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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Introduction Slide 2 Slide 3 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain 1835-1910 flame of Haleys Comet 1884 Samuel Longhorn Clemens-humorist in frontier tradition The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County The Adventures of Tom Sawyer-1876 Slide 4 Wrote the novel from 1878-1882 England-1884 US-1885 Controversial-banned because deemed immoral for young readers 1886-royalty check for $54,000-vindicated Following death of wife and both daughters-Twain died on April 21, 1910 Picaresque novel-novel depicting adventures of young hero who grows throughout novel Slide 5 First page of novel states action took place forty to fifty years ago 1 st decade of Twains life Pre-Civil War years-growing debate of slavery Colloquial language-dialect-vernacular First Great American Novel First Person POV Irony-Situational irony enhances theme of prejudice versus respect for human dignity Slide 6 Themes Truth versus falsehood Civilization versus natural instincts and nature Prejudice and respect for human dignity Man as an individual as opposed to man in a group Slide 7 Symbols The Mississippi River-lifes journey, Providence, natureoften called 3 rd protagonist Raft-natural simplicity of protagonists Steamboat-civilization Slide 8 Satire Twain used satire to target romantic view of life Symbolized by Toms escapades, the wrecked steamboat, the Grangerfords (gentility conflicts with their brutal lifestyle) Slide 9 Abolitionists Frederick Douglass-slave mother-white father Born near 1817-1895 Forced to leave country for 2 years to raise money for his own freedom Famous oratorKnowledge is Power- campaigned for Lincoln-Civil War-Mass. Negroes-federal offices-Min. to Haiti Slide 10 Frederick Douglass Slide 11 Frederick Douglass The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, an American slave: Written by Himself 1845 Primary Source Slide 12 Works Cited www.americanmemory.gov Teacher notes Slide 13 E2-R1.3 Demonstrate the ability to apply integrated strategies to evaluate selections from a variety of literary genres and real-world texts. E2-R1.6 Demonstrate the ability to draw conclusions and make inferences. E2-R1.9 Demonstrate the ability to read several works on a particular topic, paraphrase the ideas and synthesize them with ideas from other authors addressing the same topic. E2-W1.3 Demonstrate the ability to develop an extended response around a central idea, using relevant supporting details. E2-W1.4 Demonstrate the ability to revise for clarity through collaboration, conferencing, and self-evaluation. E2-RS3.1 Demonstrate the ability to synthesize information from a variety of sources, including those accessed through technology.