1) “She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it. But it warn’t to. I tried it” (19).
This quote characterizes Huck as and unreligious and uneducated person. He does not understand the concept of prayer, and thinks it could get him anything. When this does not work out he cannot understand why. This is because Huck is immature and cannot grasp the concept of religion. Later on, when Huck’s father finds him, he threatens Huck to stop going to school, and to ignore religion. This shows that his father may be where Huck got his ideas about life. This is also shown when Huck prefers to live in wild as opposed to the comfort of the widow’s house. This is because Huck’s father influenced him to be this way.
2) “And he said people allowed there’d be another trial to get me away from him and give me to the widow for my guardian, and they guessed it would win, this time. This shook me up considerable, because I didn't want to go back to the widow's any more and be so cramped up and sivilized, as they call it” (35).
This is Huck’s opinion of going back to civilization after his father took him away. This is strange because earlier he said that he was beginning to get used to living in a house and going to school. When he encountered his father earlier, and he was told to stop going to school, he decided to go, just to spite his father. Now that he is with his father he does not want to go back. Huck seems to be constantly changing his opinion on this. He is torn between civilization and the wild. When Huck chooses to run away, it shows that he values freedom more than anything else.
Definitions:
1) “He used to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he hain't been seen in these parts for a year or more” (16).
tanyard: noun- an enclosure where the tanning of leather is carried on
2) “So he locked me in and took the skiff and started off towing the raft about half-past three” (42).
skiff: noun- any of various types of boats small enough for sailing or rowing by one person
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