Chapters 27-31 Thoughts and Response

Chapter 27
This chapter reveals the first real action from Huck since running away from his father. He stole the money, hid it inside the coffin and proceeded to successfully lie to King and Duke about everything he did and saw. From this action we see a more defiant moral compass for Huck. He has never been comfortable with King and Duke's games but he has also never tried to interfere with the process. In this chapter he utterly destroys the con because he likes and feels bad for the daughters of the decease. This is also supported by his emotional response to Mary Jane's tears over her father's coffin. throughout the book thus far we've seen Huck struggle with his morality and conformity but now we are hopefully seeing Huck give into his moral side and leave conformity it the dust.
Chapter 28
In this chapter we see Huck's emotional connection with Mary Jane come to fruition as he informs her of the con and requests her assistance in putting a stop to it. We also see, however, the old Huck alive and well as he still created multiple back up plans to save himself should something go awry. We also see Huck return to his old self in the sense that he fails to create a believeable lie to tell the others where Mary Jane has gone. Huck managed to completely throw the slaves under the bus about the money but fails to lie about the simple stuff. This is an interesting contradiction or plot hole to keep an eye on.
Chapter 29
This was a tense chapter to say the least. With the real uncles arriving and Huck caught up in the middle of it all I was very concerned how they were going to get out of it. The writing test was a interesting read but I found it very convenient that there was no way to prove that the real Uncles were real. I was also frustrated with the escape of both Huck and Duke and King. Why would everyone want to get the gold? It's not theirs! I did not understand why they would let go of the people they were set on killing not two pages ago! Twain really was not making me happy with the ending of this chapter.
Chapter 30
This was a quick read and a fairly uneventful chapter. King has got some anger management problems but Huck is very lucky Duke is still around because Duke is always saving his butt. I was surprised they never thought Huck hid the gold when they were talking about how it got in the coffin. This result of the con seems like a lesson in karma, because they had a lot of cash coming there way and instead are back on the river dead broke.
Chapter 31
This was a disappointing chapter but inevitable. I was really excited for Huck to ditch Duke and King but when Jim was taken away I felt bad for both of them. I was annoyed that Huck ran into Duke in the neighboring town. Won't these two just go away! I was getting nervous at the end of the chapter with Huck walking into the country side and Duke lying about who Jim was sold to. I do hope Jim and Huck can get back together and Jim can live free in the North.