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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Family Quotes Page 9
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| Quote #25 She grabbed me and hugged me tight; and then gripped me by both hands and shook and shook; and the tears come in her eyes, and run down over; and she couldn't seem to hug and shake enough, and kept saying, "You don't look as much like your mother as I reckoned you would; but law sakes, I don't care for that, I'm so glad to see you! Dear, dear, it does seem like I could eat you up! Children, it's your cousin Tom! – tell him howdy." (32.10) |
Perhaps because of his own poor family life, Huck eagerly embeds himself in the families of others.
| Quote #26 "But here we're a-running on this way, and you hain't told me a word about Sis, nor any of them. Now I'll rest my works a little, and you start up yourn; just tell me EVERYTHING – tell me all about 'm all every one of 'm; and how they are, and what they're doing, and what they told you to tell me; and every last thing you can think of." (32.31) |
Aunt Sally epitomizes the caring matriarchal figure. We have more to say about Aunt Sally in her "Character Analysis."
| Quote #27 "Why, there's somebody come! I wonder who 'tis? Why, I do believe it's a stranger. Jimmy " (that's one of the children)' "run and tell Lize to put on another plate for dinner." (33.28) |
Aunt Sally is more than willing to take on a mothering role, both towards Huck (who she believes to be her nephew) and towards her own nephew, who she believes to be a stranger.
