Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Chapters 1 to 4 Essay

1. What does Twain accomplish by using Huck as narrator? When Mark Twain uses Huck as narrator, it allows the reader to gain an insight on Huck Finn’s emotions and what his outlook is on a topic. The reader then can learn more about Huckleberry Finn and how he thinks. 2. What is the significance in the encounter with the spider? The significance of the spider is to show the reader that in older times, people were far more superstitious than they are in present ­day. When Huck flings the spider into the candle’s flame, he sees it as a bad omen, which also may foreshadow for the coming conflict in the book. 3. How is Jim introduced? In, ​  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn​, the slave Jim is first introduced when Huck is sneaking out of the widow’s household with Tom Sawyer and through the garden, Huck trips over a root by the kitchen. Within the kitchen is Jim, one of Miss Watson’s slaves. Jim hears the sound of Huck tripping and he goes to investigate. Tom and Huck then crouch down on the ground to hide. Jim then announces he will stay until he finds out what made the noise, but then eventually falls asleep. 4. What contrast between Huck and Tom is established? In chapter’s 1 ­4, the contrast between Huck and Tom that is established is that Huck is more of an outsider and Tom is popular. During the talk in the cave, Tom is the considered the leader within the group, whereas Huck is more of an outcast since he has no family. 5. What is significant in Jim’s story of the witches? The significance of Jim’s story of the witches is that everyone lies. At the beginning of the first chapter, the reader establishes the fact of how everyone has lied some point or another. When Jim speaks of how witches rode him across the country, it gives the reader an example of how someone lied. 6. What humor is involved in the use of the word â€Å"ransom†? During Tom’s gang’s discussion in the cave, they debate the meaning of the word ‘ransom.’ Since Tom has read robber books, he speaks of holding women in their cave until their ‘ransomed.’ Eventually, the boys come to the conclusion that ransom means death, and that they will keep women in the cave until death. 7. What two aspects of religion are presented? In ​  The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn​, Twain presents satirizes the two different   aspects of hypocrisy and manipulation in religion. 8. What is the meaning of Huck’s remark that rubbing his â€Å"magic† lamp and ring had â€Å"all the marks of a Sunday school†? The meaning of Huck’s remark is that Sunday School was disappointing for him and the â€Å"magic† lamp wasn’t really magical. Since the lamp didn’t have any magic, it disappointed him.