Jim is trying to express to Huck that no matter what situation Huck is in he will grow from that experience and learn how to correctly place himself him culture and society and in doing so will create a environment that will be more suited to him. But this setting will crumble just like any environment that you are surrounded by. In saying this he is telling Huck that in order to live life to the fullest he must go with the flow and accept the environment around him in order to truly experience life in the fullest.
A vignette<span> is a scene or a descriptive sketch. It might focus on a single moment or an image, or it may give a particularly distinct impression of a character or setting. A</span>vignette<span> is a snapshot or a glimpse. ... A </span>vignette<span> differs from a </span>short story<span> in that it doesn't necessarily have all the elements of plot.</span>
<span>"Being thus arived in a good harbor and brought safe to land, they fell upon their knees & blessed ye God of heaven, who had brought them over ye vast & furious ocean, and delivered them from all ye periles & miseries therof, againe to set their feete on ye firme and stable earth, their proper element" this statement shows how thankful the Pilgrims were to have successfully crossed the Atlantic and arrived safe and sound in their new country.
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Grendel is shown as a monster as he was exultant; highly elated about the presence of the kinsmen he wanted to devour.