immature since he is young! However, it is true that Tom’s behavior shows his cruelty and strong personality. Tom knew that Jim was free but it wasn’t what Tom wanted to do. Tom is young so that he wants his idea should be done in real life too. Therefore, he followed what he thought because he is kind of honest to himself and he believes that his way is better way. Moreover, when we think about Tom’s behavior with his age and personality, there is nothing wrong but the problem is that Tom didn’t show his behavior enough in this book. It is hard to define Tom’s behavior but Tom is the one who admire freedom of life. Huck is also looking for unlimited life. Huck’s decision to leave his place for his freedom absolutely shows how much he has an idea about his personality.
I think both Tom and Huck were both immature at the end of the book. Tom was doing the same thing always did. Tom embellishes everything around him and childishly makes everything about him. Huck, even though he questions what Tom does, doesn't ever actually stand up to Tom. While Huck may have matured, I'm not sure it is as much as it seems, because Tom could truly be overdoing it and huck could still be stagnant as a character.
The behavior of Tom at the end of the book is extremely childish. He knows that Miss Watson has died and wants Jim to be set free, as laid out in her will. However, he continues the charades to create an adventure for himself. He cannot do something simply; instead, he must make it dramatic and exciting for himself. It is also very dangerous. By creating obstacles for himself and Huck to help Jim escape, he is putting all 3 of them in danger. This shows how immature Tom really is. Huck also appears a little childish, as he goes along with all of Tom's plans. However, he does not know about Miss Watson, so he seems to be a little more grownup. I believe that Huck is more grown up than Tom.
ReplyDeleteI completely agree with Evan. I see Tom as a selfish, immature character. Even though he knows full well that Jim is free already, he goes through a whole charade that includes extraneous labor by his and Huck's part, as well as stealing and lying. Every simple, efficient idea that Huck has to free Jim is shot down by Tom, who replaces a logical idea with an overcomplicated, unnecessary plan. I like that when Old Miss Hotchkiss is speaking near the end of the book with the other adults, she criticizes the exaggeration of Jim's 'escape' saying that the etchings on the walls, the pens, and the shirt covered with writing is over the top and ridiculous. This juxtaposition of a more mature adult and childish Tom characterizes him as fiendish and mischievous. I don't think anyone's behavior was necessarily cruel, though I think Huck posing and Tom and Tom as Sid may have been sort of cruel and unnerving to Aunt Sally. I do like that someone finally called out Tom on his actions, and for not actually being 'Sid' and hiding all the letters. He got what he deserved for making everything so miserable.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Evan with Tom being childish and creating more problems to make an adventure. Howvever, this is how Tom is protrayed throughotut the whole stroy and how Huck in a sense sees Tom. I think Tom acts this way, because it is his character and to change Tom's character would not make sense. The story is about Huck and we do not really see Tom that much in the story, so changing Tom's character would be weird, because we do not see a change in him like we do in Huck. I think it would make more sense to see a change in Huck character, because the story is about him and we see how the experiences change him. I thikn how the characters act in the end of the book is true to how it would happen in real life. No cange in Tom because we dont see any life changing experiences with him. Huck changes in charcter, because of his experiences down the river and thinks Tom's way of doing things is a little much.
ReplyDeleteI believe it's cruel of Tom to withhold information about Jim and how he is actually free because it would have simplified things for Huck and Tom. However, I am not surprised that Tom withheld this important information until the end because he always enjoys making a big, fancy, and flamboyant manner out of things. I do see Tom's actions as childish and yet again I cannot truly fault him because he is in fact a child. It would be illogical to expect well thought out and common sense "adult" decisions from a young kid. I do see Huck as becoming more mature and growing as a character because of how he seems to no longer just be a passive person hanging on Tom's every word and doing it regardless. Huck seems to have grown since the beginning of the book and has taken much more ownership in his own life by the end of the book, a reality that I believe was fostered by his experiences on the raft going down the Mississippi River when he was forced to make his own decisions on many different occasions and in many tumultuous situations as well as living with the consequences of his decisions.
ReplyDeleteyeah it wasn't nice of Tom to use Huck and Jim the way he did. Tom is the type that likes to live in the moment and be the center of attention, this is characteristic of an immature selfish personality. He wanted the adventure and he got it by withholding information in order to get what he wanted, he even uses his injury as a trophy of his adventures. I think that Jim comes out as the only one who is truly moral in the whole book. He sacrifices his freedom in order to bring Tom to a doctor to take care of his injury. Even Huck throughout the book struggles with what is "right" and what is "wrong" througout the book, while for Jim it comes naturally and Huck is truly humbled by the humanity of a black man, calling him "white inside." I think by the end of the book he Huck understands the depth of injustice that goes on around him and refuses to be "sivilized" again which shows how he grows as a character and a person by the end of the book
ReplyDeleteTom is being selfish when he defers Jim’s freedom by creating more obstacles. He wants to satisfy his personality’s hunger for adventure and being thought as heroic. We can see this ‘heroism’ of Tom in the beginning of the book, but it causes no harm in the village. However, this play causes severe humiliation for Jim at the final chapters. In contrast, Jim makes an unselfish decision – to sacrifice his freedom to help Tom, who is injured. Disappointingly, Huck accepts the Tom’s plan, prioritizing the friendship with Tom over Jim. This prioritization shows the immaturity of Huck – he feels this need to “fit in” and have “style” like Tom, which connects with today’s teenagers too, who conform to their peers. Huck has no friends, but Tom, and he lets Tom to be the leader in this “friendship”. It is debatable whether it is friendship because Huck idealizes Tom with all his flaws and childishly sees him as a role model rather than a friend. In sum, Jim is a dynamic character because his view about African Americans changes at the end of the book. Nevertheless, the closest he comes to acknowledging Jim’s humanity is saying that “he knowed he was white inside”.
ReplyDeleteI agree with everyone in that Tom was immature at the end if the book. I'm not sure if he was selfish because I do not think he intentionally wanted to obstruct the plan of freeing Jim, he just wanted to go on an adventure. I think it was Tom's naiveness that prevented him from realizing how simple and efficient a different plan could be, such as the one Huck proposed. There is also the idea that Tom wasn't really concerned about Jim, because he could of viewed him as another black man. However through Tom's immaturity, we are able to see how much Huck has matured and grown. In the beginning of the book, Huck would idolize Tom and always try to do what Tom would do. By the end of the book, Huck was acting more rationally and making wiser decisions.
ReplyDeleteI think that the end of Huck Finn can be characterized by all the adjectives used above. Tom was completely selfish because of his want for an adventure. I think this was very cruel to Huck, his aunt, and especially Jim. The only thing that makes it a little better is that he gave Jim $40. But i do not think that was worth putting their lives at risk. However, i also thought the end of the book exhibited Huck's growth. He does not take blind orders from Tom to take the doctor and blindfold him. He continues to realize that Tom doesn't always have the best ideas. This is what caused Jim to be helpful and later be captured. If this had not happened he would have not realized he was free. He has changed a lot since the beginning of the book when he was willing to give up Miss Watson's life for Tom's respect. I do not believe he would agree to do this if the same question was proposed to him after the adventure he has had.
ReplyDeleteI thought that the ending of Huckleberry Fin shows the growth of the manipulation of Tom because at the beginning of the book it wasn't like that, or at least he did not show how manipulative he is. Tom is definitely selfish for not sharing anything about Miss Watson's death even though he knew, so I felt like he deserved it because it was also immature to hide something like that especially since her will would have freed Jim, his selfishness was too much because having someone remain a slave because you want an "adventure" makes him worst that the slaveholders. He defiantly deserved that bullet, it seemed like it was Karma for what he as done.
ReplyDeleteTom’s behavior could be described as cruel or immature, however I think his behavior at the end of the book can be best described as inhumane. He used Jim as a tool to elaborate his own adventures. He knew that Jim was a freed man, but he didn’t tell anyone even his close friend Huck in order to be protagonist of his story and adventure, which shows that Tom thinks Jim only as his tool. Also Tom’s behavior was very disrespectful to Huck, who was struggling a lot by just helping Jim, who Huck thought was still a slave. During the adventure, Huck continuously questioned himself whether to help Jim or not. If he knew it earlier, he wouldn’t have been felt guilty helping Jim. It was very risky to escape in Tom’s way, and Tom got injured as a result. It was lucky that Tom was the only one got shot, there was very much possibility that Jim and Huck might also got injured, which shows Tom’s egoistic nature. While Huck, in some way is still immature, grew a lot during the adventure, especially the way of thinking and his perspective toward Jim.
ReplyDeleteTom has been disregarding of Huck and Jim's selflessness throughout the novel, but I do not believe we can call this selfish. Agreeing with both Demi and Patrick, Tom did not "intentionally" create more obstacles, but rather did it to satisfy his desire for adventure. It is natural, I believe, for a boy in Tom's age to be "selfish, immature, cruel and ignorant." A question then arises: how old does a person have to be until he is judged? I believe the answer to this question depends on the person and his experiences. Concluding from this point, I do not believe Tom is guilty, but rather innocently adventurous. Huck and Jim, on the other hand, seem to be a followers to Tom. I believe the result of this is Huck's inexperience and lack of the desire in adventuring, and Jim's skin color. Jim has been treated so cruelly by slaveowners to a point where he has forgot his voice and his rights. In conclusion, Tom is innocently trying to adventure and set up obstacles in his mind, while Huck seems to follow his every decision.
ReplyDeleteTom is being really naive and ignorant at the end of the book. His behavior is cruel to everyone who is deceived, especially Jim. And his prioritizing his adventure while putting Jim's freedom at risk proves his immaturity. Yet I'm so relieved when Tom jumps from the bed and reveals the truth, which eventually shows a degree of sense and morality as a human being, "educated" one. For Huck, his susceptibility and immaturity is manifested as Tom appears in the novel. Indeed, I appreciate Huck's growth throughout the story, but as a boy and playmate of Tom for a long time, Huck is still immature to be determined to take control his decision. Due to the fact, I won't attribute Huck's complicity to his cruelty, but partially to his ignorance. After all, Huck has a better sense of right and wrong in the whole scheme of "escape." But I do think the end of Huck Finn gets extremely ironic, a satire which is revealed by the confrontation between the educated and the uneducated. And it also seems to indicate the danger of formal education at the time because how Huck eventually obeys Tom resembles how people conforms to the "education", which advocates institution of slavery. It sets a foil for Huck's last decision, in a natural way, when he decides not to be "civilized," perhaps a further take away and growth for him.
ReplyDeleteTom's behavior at the end of the book is selfish, immature, and cruel. He is like the new kid who comes to school finds popularity and does anything and everything in their power to keep their popularity. Tom with his pirate book made him appear knowledgeable and powerful over the barely educated followers. Now that Huck had all this experience over Tom I think Tom felt insecure so he chose to make his plan to free Jim even more elaborate in order to make himself look more knowledgeable again. But Huck was aware of the ridiculousness of what Tom was doing. It's immature that Tom felt it was okay to follow through with his plan when Jim had been worrying about his freedom this whole book and he had been free the whole time. Huck I think is not a static character. His growth is evident in the last couple of chapters although you can tell that he still has some bad habits like listening to Tom even though he knows Tom is ridiculous. Huck's behavior was immature but only logical in his own way like he has been the entire book.
ReplyDeleteI do not agree that Tom is immature since he is young! However, it is true that Tom’s behavior shows his cruelty and strong personality. Tom knew that Jim was free but it wasn’t what Tom wanted to do. Tom is young so that he wants his idea should be done in real life too. Therefore, he followed what he thought because he is kind of honest to himself and he believes that his way is better way. Moreover, when we think about Tom’s behavior with his age and personality, there is nothing wrong but the problem is that Tom didn’t show his behavior enough in this book. It is hard to define Tom’s behavior but Tom is the one who admire freedom of life. Huck is also looking for unlimited life. Huck’s decision to leave his place for his freedom absolutely shows how much he has an idea about his personality.
ReplyDeleteI think both Tom and Huck were both immature at the end of the book. Tom was doing the same thing always did. Tom embellishes everything around him and childishly makes everything about him. Huck, even though he questions what Tom does, doesn't ever actually stand up to Tom. While Huck may have matured, I'm not sure it is as much as it seems, because Tom could truly be overdoing it and huck could still be stagnant as a character.
ReplyDelete*not Jim, Huck is the dynamic character
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