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1.) haggle - (v.) to mangle in cutting; hack (dictionary.com)

"I catched[sic] a cat-fish and haggled him open with my saw, and towards sundown I started my camp fire and had supper" (Twain 49).

2.) shanty - (n.) a crudely built hut, cabin, or house (dictionary.com)

"There was a light burning in a little shanty that hadn't been lived in for a long time, and I wondered who had took up quarters there" (65).

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1.) "Well, I b'lieve[sic] you, Huck. I-I run off" (53).

In this quote, the reader learns that Jim also cherishes freedom as much as Huck does. This comes as no surprise, since Jim is a slave, and no one would appreciate having to perform mandatory labor. Jim ran off to the island where Huck was when he heard that Ms. Watson planned to sell him to Orleans for $800. She promised not to, but she had nothing to lose in selling him and getting $800. This is the beginning of a realization of similarities between Huck and Jim. As already mentioned, they value freedom. Huck sees freedom as "I was boss of it; it all belonged to me, so to say, and I wanted to know all about it; but mainly I wanted to put in the time" (49-50). In the case of Jim, freedom is escaping "Ole[sic] Missus[sic] - dat's[sic] Miss Watson - she pecks on me all de[sic] time, en[sic] treats me pooty[sic] rough" (53). Also, they believe in superstition, as exemplified in the following quote.

2.) "You said it was the worst bad luck in the world to touch a snake-skin with my hands" (62).

This quote is one of several examples of Huck and Jim's belief in superstition. From the start, it was evident that Huck believed in fantasy, like the time when he and his friends were going to rob elephants and Arabs. Yet, most superstitious of all would have to be Jim. He has all sorts of good and bad signs. The above quote is one of several bad signs. This goes along with the examples of talking to bees after their keeper dies. Jim also dreamed up some good luck signs. One example comes in when he says, "Ef[sic] you's got hairy arms en[sic] a hairy breas'[sic], it's a sign dat[sic] you's agwyne[sic] to be rich" (56). Then he goes on to tell about his troubles with speculation. One things is evident, and that is that superstition is a part of his culture. In The Crucible, Tituba seemed lost whenever anyone talked of witchcraft. She then said later on that she signed the devil's book and admitted all sorts of other falsehoods. Among other examples is this more modern one. Fairly recently in Nigeria, "Police in Nigeria are holding a goat on suspicion of attempted armed robbery" (Reuters). That is because "Vigilantes took the black and white beast to the police saying it was an armed robber who had used black magic to transform himself into a goat to escape arrest after trying to steal a Mazda 323" (Reuters). Being a slave, Jim was more than likely from Africa, and superstition abounds in such areas.