Thursday, March 26, 2009
Blog #6
A minstrel show is a show were white peopel paint there faces black and amuse other people by making fun of the black folks.I really dont think that Jim is a minstel. I mean there are times were his comments and beliefs are a little out there and i guess that is the only humourous part but other than that i dont condiser him to be portrayed as a minstrel. Maybe later on in the book there will be more incidents were Jim is shown as a minstrel. Right now Jim is portrayed as a characeter who is smart but in a way still very childish. Even though he is older than Huckleberry Finn, he is still being told what to do in a way.
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The way he acts is something clue to us to say that he might be a minstrel, but like you say I totally agree. He is just a childish person that sometimes has some weird or random thoughts but still catagorizes as a normal human being that is not really trying to make fun of others.
ReplyDeletewell to me jim is protyed as a minstrel because we dont see people going around saying that they have been abducted by witches and that they were infront of the devil or that they are able to see the future in a hair ball. like i said if anyone would tell us that i would probably laugh at him. but i agree that we will see where the book take us later with jim.
ReplyDeleteI have the thought that he might be a minstrel character later on in the story. But for now, at least to where I'm at, I think that he is portraying a double consciousness to Huck. Im not sure...
ReplyDeleteI agree with you the Jim doesnt seem like he is a minstrel as of right now in the book but maybe as we go on and find out more about him my view of him might change.
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