What purpose does the story of him and the hat serve in chapter 2? a) to show the reader that tom and buck are cruel young men. b) to illustrate jim’s superstitious beliefs c) to explain why some people in the south believed in witches. d) to make the reader dislike. book: the adventures of huckleberry finn.

C) to explain why some people in the south believed in witches.

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In this story, we see that Tom and Huck tiptoe through the garden when Jim hears them. He decides to stay put until he discovers the source of the noise, but he ends up falling asleep. Huck and Tom decide to play a prank on him and they put his hat on a branch. When Jim wakes up, he tells everyone that he was the victim of witchcraft. Twain uses this story in order to explain the superstitions of the South and how these allowed people to make sense of the world.

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to leave the reader thinking and wandering on their own. without a resolution we are clueless to what happens next, and why it does. it may even cause suspension with the reader.

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