How does the narrator's viewpoint compare to the
turtle's in this passage?
The narrator and the turtle both agree that Jim
talks too much
The narrator and the turtle both wish that Jim
would learn to play the fiddle
"Good mornin," Jim said, loud, but not too loud. There
was no answer. "Good mornin to ya, cooter, Jim said, a
bit louder this time. No answer again.
"Well, I knew it," said the slaveowner. "Dang you, Jim,
you fooled with me one time too many! And he raised his
whip to thrash Jim as hard as he could
Just then, they heard music, a fiddle playin nearby. And
right there the cooter came climbin out of the pond. He
walked on his back legs and he had that fiddle tacked up
under his chin like any ole fiddler. He was playin away on
it, too.
"Good mornin," he said, and kept on playin. Then he
commenced to sing:
"Jim, I told you you talk too much.
Ran along and find you freedom place."
Mebbe Jim did talk too much. But that was how he got
his freedom
The narrator and the turile both love to play the
fiddle for the plantation owner
The narrator and the turtle both dislike Jim