Read the passage from mark twain’s adventures of huckleberry finn. tom sulked in a corner…. he knew that in her heart his aunt was on her knees to him, and he was morosely gratified by the (awareness) of it. he would hang out no signals, he would take notice of none. he knew that a yearning glance fell upon him, now and then, through a film of tears, but he refused recognition of it. he pictured himself lying sick unto death and his aunt bending over him beseechingone little forgiving word, but he would turn his face to the wall, and die with that word unsaid. ah, how would she feel then? what does beseeching mean? laughing shaming pleading crying

pleading

To beesech is to ask for something urgently and repeatedly. In this excerpt, Huck is mad at his aunt. He can tell that she wants to apologize to him, but cannot not bring herself to do so. Huck believes that his aunt will eventually run to him, in his deathbed, and implore him to forgive her. However, he takes pleasure on the idea of her being so desperate and Huck never, ever forgiving her.

rudy is the nazi ideal, unfortunately for the nazis his ideal comes in the form of jesse the complete opposite of those who embrace the idea of white supremacy. over the course of the novel, rudy learns that he wants nothing to do with the hitler youth, and because of this his parents are forced to make a bargain; rudy's father is forced into the military, so that his son can remain home.   both liesel and hans influence that young man that rudy becomes. following han's example, rudy puts aside his own hunger to risk his life so that the jewish prisoners might have bread to eat.