At the end of Ch. 23 Jim tells as story about his daughter. What is significant in that story and what does it reveal about Jim?

jim tells the story of his daughter being deaf, but he doesn't know right away that she is deaf. his daughter becomes sick, and when she is better she is deaf. when he tells her to close the door and she ignores him he doesn't know that she cant actually hear him. he hits her and when he realizes that she is actually deaf he feels awful. this is important because firstly is shows that jim has a family that he loves and cares for. and second it shows that jim has a hard side; although, his softer side is much more predominant. 

What do you make of the Duke and the King? Is it wise for Huck and Jim to go along with them?

to me these two men are large scams. I'm not sure if it is going to end up good or bad for huck and jim, but I'm sure that these two men are hiding something. i don't think that it is wise for huck and jim to go with these men that call them selves duke and king. i think that wile huck is trying to do the right thing by helping them, he should have let them pass because the more people they bring and the more they ask questions then the more likely it is that they are going to get found out. 

how are huck and buck similar

well they both live in little back woods cabin with their families, even though huck's was only with his father. other than the obvious, such as their age and height, they are both slightly under educated children. for example neither of them speak perfect english and they seem to live in their own world. this could just be because of their age or their lack of education, but they don't seem to see things in a broad picture. for example when huck asks buck what a feud is, buck tells him that it is a long lasting fight between his family and their rival family. he tells him this instead of defining the word, and huck tends to do this also. 

How do the events in this chapter characterize raftsmen?

based on the events in this chapter raftsmen weren't held to very high respects. first when the two men want to search Huck's raft. this is because they assumed that he would be helping run-away slaves, just because he is a raftsmen. then the incident with the steam boat. steam boat captains didn't think highly of raftsmen at all, they would come very close to hitting them some times knocking a board or two off. this particular boat didn't stop for them they plowed right through them, the only consideration they gave them was when they ran their raft over they turned off the engine. so do to the events in this chapter i would say rafts men were not thought highly of at all. 

Why does Huck want to help the men on the wreck? What does this show us about him?

Huck wants to help the men on the wreck because he knows that its the right thing to do. he starts thinking about the things from his "proper" upbringing, before his drunken father steals him back. he wants to help them because he knows that life is important he wants to try and help them. he also thinks it will make up for doing bad things. this shows that even though he isn't the best kid and he is running away and lying to people that he really does have a good side and now that he is alone on the river with Jim it is starting to come out more. 

What trick does Huck play on Jim? Why is he tricking him now when he didn’t want to before?

Huck finds a dead snake and decides that because Jim is very superstitious about those kinds of things that he will put it near him so in the morning he will see it. the plan back fires on him and the snake's mate comes back to it and then bites Jim. Huck isn't glad Jim got bit he just wanted to play a joke on him he didn't actually want Jim to get hurt. he tricks Jim because Jim is very superstitious so he thinks it would be funny.