Jim Is found by Huck in the woods on the island and Jim is scared at first the Huck will tell where he is at and have him sold in New Orleans for eight hundred dollars. However Huck does not tell because he is also on the run from his father and the Widow, so they decide to join up and live on the rive. Huck is surprised by how Jim has not eaten so he catches a huge catfish that was six foot and over 50 pounds. That filled them up well and good for the night once they found the cave in the side of a mountain to camp out. As they interact more and more you can see how superstitious the two are. Jim is more superstitious than Huck, but Huck is catching on to them all. Jim has many stories for all the things he has supposedly seen and heard that is bad luck or good luck. These stories I feel is what makes the superstition grow and develop in Huck. He seems to love and enjoy listening to his stories about the luck that things will come about from them, even if he does not entirely believe it until something bad happens such as the snake biting Jim on the heel. Huck is a very curious boy who is not afraid of much so down the road I feel that it will get him and Jim into trouble, but he will learn lots of lessons from the mistakes and adventures he has gone through on the river.
The first half of this post was a summary rather than a comment and yes, I do agree that Jim's stories are growing on Huck and will lead Huck into believing more of the superstition than what he already does believe in.
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