Huck Finn Changes To The Raft Analysis

In the beginning of chapter 12 of Huckleberry Finn, Huck describes and explains the changes that he and Jim made to the raft during the night. In this project, I was told to recreate the raft and build the modifications Jim added. As I constructed my model raft, I analyzed the changes they made. I realized that although the changes brought about by Jim did provide some comfort, the modifications that were made were not for luxury at all. They were made so that the two of them had shelter, heat, and protection. These changes were defiantly not extra. They were a necessity for their survival. Although the changes Jim and Huck made to their raft were not many, the ones that they did make were very significant. The first change made to the raft was the addition of a wigwam. Jim built this so that when the weather was bad, he and Huck would be able to hide without getting wet. According to Huck, the wigwam was built out of the top
To add this onto “my” raft as well, I glued a circle of small rocks onto the raft (I used rocks because I was uncertain as to what material Jim and Huck used as a frame for the fire pit.) and filled the bottom with a few centimeters of dirt. To make the fire, I glued a few pieces of a red and orange candy wrapper (same kind I used for fire in the lantern) in the center of the rocks in an attempt for it to bear at least some kind of resemblance to a real fire. The unfortunate thing about the wigwam was that it was too small to have the fire actually placed inside it. So I had to content myself with putting the fire pit right behind the wigwam, instead of inside it. The last thing I added to the raft was two oars. To produce these, I took two small sticks and split the top of each one. I then fitted in an oval shaped piece of wood that I had scraped the bark off of and trimmed, into the slot that I had created previously. The last thing that I did was glue both oars to the