The Adventures of Huck Finn

Chapters 1-3

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Quickie Quiz Chapters 1-3 (tpp:15)

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Narrator

(1)Who is the narrator? Huck Finn or Mark Twain?

(2) Explain why the widow is being a hypocrite when she

doesn’t allow Huck to smoke.

Hypocrite: a person who puts on a false

appearance of virtue or religion

(2 pts) Why does Huck sneak out the window when he hears a

“me-yow! Me-yow”?

For one point extra credit, state what literary term me-yow is an example of.

(1) Who is the drowned man thought to be?

HUCK IS AN OUTCAST IN SEARCH OF HIS IDENTITY

(1)Who does he live with?

(1)What happens when he doesn’t have family to offer as “ransom”?

For extra credit, who does he offer as ransom and why (2)

(1)Who does he admire?

(1) Who does the gang of robber really attack (be specific)? (Hint: Tom says it is (Spanish

Merchants and Rich “A-rabs”)

(1) Extra Credit: Where does Tom get all his ideas for the gang of

robbers?

(1) What practical Joke does Tom play on Jim?

(1) Who does Jim blame?

Narrator

Who is the narrator? Huck Finn or Mark Twain?

HUCK! Do not confuse the two. Huck is ignorant and innocent, Mark Twain, the author is very aware.

HUCK Vs. TWAIN

Huck is too innocent and ignorant to understand what’s wrong with his society and what’s right about his own rebellious behavior.

Twain and Huck do NOT share the same voice. Twain teaches lessons through Huck. You have to look beneath the surface.

Twain had come to believe not only that slavery was a horrendous wrong, but that white Americans owed black Americans some form of reparations for it. That is one of the lessons he teaches

(2) Explain why the widow is being a hypocrite when she

doesn’t allow Huck to smoke.

She dips.

(2 pts) Why does Huck sneak out the window when he hears a

“me-yow! Me-yow”?

For one point extra credit, state what literary term me-yow is an example of.

Tom was waiting for him

Onomatopoeia

(1) Who is the drowned man thought to be?

Pap—Huck’s dad

HUCK IS AN OUTCAST IN SEARCH OF HIS IDENTITY

Who does he live with? Widow Douglas and Miss Watson not his

own father. What happens when he doesn’t have

family to offer as “ransom”? almost kicked out of band of robbers

Who does he admire? Tom (his YOUNGER friend) because he has

no one to look up to.

HUCK’s Internal conflict

Society vs. Individual moralsMiss Watson tries to teach Huck about

Moses but Huck “takes no stock in dead people,” and looks to the future proving that he acts by his own opinions rather than society’s.

Huck’s first RESOLUTION: decides to stop praying b/c he didn’t get what he wanted. Decides that helping others doesn’t help you any and there is no reason to do it.

(1) Who does the gang of robber really attack (be specific)? (Hint: Tom says it is (Spanish

Merchants and Rich “A-rabs”)

(1) Extra Credit: Where does Tom get all his ideas for the gang of

robbers?

A Sunday School picnic

books

HUCK & TOM= REALISM vs ROMANTICISM

book written at the end of the Romantic period (look at your timeline)

Romantic= imagination, individualism, creativity; Tom is optimistic and idealistic and BUT he tends to follow the rules and “do the right thing” according to Huck

Realism= practical decisions and trouble imagining gang events with TOM but HUCK does like adventure so he does have some romantic qualities

(1) What practical Joke does Tom play on Jim?

(1) Who does Jim blame?

Puts his hat in a tree

witches

JIM—The REAL hero of the novel He seems gullible but remember, the story is

being told by a KID (12 years old!!!!!!) Jim breaks free from the stereotype uses the incident with the hat to gain fame!—SPIKE

LEE’s Hat Scene by Ralph Wiley (African American Screen writer and satirist) “ part of Twain's genius in this book is letting the reader

see things that Huck doesn't see, making Huck an endearing and engaging but ultimately unreliable narrator. In Wiley's script, the juxtaposition of the visual message the viewer gets, on the one hand, and the comically limited version of that reality that Huck (the narrator) communicates, on the other, captured that dramatic irony.”

P. 18 uses a nasty hairball to make money—only works w/money!

TO UNDERSTAND JIM you must read between the lines.

As you continue to read, look at Jim as the hero of the novel. Look at him as the protector of Huck. Look beyond what Huck says and see Jim for who he really is.

Final quiz Question (3): Who do you identify most with? Why?

Tom SawyerHuck FinnJim

Huck Finn

Chapters 4-7

FATHER and the need for a FATHER FIGURE

PAP: Symbol of EVIL and CORRUPTION

Greedy Racist—he kidnaps his own son! Just because he

wants the $6,000 (that’s love for ya) Child abuser

Beats Huck. Twain loved children and anyone who was not nice to children was ridiculed in his books.

Racist Pap is angry about a black man going to school. So why would Pap act this way?

• He’s JEALOUS!

Alcoholic Criminal

Why does Huck need a Father Figure? Who can become the Father Figure?