Physical/Emotional Characteristics of Jim

Emotional-Caring, Intelligent, Loyal, Thankful, Driven, and Thoughtful

Physical-African American...duh, Strong, and Tall

Jim is showing off the father figure he plays for Huck and is an exhibit of how caring he is.

Jim is content and acting charismatic in the setting he is in.

Jim is in Huck's Shadow making him seem less important.

In this picture Jim is begging Huck, making him seem weak.

The image below is what illustrates the text and how Twain illustrates Jim. He illustrates Jim as a caricature more then a character. Twain acknowledges many great traits about Jim, but he repeatedly refers to Jim by using the n-word.  The n-word was used most often when referring to a black slave. The stereotype of a black slave looked like the picture below. This stereotype was constantly used by Huck. Huck was trying to compliment Jim when he said, "he had an uncommon level head, for a nigger" (91). This type of comment was made more then once. The stereotypes are present in the book and Mark Twain has illustrated Jim as caricature, although he deserves the recognition as a character.

Emerson Quote

"The power which resides in him is new in nature, and none but he knows what that is which he can do, nor does he know until he has tried. "

Support: How to Succeed in America

Charles Grandison Finney was a prominent religious figure during the early 19^th century. He was the leader of the Protestant evangelist, spreading the religion nationwide. An evangelist is a person who travels in order to convince non-believers to believe. Finney started off as a local preacher at the church of St. Lawrence Presbytery. Here, Finney began expressing and spreading his evangelist beliefs to multiple followers and began traveling nationwide. He gained the attention of multiple people and began accomplishing his goal of converting people.  Finney was able to create a large base of support for the religion at the time, which helped create a widespread for the Protestant religion.

George Washington’s Farewell Address was a vision of what he saw for the coming age of the United States of America. In the address, George Washington made a very important point about the Government succeeding. The point that he made was when he said, “Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to the political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports” (75). This point can relate to Charles Grandison Finney because he is making a direct connection to how Finney eventually succeeds in spreading his religion. The way that Finney did this was by the support he obtained throughout the years in which he spread his Protestant religion. Washington explains how support is what gives a group success, as well as power in any situation. Finney was able to create a vast majority of Protestants among the American community, and this gave the religion more power.

Charles Grandison Finney seems like one of those preachers that you see on TV at 3 in the morning. He was all about convincing people to be a part of Protestant Christianity. He would single people out and preach to multiple people, explaining their purposes in life as well as how Protestantism would help them. Finney seemed to be an average American of his time. He was able to express his rights that are guaranteed to him in the Bill of Rights, by expressing his religion freely. Finney was able to show another example of liberty within the country. He was able to express himself freely, and influence the country by doing so. The Preamble states that we will have Domestic Tranquility, and the only problem that I feel that can arise from Finney’s evangelistic ways could be the discrimination factor. If the people, who support Finney’s beliefs, create a large enough, influential enough, and powerful enough group, it has the ability to create chaos and havoc among the country. If this group does create this kind of chaos, it could interfere with the country being domestically tranquil.

Conneccting Historic Documents to Today

"Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains of slavery?"~Patrick Henry (36).


Personally i HATE with a burning passion these pictures. The fact that anyone took them grosses me out in some ways. This quote relates to those who jumped out of the burning towers because they were put in a situation where they were being attacked. Their lives were about to end because of the collapsing and burning building. These people who jumped decided to make a choice and not give in to the fate they was forced upon them. These people jumped out to end their lives quicker, and with less pain. They made a choice, just like Patrick Henry explained, they deserve the right to make a choice of what they want, not be forced into something they don't want.




"...and in such a country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us"~Patrick Henry (36)


The picture shows firefighters raising the American flag on Ground Zero. Patrick Henry explained that we are invincible by any force. The British army killed plenty of Americans during the Revolutionary War, just as Al Qaeda killed thousands of Americans during the 9/11 attacks. Although we were injured, killed, and damaged from these attacks, we are still strong and prosperous as a nation. We do not grow weaker by our loss, but stronger. We do not give up, and we never will.

ELIC Question Number UNO

1. What are your thoughts about Oskar at this point in the novel, after "Heavier Boots"?  Do you sympathize with him?  Are you critical of him?  Choose a specific action of his as the basis for your comment.

For the last two chapters I have become more and more critical of Oskar as his emotions have taken control of him, and he he continues to explain his disturbing thoughts. The action that came to my mind that was the most outrageous was during the play when he explained the smashing of skulls on page 146. Although he was voicing his frustration, he was so violent in the way he said it that it caused me to notice how emotional he really is. Nobody has the right to want to commit the violent acts that Oskar explained he wanted to do. He allowed his emotions to get the best of him during this situation.Emotions can be an important factor in trusting a character because when a character is over emotional they can often times have trouble determining actual reality from what their emotions are defining as reality. For all we know we are seeing distorted views of people. We know that we are because we here constant complaints and mean comments about Oskar's mom, but she is going through a hard time as well. The neglect for others, assumptions he has made, and bias are all factors that make me believe that Oskar is unstable as well as a hard vantage point to view from.