"The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize
me; but it was rough living in the house all the time.... so, when I couldn't
stand it no longer I lit out into my rags and was free and satisfied, but she
always took me back." Huck is having trouble adjusting to living with the
widow. He is accustomed to living free in the woods, without worrying about
possessions, language, or cleanliness. Chap.1: pg.4 "Pretty soon I wanted
to smoke and asked the widow to let me, but she wouldn't." This is just
another example of Huck losing his freedom, as on his own he would have done
what he wanted to. Chap.1: pg.6 "And then I put out the light and scrambled
out of the window on to the shed." Huck is exercising his longing for
freedom by going out at night with Tom. Chap.2: pg.6-12 Tom and Huck encounter
Jim whose freedom is taken away because he is a slave. Huck joins Tom's gang and
they plan to take people's freedom away by holding them for ransom. Chap.3:
pg.12 "Well, I got a good going-over in the morning from old Miss Watson on
account of my clothes." This in part why Huck wants his freedom, of doing
what he likes, because they want to civilize him. Chap.4: pg.16 “At first I
hated school, but by and by I got so I could stand it. Whenever I got uncommonly
tired I played hooky…” Huck doesn’t like being caged in school, but begins
to like it because when he gets tired of it he can take a break anyway. Ch.5:
pg.19-23 Huck confronts his father who spends some time with the judge and stops
drinking, but begins again. So, as his freedom isn’t taken. Ch.: 24 “So he
watched out for me one day and catched me and took me up over the river.”
Hucks father once again takes his freedom away, but he gets it back by living
the good life in the woods, for a while. Ch.7: pg.32 Huck escapes from his
father by making it look like he was murdered; he now has total freedom. Ch.8:
pg.36-47 “I was powerful lazy and comfortable-didn’t want to get up and cook
breakfast.” Huck enjoys this total freedom. He also confronts Jim in this
chapter and discovers Jim is now free too as he ran off from Mrs. Watson. Ch.9:
pg. 47-51 Jim and Huck enjoy the good life being free. Ch.10: pg.51 “I wanted
to talk about the dead man, but Jim didn’t wanna.” Jim didn’t want to talk
of the dead man who had gained or lost his freedom by dying. Ch.11: Ch.12:
pg.62-68 Huck and Jim are still on their journey to be free, but when Huck finds
another human in need of freedom he was prepared t tell a white-lie to a perfect
stranger to help. Ch.13: pg.69-74 Not only are they still in trouble, but they
also are hating the fact they are still not completely free. Jim didn’t want
to go to the wreck at all, but Huck made him. And Huck has to send him ahead and
catch up with him later. Ch.16: pg.89-92 Huck is starting to wonder why he never
thought about turning Jim in. Then he realizes that Jim is his friend, and he
will not take Jim’s freedom into his own hands. Ch.17: pg.92-102 Huck is now
in paradise with the Grangerfords. He loves everything about this place; except
for that there is no place for Jim here. He also knows that he still doesn’t
have total freedom. Ch.18: 103-113 Huck is still enjoying life with the
Grangerfords, until a seemingly meaningless fight begins and Huck realizes he is
still not free from ignorance or death. This is just like it was with his
father. So, he and Jim flee down the Mississippi. Ch.18: pg.113-114 Huck enjoys
the freedom he has once again gained by leaving the Grangerfords. Ch.20: pg.122
They once again run into the problem of Jim being a runaway slave. Ch.21:
pg.130-140 Boggs freedom is taken into Col. Sherburns hands, when he is shot and
killed. Ch.24: pg.151-152 They again run into the problem of the runaway slave,
Jim. They say he is a sick Arab and keep him confined to the raft. Ch.25:
pg.157-164 Huck begins to feel trapped by the King and the Duke. He feels he is
losing his freedom. Ch.26: pg.170-175 Huck still feels he isn’t totally free,
because the King and the Duke still have control over him. So, he thinks of a
way to take it back, by stealing the money. Ch.27: pg.179 The King and the Duke
sell Mary Jane and her sisters slaves and splits the mother and the kids up.
This is another example of how slaves freedom was taken advantage of. Huck
doesn’t like this, so he continues with his plan. Ch.28: pg.191 “Not now;
have it for breakfast, have it for breakfast! Cut loose and let her slide.”
Huck and Jim are happy to be by themselves again. They are free once again, but
then Huck sees the King and the Duke coming in a skiff and he starts and gives
up. Ch.29 Huck and Jim are now more or less enslaved by the King and the Duke
again. Ch.30: pg.197 “Set her loose, Jim; we’re all right now!” The King
and the Duke get in a fight and they are so preoccupied with themselves that
Huck makes a run for it. Only Jim isn’t there, he has been taken by Silas
Phelps for the reward on him. Ch.31: pg.200 All right, then, I’ll go to
hell-“ Huck thinks about writing a letter to Mrs. Watson telling her where Jim
is because he thinks he’ll go the hell if he doesn’t. He decides not to and
will take the consequences for friend. Ch.32: pg.200-208 Huck is on the Phelps
farm and assumes the identity of Tom Sawyer. Jim is still enslaved by Silas
Phelps. Ch.33: pg.216-223 The King and the Duke finally get caught. Their
freedom is taken away when they are tarred and feathered. Ch.34: pg.223-228 Tom
and Huck find out where Jim is being kept. Jim is very happy about Huck finding
him and hopes they will free him immediately. Ch.35: pg.231-236 Jim is still
locked up, but Huck is trying to free him. Ch.36: pg.240 Tom and Huck dig a hole
into Jim’s cabin to try and free him, but Tom comes up with this ridiculous
plan and drags it out.