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1.) snag - (n.) a tree or part of a tree held fast in the bottom of a river, lake, etc., and forming an impediment or danger to navigation (dictionary.com)

"I reckoned Jim had fetched up on a snag, maybe, and it was all up with him" (Twain 95).

2.) reticule - (n.) a small purse or bag, originally of network but later of silk, rayon, etc. (dictionary.com)

"holding a white handkerchief and a reticule, and underneath the picture it said "Shall I Never See Thee More Alas" (113).
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1.) "It was fifteen minutes before could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger - but I done it, and I warn't[sic] ever sorry for it afterwards, neither" (98).

In this quote, Huck learns to apologize to Jim for hurting him. At the time when this quote comes in, Jim and Huck were reunited after the raft and canoe were separated. Jim is glad to see Huck alive, but Huck says that they were never separated and that Jim was dreaming. Jim then went on to tell his dream. It was about how their hardships now would culminate in Jim's freedom. Yet, after seeing branches on the raft, Jim gets angry with Huck for making a fool of him, since Jim knew he called out for Huck since they were separated, and fell asleep. This quote shows an inversion of the views Huck has grown to accept during his life. During the time in which the story takes place, it is in the South when there is still slavery. Slaves had about as many laws as property, since they were ranked in the same category. For the first time, Huck regrets mistreating and lying to Jim. Jim was obviously hurt, and especially because his freedom was in question. Though Huck would probably take him and turn him in down South to be sold again, Huck was not that way. He knew Jim more personally and chose to help him, and he said that sometimes, being by himself was "sort of lonesome" (49).

2.) "Other places do seem so cramped up and smothery, but a raft don't. You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft" (128).

In this quote, Huck leaves the Grangerfords' house and goes off with Jim towards the north and freedom. Huck enjoyed his time with the Grangerfords and enjoyed their hospitality, but he was ready to leave the place. He once said that comparing his prior life to his life at the Grangerford's, "Nothing couldn't be better" (116). However, this was changed after he witnessed a feud between the Grangerfords and nearby Shepherdsons. After Sofia got married to Harney Shepherdson, they ran off before they were suspected. Yet, they were found out and there followed a gunfight. In that fight, many of the Grangerfords got killed, including Buck, with whom Huck was closest. Sick of the fighting and to ways of society, Huck rediscovered his freedom and independence soon after, when he and Jim went off in the raft. As when he stayed with the Grangerfords, he reasserted that "There ain't[sic] nothing in the world so good" (128). Huck is definitely glad to leave behind the feud. He had suffered enough abuse in his father's hands. That is why he was glad to return to the raft, which initally brought his freedom from his father.