1) Discuss Huck's logic in differentiating between borrowing and stealing.
2) What does Huck's insistence on boarding the wrecked steamboat tell us about him?
3) What is the significance of the name of the steamboat, The Walter Scott?
4) Why does Huck try to save the murderers, and how does this reflect on his character?
5) Discuss the satire in the scheme Huck devises to rescue the murderers. How is he able to enlist the aid of the boat man?
6) Why did Jim feel "it was all up with HIM anyway it could be fixed"?
7) How accurate is Huck's information about dukes and kings? Why?
8) Why is Jim so vehement in his dislike of king solomon? Though the stand Jim takes, Twain is making a statement concerning antebellum society's common stereotype of the slave. Discuss and elaborate on the style in which the scene is written.