Answer:
Huck reacts by not being able to speak or breathe because he is so scared. I think he is starting to realize that life isn't forever and life can be quickly ended by other people, so you have to be careful with what kind of situations you put yourself in and who you surround yourself with.
Is this from a book? What book?
Answer:
There is within me (and with sadness I have watched it in others) a knot of cruelty borne by the stream of love, much as our blood sometimes bears the seed of our destruction, and at times I was mean to Doodle.
Explanation:
This was probably one of the saddest lines in the entire story. He is older when he says this thinking back on the memories of him and his brother.
Answer:
a tree has a thick trunk
Explanation:
This adaptation helped it survive strong winds and tropical stoms