1/20/2023 0 Comments Digging Jim Game![]() However, because both Huck and Jim are unaware of Jim's freedom, they agree to follow Tom's extravagant plans for a dramatic escape. In actuality, Jim has already been set free by the late Miss Watson's will, and readers will learn this startling fact at the end of the novel. ![]() The opportunity to burlesque Tom's romanticism and infuse humor back into the novel comes at the price of Jim's perceived freedom. Tom argues that Jim will need a rope ladder and other items such as case-knives and a journal, because the escape must be done just like the prison novels he has read. Tom and Huck begin making plans for an elaborate escape, and each step becomes more complicated and time-consuming. When a slave brings food to Jim, the boys go along and whisper to Jim that they are going to set him free. Tom again argues that the plan is not complicated enough and then decides that they should dig Jim out because doing so will take a couple of weeks. Tom argues that the plan is too simple and as "mild as goosemilk." After they examine the cabin where Jim is being held, Huck suggests that they tear off one board for Jim to escape. ![]() Huck's logical plan is to steal the keys from Uncle Silas, quickly unlock Jim, and immediately leave on the raft. Tom discovers that Jim is being held in a small farm cabin, and the two boys discuss plans to free Jim from captivity. ![]()
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