240 Results in the "Novel" category


    • Part One:Chapter 1 Cover
      by testsuphomeAdmin The chapter opens with Jim, an enslaved man, waiting outside Miss Watson’s kitchen for corn bread. He observes Huck and Tom, two white boys, hiding in the grass, plotting to play a trick on him. Jim reflects on the constant waiting that defines his life as a slave—waiting for food, orders, or even the promise of a Christian afterlife. Despite the boys’ poor attempts at stealth, Jim pretends not to notice them, feigning sleep to avoid confrontation. The boys’ racist assumptions about Jim’s ability…
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