"You could see it was a great satisfaction to the people, because naturally they wanted to know. A little thing like that don't cost nothing, and it's just the little things that makes a man to be looked up to and liked. There warn't no more popular man in town than what tha undertaker was" (195).
-The little things often times does bring great satisfaction. Most of the time people do not have time to really focus or pay attention to the small details. So often times we go after those small details or information that somebody knows because it is something that just intrigues us. For example gossip or that small story about something funny that happened that day is often something that people like to know not because it has any great relevance, but its just something to make the day a bit funnier.
"I thought them poor girls and them niggers would break their hearts for grief'; they cried around each other, and took on so it most made me down sick to see it. The girls said they hadn't ever dreamed of seeing the family seperated or sold away from the town. I can't ever get it out of my memory, the sight of them poor miserable girls and niggers hanging around each other's necks and crying; and I reckon I couldn't a stood it all but would a had to bust out and telll on our gang if I hadn;t knowed the sale warn't no account and the niggers would be back home in a week or two"(196).
- Here the reader is exposed to the loving and compassionate side of Huck. And the reader can get the feeling that Huck for all the hard ships he has encounterd, he is at heart a good kid for he even claims that "the sight of them poor miserable girls and niggers hanging around each other's necks and crying" to be a very strong image that haunts him. So we see that his compassionate side is very strong in his life. This probably is due to him being able to relate with them seeing that he has endured so much at such a young age. His compassion will most likely play a very prominent role in his developement from a boy to a man.
Histrionic: Characteristic of acting or a stage performance; often affected
"Don't ever tell me any more that a nigger ain't got any histrionic talent" (197).
Frock: A one-piece garment for a woman; has skirt and bodice
She said she'd have her frocks and a lot of other traps took out of her room if they was in Uncle Harvey's way" (184).
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