• Huck and Jim hide the canoe and settle into a cavern on the island 
• They catch part of a lumber raft 
• Huck and Jim find a house on the island 
• They scavenge belongings from the house 

• Huck: Narrator, young boy 
• Jim: Runaway Slave 

• How does the scene with the dead man demonstrate changes in the relationship between Huck and Jim?
• When Jim is talking about the birds, what is he actually talking about? Is he talking about real birds? 

• “ ‘Jim, this is nice,’ I says. ‘I wouldn’t want to be nowhere else but here. Pass me along another hunk of fish and some hot corn-bread.’ 
  ‘Well, you wouldn’t a ben here, ‘f it hadn’t a ben for Jim. You’d a ben down dah in de woods widout any dinner, en gittn’ mos’ drownded, too, dat you would, honey. Chickens knows when it’s gwyne to rain, en so do de birds, chile.’ ”
  
  - In this passage Huck is talking like this is just a whole new adventure. Jim speaks up and tries to bring Huck to see that this isn’t one of Tom Sawyer’s adventures. Jim also wants Huck to realize that Huck needs Jim to survive. 

• “ ‘It’s a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked, too. He’s ben shot in de back. I reck’n he’s ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huck, but doan’ look at his face-it’s too gashly.’ ” 

- In this passage Huck and Jim are in the house that they have found and in one of the rooms is a dead body. Jim tells Huck not to look at the face. Here, Jim is protecting Huck like a father. 

• Symbolism: The house in this chapter seems to represent the change of Huck and Jim’s circumstances. Before entering the house Huck and Jim have no material possessions, no money, and no real bond. After leaving the house they have a wealth of scavenged goods, and have begun to develop a lasting friendship. The house is a symbol of their change in fortune.