Quotation:
"Jim knowed all kinds of signs. He said he knowed most of everything" (56).
- Here Huck is saying that Jim is very skillfull with accomodating symbols to whether they are good or bad luck. Thus Jim will play a key role in foreshadowing what will happen later on in the book because of his ability predict luck from objects or actions. Thus when ever Jim talks about their luck the author is most likely hinting to a future event.
"And he said that handling a snake-skin was such awful bad luck that maybe we hadn't go to the end of it yet. He said he druther see the new moon over his left shoulder as much as a thousands times than take up a snake-skin in his hand" (63).
-Here we see one of Huck and Jim's superstitions, relating to snake skins. They believe it be bad luck, to such an extent that it is one of the worst among all of the bad luck omens. And Huck goes on to say that Jim said that he reckons they "hadn't go to the end of it yet" (63), thus foreshadowing that something bad is to happen later on in the story. And most of the time when it comes to omen and symbols of luck we see they play true. An example of this is with the birds who fore told of rain. Thus something bad is going to happen to Jim and Huck.
Lolled: Hang loosely or laxly
"We lolled on the grass" (53).
Abreast: Being up to particular standard or level especially in being up to date in knowledge
"I see a bunch of smoke laying on the water a long ways up- about abreast the ferry" (47).
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