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.

Explanation:

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.

from the count of monte cristo there are two synonyms of the word “grotto”. these words are chamber and cavern.

the answer is c.   the fact that the poet mentions what some people wear when they go to church to keep the sabbath shows that she knows about this tradition or custom. this demonstrates her authority because, when she decides the way she will worship, she knows what she is talking about and chooses an alternative to only going to church to keep the sabbath.