Sunday, March 3, 2013

On page 173 in the beginning of chapter 26 I found the conversation about a difference of slaves and servants. Some of the men believed that in England the servants were treated better because they were allowed to celebrate Holidays like the white people. The Duke however, believes that servants are jsut there for style and just to "pass the plate-one thing or another". Yet, someone disagrees with the Duke and says that the servants in England are treated like dogs, cant celebrate holidays, cant go to church, or anywhere. Huck, who has been acting as a servant for Duke has a hard time taking this in. He tries to find the differences between servants, slaves, and valleys. He tries to explain how a "common" servant is different and can go to church and celebrate holidays. But, everyone says that he is just telling lies. 
I never thought to differentiate servants or slaves. I believe that Jim would have a completely different outlook than Huck, Duke, and the others because he has a first hand experience of being a slave, while the others are in the poistion to boss around the person slave or servant. 

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