Huckleberry Finn Chapters 16-18
Analysis of lines from text should typically cover all or some of the following: literal
meaning, deeper meaning, purpose of the placement in the text, author opinion, and
real-life meaning.
1. Explain the significance of Huck’s line on page 87: “He said he’s be mighty sure
to see it, because he’d be a free man the minute he seen it, but if he missed it he’d
be in a slave country again and no more show for freedom.”
2. Explain the significance of Huck’s line on page 91: “Then I thought a minute, and
says to myself, hold on; s’pose you’d ‘a’ done right and give Jim up, would you
feel better than what you do now? No, says I, I’d feel bad-I’d feel just the way I
do now.”
3. Explain the significance of these lines found on page 106: “The men brought their
guns with them. It was a handsome lot of quality, I tell you.”
4. Explain the significance of Huck’s commentary on page 116: “You feel mighty
free and easy and comfortable on a raft.”