Huck Finn: Feuds, Firearms and innocence Chapters 17-18.
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Transcript of Huck Finn: Feuds, Firearms and innocence Chapters 17-18.
Huck Finn: Feuds, Huck Finn: Feuds, Firearms and innocenceFirearms and innocence
Chapters 17-18Chapters 17-18
Guided ImageryGuided Imagery
You need a piece of paper and a pen. You need a piece of paper and a pen. Put away everything else. Put away everything else.
You may close your eyes—but do not You may close your eyes—but do not go to sleep!!!go to sleep!!!
Listen carefully and be prepared to Listen carefully and be prepared to respondrespond
The River is…The River is… An escapeAn escape
TransportationTransportation A highway to freedom!A highway to freedom! Peaceful timesPeaceful times A connectionA connection
Turn to chapter 18 and read along as we listen
Huck is now on his own and he Huck is now on his own and he encounters—DEATH! and lots of it!encounters—DEATH! and lots of it!
Emmeline Grangerford (100-104)—she Emmeline Grangerford (100-104)—she writes about death. Why? writes about death. Why?
If you hear about death constantly can you If you hear about death constantly can you become numb to it? become numb to it?
How is this a part of Twain’s How is this a part of Twain’s satiresatire? ? Message: Message:
Death is seriousDeath is serious Emmeline cares about the order of speakers at Emmeline cares about the order of speakers at
the funeralthe funeral Emmeline takes pride in her poetryEmmeline takes pride in her poetry Huck feels a connection and believes she was Huck feels a connection and believes she was
very sad and depressedvery sad and depressed
Grangerfords and Shepherdsons: Grangerfords and Shepherdsons: Twain’s Satire Turns DarkTwain’s Satire Turns Dark
Targets the cult of Southern aristocracy Targets the cult of Southern aristocracy and the traditions of dueling and feuding. and the traditions of dueling and feuding.
Thoughts on death—pg 107Thoughts on death—pg 107It’s okay to kill if you’re in a feud!It’s okay to kill if you’re in a feud!
What is Twain’s tone toward the What is Twain’s tone toward the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons? Grangerfords and Shepherdsons? Negative—disdainful: seen through Huck’s Negative—disdainful: seen through Huck’s
observation: pg. 109 church sermonsobservation: pg. 109 church sermons Huck calls Col. Grangerford a gentlemen—Huck calls Col. Grangerford a gentlemen—
what is ironic about this? what is ironic about this? He goes around shooting at others all day longHe goes around shooting at others all day long
Huck and BuckHuck and Buck
What do you notice about the What do you notice about the names? names? Huck becomes very attached to Buck—Huck becomes very attached to Buck—
sees something of himself in Bucksees something of himself in Buck Compare Buck and Tom: Compare Buck and Tom:
proper behavior “It’s done because its proper behavior “It’s done because its done” no other reason. Warning against done” no other reason. Warning against the dangers of blind followingthe dangers of blind following
Huck sees no honor or tradition in Huck sees no honor or tradition in it; he just sees dead young men. it; he just sees dead young men. First death—Buck diesFirst death—Buck dies
The Land is…The Land is…
Society’s playgroundSociety’s playground ChaoticChaotic AdventureAdventure ConfusingConfusing Painful Painful Mixed upMixed up BackwardBackward
Huck Finn Introducing the King and the Duke
Chapters 19-23
Does Twain believe there such a thing as “too far” from society?
A-YES B-NO
The Duke & The Dauphin (King) Conmen and Satire
Professional conmen- What do they do to make money? Trick people Duke: selling fake products that don’t
work (toothpaste that take tartar and enamel off your teeth)
King: running a temperance revival and charging money each night while drinking on the sly
Huck does not believe their story. So why does he let them stay?
He wants to avoid conflict
The king himself
The king is basically and idiot. BUT he is smarter than the churchgoers! What is Twain saying about religious
fanatics? Overkill and gullible
What is he saying about the average man?
Easily manipulated
Follow along as we read chapter 21-23
Sherburn and Boggs: Southern Bravery?
Second death: Boggs Colonel Sherburn: speech is a violent criticism
of the myth of Southern Bravery—compare to Grangerford episode (criticism of Southern Honor)
Sherburn compares these people to the KKK when he says “You didn’t bring a man with you?”—mob mentality
Twain is making the point that it is better to act on your own and not through mob mentality.
“Royal Nonesuch” The sign “Ladies and Children Not Permitted suggests
what? Scandal
Who comes to the shows? All the townsmen
Why does it attract a large crowd? An element of danger and “badness”
What is Twain saying about human beings through this Satire? We are easily manipulated to want what we shouldn’t
The men who have been conned decide to let the other men in the town be conned before the run the King and the Duke out! What does this say about society’s morality? We don’t want to be alone in our stupidity It’s okay to get revenge It’s okay to con if you have been conned
JIM IS HUMANIZED!
Jim weeps about the loss of his family and shares with Huck and event from his past—slapping his daughter for not closing the door only to realize she was deaf. Huck realizes he is a human being with real emotions.