Still obsessed with making saving Jim into a great story in chapter 38 Tom was still making life harder for both Huck and Jim. Making Jim a coat of arms having him write out inscriptions was the most ridiculous plan so far on Tom's part in the story. and then making them carve it into a rock just kinda pushed it over the edge and kind made the story irritating for me. After the rock when Tom cam up with the idea to put a rattlesnake in there with him probably would have made me just punch him in the face and save Jim all by my self just so i didn't have to deal with him any more.
Even up till chapter 40 all Tom did was come up with more dumb ideas that Huck went along with because he couldn't say no to Tom. If anything all his ideas make the chapters harder to read and less interesting because you can kinda see the ideas coming from a mile away. I can see that maybe the ideas are like fillers to make the story longer or even have a secret meaning but personally i couldn't see a meaning other then being too confident is just a hindrence to people around you.
Even up till chapter 40 all Tom did was come up with more dumb ideas that Huck went along with because he couldn't say no to Tom. If anything all his ideas make the chapters harder to read and less interesting because you can kinda see the ideas coming from a mile away. I can see that maybe the ideas are like fillers to make the story longer or even have a secret meaning but personally i couldn't see a meaning other then being too confident is just a hindrence to people around you.