Huck Finn 5: pg 129-158

“Next you’d see a raft sliding by, away off yonder, and maybe a galoot on it chopping” (130).  Galoot- an awkward, eccentric, or foolish person 

“paddled about a mile up a crick” (130).  Crick- variant of creek

"If I never learnt nothing else out of pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with this kind of people is to let them have their own way" (137). 

• I’m glad that Huck saw through the duke and Dauphin’s lies.  There statements were obviously huge lies.  They thought them up on the fly to try and trick Jim and Huck.  It is very convenient that two people were running away from a mob and belonged to such royalty together, and it is even more convenient that Huck found them both.  Huck doesn’t want any issues so he does not call them out on their lies.  He learned this from dealing with his father.  If Huck knew his father was wrong he would not call him out on it because he would get in trouble and probably get beat.  He sees similarities between his father and the two new men.  It is possible that Pap had some qualities that were similar, most likely lying.  Huck does not want any trouble and does not want extra attention brought onto him and Jim so he will let the lies go as long as it does not interfere with him too much.  It is important to note that these men are liars, Pap was maybe a liar, and Huck is a compulsive liar who lies to get his way out of trouble.  
  

“dat’s all right, den.  I doan’ mine one er two kings, but dat’s enough.  Dis one’s powerful drunk, an de duke ain’ much better” (146).

• In this quote we see how Jim is naïve.  He is not stupid however.  He is just uneducated.  He does not realize what the duke and king is saying are lies.  He thinks they are looking out for him and Huck, but they are doing what is best for them.  The first time a decision has to be made by the king or duke and it does not benefit them, they will pick the other option, no matter what the consequence will be for Jim or Huck.  Huck realizes the duke and king’s lies, but Jim does not realize this.  In his life Jim has never encountered any types of kings, or any stories of kings.  Huck has probably heard stories of kings.  Huck can see through their lies.  Jim has never heard these stories and Huck has not told him about the lies so he stays in the dark, and it will take a lot for him to find out about their lies.