Chapters 32 - 33

Blog – What does Huck mean when he says “Human beings can be awful cruel to one another? What does Twain mean by having him say it?

Huck is refering to the King and the Duke when the towns ppl tarred and feathered them. I thing what Huck is saying is that yes the King and the Duke were stealing from ppl and misleading them but they weren't physically abusing them like the ppl were. I Think what twain is showing is how ppl tend to lash out at one another weather the recipieant desserved it or not. ppl get notions and then act uppon them often by hurting others, and i think one main point he is trying to show is slavery, because the ppl tarring and freathering the king and Duke think their actions are justified because they were swindling ppl, and i think this is supposed to reflect how ppl treated blacks like crap because they believed them to be lesser beings as if this justified what they were doing.

Chapters 28-31

What does Huck decide to do about Jim? Why does he decide to do it?

We see huck struggling with himself over weather or not he should turn Jim in or protect him. He origianly decided that he would only ever do what was the easiest. However he got to thinking about Jim as a friend and he vowed that even if it means going to hell he'll save Jim.
Huck actually at one point left Jim on the raft so that he could go out and turn him in but when the oppurtunity came he lied to protect Jim. He wasn't sure weather this was the right thing to do or not and he was sure Tom sawyer would never 'sink to such a level'. this is also odd for huck because tom is his model but in the end he chooses his friendship with jim even if its the harder decission