• Huck and Tom are trying to decipher where they might find Jim on the premises 
• They put two and two together and conclude he is probably in the cabin 
• They decide to think separately about a plan and come together later 
• Huck comes up with a plan that is straight forward and simple 
• Tom says it is not a good idea and it will be too easy 
• He says it needs to be complicated and adventurous and creates a new plan 
• Huck is still in shock that Tom is willing to help free a black man 
• He questions Tom to be sure he really wants to help 
• Tom gets flustered and says he does want to help 
• That night they go to explore the cabin and decide the best way to free Jim 
• There is window Jim could crawl out of, but that was still to easy for Tom 
• They go into this shed that is right next to the cabin and discover that it is not connected but could dig into the cabin 
• They sneak back into the house 
• Next day they make friends with the black slave that feeds Jim and he lets them in 
• Jim is so excited to see them 
• They tell him not to be worried if hears any noise and that it is just them digging 

• Tom; think about what aspects make up Tom 
• Huck; think about what aspects make up Huck 
• Jim; “runaway” black slave 
• Nad: the black man feeding Jim 

• Realism and Romanticism are very bold in this chapter. Find the sections or passages of realism vs. romanticism and connect it with the characters involved. 
• In what way does Tom affect Huck, and how far has Huck come since leaving Tom behind at the beginning of the story? 

• “That was the thing that was too many for me. Here was a boy that was respectable, and well brung up; and had a character to lose; and folks at home that had characters; and he was bright and not leather-headed; and knowing and not ignorant; and not mean, but kind; and yet here he was, without anymore pride, or rightness, or feeling, than to stoop to this business, and make himself a shame, and his family a shame, before everybody.

- This is a significant passage because it is how Huck views Tom not the other way around. And, more importantly it reveals what Huck really thinks of himself for helping free a black slave. It reveals how Huck has still continued to change his views although; he has regressed since Tom has returned. Huck is a human character and takes three steps forward and two steps back.

• “It shows how a body can see and don’t see, at the same time.”

- Through this passage Twain is telling us that although he is putting Huck through these trials and tribulations Huck maintains his thriving (sometimes buried) humanity. It is showing us now that Huck understands what he will one day know; that black or white everyone is a human. He gives the explanation for three steps forward and two steps back. In his heart he understands that him and Jim are the same, but society has not yet let it be accepted.

• Tom seems to have a sort of power over Huck. Huck knows that he could be right in his ways of thinking but having Tom around seems to regress him further and further. It brings in a Man vs. Self conflict, which has been a test since humanity began. 
• The way Jim was treated was horrible. He was kept on the dark shed, chained, and fed the leftover scraps; and the other slaves were not. Wondering why Jim is so different.