EN 101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 64: Nigger
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Jim and huck find a number of valuables among the robbers" bounty from the walter scott, mostly books, clothes, and cigars. Huck astonishes jim with stories of kings, first reading from books and then adding some of his own, made-up stories. Jim had only heard of king solomon, whom he considers a fool for wanting to chop a baby in half. Huck tells jim about the dauphin (whom huck mistakenly calls the dolphin ), the son of the executed king louis xvi of. The dauphin currently is rumored to be wandering america. Jim refuses to believe that the french do not speak english, as huck explains. Huck tries to argue the point with jim but gives up in defeat. Huck and jim approach the ohio river, their goal. One foggy night, huck, in the canoe, gets separated from jim and the raft.
