Funny Convicts

In chapter 19 Huck agrees to give two strangers a ride on the raft. I was surprised by how easily they convinced Huck to give them a ride especially because they were in the South and Jim was still aboard the raft. Another surprise to me was how foolish Jim and Huck were to believe that these two admitted convicts were royalties. For example when the old man claims he is the heir to the king of France, "Yes, gentlemen, you see before you, in blue jeans and misery, the wanderin', exiled, trampled-on, and sufferin' rightful King of France" (79, online text). I think Twain may have thought the same way as Huck does and he maybe showing it in this scene.