Discussion Questions for the first 4 chapters

1.) Widow Douglas is a respectful religious woman, and although Huckleberry is a manner less boy who has no bible practice she still takes care of him and try to teach him how to be respectful. At first Huckleberry though that the story about Moses was cool but once he found out he was dead he didn't care anymore because he was no use to Huckleberry. This shows how Huckleberry really doesn't care about the past he only focuses on the future and what applies to him.

2.) Huck is extremely superstitious, if there is any sign of bad luck around him he will kind of freak out and i think that this will affect his character a lot in this book. He seems to believe in karma as well like if he kills a spider a witch is going to come and get him.

4.) They move his hat, probably to try and freak him out i don't think they wanted him to come up with this whole story that he would tell everyone. The two boys seem like pranksters and they like to pick on the slaves.

5.) He was ruined because the trick that they had played on him turned into this great story that Jim told all the other slaves about and he drawing a lot of attention to himself which slaves weren't supposed to do.

6.) I think that Huck wouldn't have taken the candles to begin with. Huck doesn't bother with things that he doesn't need or that don't apply to him. Also if he did take the candles I don't think he would pay for them, if he really needed them he would just take them.

7.)Tom is more educated then Huck he does a lot of reading which is where he gets all of his mischievous ideas from. Huck doesn't know how to read and he doesn't have as many ideas in his head as Tom is more innocent, not as educated.

8.) Because what they are doing is much harder then a simple burglary. They have to stop carriages rather than just walk in a house and steal stuff. So they would like the title of highwaymen.

9.) Huck doesn't like to do things that don't give him an advantage. So praying for other people and doing good for other people will answer his prayers doesn't make sense, when she had told him that god will answer your prayers no matter what. So why should he prayer for other people in order to help answer his prayers when he can just cheat and not prayer for other people.

10.) Because huck doesn't understand what Tom is doing. He is playing a game and Huck doesn't get it.

11.) Tom sawyers imagination is so overtaken that he can make a simple sunday school look like a place with A-rabs and elephants. Huck doesn't have the imagination that tom has so he doesn't see what tom does.

12.) He doesn't want his dad to be able to take the money he wants it in safe hands where it will not get waisted on alcohol.