Of course when ever Tom Sawyer tries to help out he has to make it ten times more complicated than just finding the easy way out. Why does Tom do this? It's probably because he doesn't want to put his name in jeopardy, he has to do it the Tom way. Why does Huck follow along? They could have escaped in one day. I would be scared that either Nat or someone else would catch on. However, if it were me I would do it the simplest way possible and left without all the dramatics. I feel like that's how our society sees it too. As a society we are always rushing and worry about the next thing we have to do.
Although not much happens in these chapters other than a drawn out plan to help Jim be free from Sally and Silas, its fun to see the two get so creative in the great escape. For example, as you see in movies Tom comes up with the idea to bake a pie for Jim with a rope in side of it which they ultimately call a witch pie. When I was about there age I remember doing silly things like making mud pies and playing make-believe. Its interesting how your point of view as time goes on alters so much, but I feel like I am still that little kid no matter how old I get.
Even though this part of the novel brings me back to the way I was when I was their age, it was a bit obnoxious. Jim's watcher was easy to manipulate and his chains were generally simple to take off; however, doing it the Tom way lead to more than a days work and the two boys try to saw of Jim's chains. Also, Sally cluelessness is unrealistic. I mean right when the boys are staying in her house her items go missing and she never accuses them.
I find chapters 34-37 interesting. I really like how Huck keeps coming up with ways to free Jim. However, I did not like how Tom kept turning all his ideas down. Huck was really trying to figure ways to get his friend Jim out of cabin and to help him become free. Tom just wanted to make things way more complicated than what was needed.
Although not much happens in these chapters other than a drawn out plan to help Jim be free from Sally and Silas, its fun to see the two get so creative in the great escape. For example, as you see in movies Tom comes up with the idea to bake a pie for Jim with a rope in side of it which they ultimately call a witch pie. When I was about there age I remember doing silly things like making mud pies and playing make-believe. Its interesting how your point of view as time goes on alters so much, but I feel like I am still that little kid no matter how old I get.
Even though this part of the novel brings me back to the way I was when I was their age, it was a bit obnoxious. Jim's watcher was easy to manipulate and his chains were generally simple to take off; however, doing it the Tom way lead to more than a days work and the two boys try to saw of Jim's chains. Also, Sally cluelessness is unrealistic. I mean right when the boys are staying in her house her items go missing and she never accuses them.
I find chapters 34-37 interesting. I really like how Huck keeps coming up with ways to free Jim. However, I did not like how Tom kept turning all his ideas down. Huck was really trying to figure ways to get his friend Jim out of cabin and to help him become free. Tom just wanted to make things way more complicated than what was needed.