Huck escaped from imprisonment while Jim escaped from slavery. Huck ran away to be free from is drunken father but Jim ran away in fear of being sold.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Two Escapes
Huck escaped from imprisonment while Jim escaped from slavery. Huck ran away to be free from is drunken father but Jim ran away in fear of being sold.
Posted by 4diversecity at 11:01 AM 1 comments
Labels: Huckleberry Finn, literature, mark twain
Wednesday, September 16, 2009
What is Boy Scouts all about?
I was reading Eli's post about Huck and Boy Scouts and I agree with him that Huck would have to work on the scout law. I would like to go further with this thought.
I have come to learn from my Scout Master, Mr. Mason, that boy scouts is not only to learn about the law, oath, and how to survive, but to learn to become Godly men and leaders.
How does the scout law and oath help us to be godly men? The scout law asks us to be reverent both in our own faith and to be respectful of others' faith. In the oath it says to do my duty to God which is to obey him in everything.
How does scouting help us to be leaders? The scout law says a scout is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, and brave. You couldn't be a leader without being these things. The oath says to do my duty to country, to help other people at all times, and to keep yourself physically strong, mentally awake, and morally straight. If you don't do these things nobody's going to follow you.
Posted by 4diversecity at 12:49 PM 0 comments
Labels: crosspost, huck finn, literature, twain
Huck and Dress Up
I think it was a good idea for Huck to dress up like a girl and try to find out what was going on in town. I also thought it was interesting that Mrs. Judith Loftus figured out he was a boy by watching him sew, shoot the gun, and constantly change his name. What really made me interested was that same night Mrs. Judith's husband and another man went to go look for Jim.
Posted by 4diversecity at 11:38 AM 0 comments
Labels: huck finn, literature, twain
Jim and Superstition
Jim is a superstious guy. When Jim saw a bird act a certain way he knew it was going to rain. So instead of telling Huck the bird's say it's going to rain by the way it's acting he says a bird told him it was going to rain. When Huck picked up a snake skin Jim said it was bad to do it. A couple nights later as Huck was going to bed he saw a rattlesnake and killed it and left it by Jim's bed. Later that night Jim got bit by the dead snake's mate. Jim said he got bit because of Huck holding the snake skin, but Huck knew that when you kill a snake in mating season it's mate comes and curls up next to it's dead mate.
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Labels: huck finn, literature, twain
Monday, September 7, 2009
Francis Bacon Essay on Truth
Why don't we want to inquire about what truth is or why it is important? Mr. Bacon says that people who do not inquire and search for truth think that life would be boring if they did, but it's not. If you inquire about truth, then know truth, then finally believe truth, then it becomes your best friend.
Why do people lie to others in joke as in "made you look" or told someone they were something that they weren't to make them feel better? I think that people lie to others to make people either do what they want or to make them happy so they want to do something for them. But is it right? Mr. Bacon said it is not right because it debases them just like if you mix gold and silver it works better but it is worth less than if they were pure.
Also, why do we no longer want to sit and think "what does this mean" or "why something does something do what it does". My opinion would be that sin does not want us to find truth and be truly happy, so it tells us lies that make us think we will be happy if we keep doing what we are already doing.
Posted by 4diversecity at 3:32 PM 2 comments
Labels: bacon, citizenship