This chapter might have been the most frustrating yet. They have a hole into Jim's cabin and us eit to get a grindstone into the cabin but Huck and Tom couldn't do it by themselves so they get Jim out and use his help to get the grind stone in and then they LEAVE JIM BACK IN THE CABIN. Tom is just absolutely insane. And then on top of this lunacy Tom wants to give Jim all the rodents and varmints to make the cabin more realistic. WHO CARES. God. I just wanted to reach into my book and grab Tom by his neck.
Chapter 39
The animal gift for Jim is ridiculous and the amount of time this scheme has taken is unreal. Jim is stuck in a 10 foot by 10 foot cabin and Tom wants to play pretend for multiple weeks. Even though I'm bashing on him I did think the anonymous letters was super cool and an interesting development to watch unfold.
Chapter 40
This was an exciting chapter to finally see Jim set free. The butter scene with Aunt Sally was hilarious but all the men with their guns was kind of creepy and scary. I thought when the dogs came it was game over but it makes sense that they wouldn't bark at Huck and Tom. Tom getting shot was unfortunate but honestly I was so frustrated with him by this point that I thought he deserved it. Too bad Huck had to go back to town though because Jim should really be getting a move on.
Chapter 41
Huck did a nice job getting the doctor but it was really unfortunate that he ran into Uncle Silas. He should have known people were going to be looking for him but I guess it's realistic to have a kid not think everything through. I did like seeing Aunt Sally caring so much because for much of the book she is yelling and comes across crazy but this chapter shows the softer more caring side of her and I liked that.
Chapter 42/ Chapter the Last
Tom being brought back was a dissappointing ending to the book because I wanted Jim and Huck to go back onto the river but I did like that he cared if Jim got away or not. I did like that Jim got to go free and that they didn't hang him, even though the logic behind not hanging him was disturbing. Explaining the whole jig to Aunt Sally was awkward and funny when it was explained to Uncle Silas. All in all I liked the book a lot until these past 10 chapters or so. I think this book is more about morality than it is about a plot or book.
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