Discusion questions 40- last

1.) We learn the Jim is willing to help others even if it means risking his freedom. he is not selfish and cares about others.

2.) The speech causes the men to stop cursing Jim. I think it is good that they are showing some pympathy to a black perosn, but they should feed him more.

3.) The bullet significe the death of romanticsm, but Twain has Tom keep it to show how people are iggnorant and never learn.

4.) He is going to leave and head out to the Indian territories. We wants to live wild because the society he lives in is corrupt and has a lot of issues. He wants a different way of living.

5.) I thought this novel was written well and different then a lot of books I have read in the past. Yes for the most part ir represents the Realist tradition as we have discussed. I think the the fact the Huck was so young and still learning made him a good narrator. It made it so you could see deffinate changes. Also, because of his age, he had not been fully corrupt, also bbecause of the way he grew up, and so he was capable of change. Huck was also truthful to what he knew. I didn't find any problems with Huck in this book. I thought he was a good narrator. If there were another narrator, I dont believe the story would be as good. Twains romantism vs realism wouldn't come out as good and you wouldn't feel like you were as in the novel as you do now. This novel is made pretty personal, and with another narrator it would lose that aspect.

Chapters 36-39, written asignment

At the beginning of the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn we meet a character named Tom Sawyer. A boy who everyone follows, including Huck. The first Episode of this novel is about Tom and Huck but when Huck begins his adventure down the Mississippi, Tom is left behind and almost forgotten until he reappears in chapter 33. Tom though, was not brought back without a purpose, and his purpose was to be the way that Mark Twain could show his dislike for romantic literture.
In order to get what Twain is doing, you have to realize that because Tom acts off his emotions and imagination, he represents the romantic side. Where as Huck acts on reason, representing realism. He uses this to to show the difference and how foolish and idiotic romantics are. So whenever Tom is around, the theme romantic vs realism will appear and Twain will show the difference between the two and how romanticism is ridiculous. Which is seen in chapters 35- 39 when Tom comes back into Huck's adventure.
There were many ways in which you could see Twains distain for Romantice fiction in Chapters 36- 39. For one, Tom is back so you know Twain is going to ridicule Romanticism some how. Another way you can tell, is Huck's idea of getting Jim out is quick, safe and simple. This is because he doesn't want to have that chance of getting caught. He learned after trying to have an adventure on the Walter Scott that real life adventures are scary and you only do what you have to do to get out safe. When Tom "helps" Huck rescue Jim, Tom has to throwing in a lot of ridiculous ideas, like making Jim write scribbles on the walls and grind stone and having him sleep with snakes and rats. Tom wanted an adventure so he through in all of these little things to make the rescue more heroic and dangerous. Tom doesn't ever think of the best thing or about Jim and how he probably just wants to be out of there, Tom just wants it to be dangerous and him to look like a hero. He also gets all of his ideas from romantic books like Baron Trenck, Casanova, or Benvenuto Chelleeny, where the characters are heros. Twain's disdain for romantic fiction was evident in the way he made all of plans ridiculouly pointless.

Disscusion questions 31- 35

2.) He won't go to hell for helping someone.
3.) It makes you think the place is like death and gloomy.
4.) To Huck, Providence is god or a being in heaven, who watches him and knows what he is up too and decides right and wrong. Yes I believe miss Watson would agree.
5.) When Mrs. Phelps if anyone was killed, Huck says no, but then he says a black person was. They don't consider a black person a person and I didn't think they wouldn't care that a black person died.
6.)Change of Identity (Huck becomes another person). Realism vs. Romatisim ( Huck is a realistic person but he is playing Tom who is a romantic). Gulibilty/ ignorance (Mr Phelps is gulibale in that he believes Huck and ignorant in that he can't tell that it is not Tom.)
7.) Tom wants an adventure while Huck just wants to save Jim.
8.)It shows that Huck cares for others, even when they have been horrible to him, and that he doesn't think people should be punished that way because it is wrong, even when the people are bad people.
9.) He has been telling Huck to steal a lot of stuff, but when Huck takes a Watermelon Tom gets mad at Huck, not somehting you would expect.
10.)Tom represents society and Huck wants to follow society's ways to fit in.

Questions XXVIII- XXX

1.) He made the funeral cheesy and a joke. No the criticism was probably not justified, but I'm sure he meant to make fun of the funeral and the ceremony and people didn't like it so they made fun of him.

2.) If he tells the truth to Mary Jane, he will make it out safe and the king and duke will be caught and put in jail.

3.) He lies to stay safe, not for the money.

4.) Its to show that Huck is beginning to see Jim as a person who he cares about and who cares about him.

5.)He isn't quick or smart. He wants to know what going on and watch the action.

6.) Huck likes Mary Jane and he tells her to leave becasue he doesn't want her to give it away that the king and duke aren't her uncles and they might get away with her money.

7.) It enforces the theme of gulliablity and the ignorance of people because it is pretty odvious that the king and duke are not englishmen.

8.) Rationality.

9.)I believe he keeps them as villians. He will use them as dramatic foils to Huck. They have gotten away from their tricks before, like when Huck first met them, and they hadn't changed from that, so why would they change this time.

Dicussion 24- 27

1.) Clothes stand for changing who you are, or being someone else.

2.)The people in both towns are close together, and it is a small town. The people are all gullibale. Huck starts to feel bad for the people he is conning and realizes how what he is doing is wrong. He meets the girls they are conning and he feels bad because he really like Mary Jane.

3.) They have never met their uncles, the towns people believe it, and they are innocent.

4.) Joanna is treated less, eating in the kitchen where the servants eat. Joanna got here nickname, harelip, because she has a cleft lip. I believe that because of Joanna's harelip, people didn't want to look at her because she didn't look "normal" so they stuck her in the kitchen to eat, which is where the servants eat. This plays along with the theme of a corrupt society and everyone being the same, those that are different are less. Another theme that comes out in this chapter is appearance vs reality, and the role of a woman.

5.) People will believe people they hardly know and will disregard their friends because they don't want to be wrong and look like a fool.

6.) Huck now tries to stop the king and duke because he doesn't want to steal from the girls. The theme that comes out is coming of age.

Chapter 25

Summary- The king and duke fooled the people into thinking that they were really the girl’s uncles and even after the doctor said they were frauds no one believed him.
I think the girls should have listened to the doctor, because even though everybody thought that the king and duke were the girl’s uncles they knew the doctor a whole lot better.

Connect to larger theme and explain- This chapter is connected to the theme of gullibility because the Duke and King are playing on the towns gullibility and getting the stuff that George left behind.

Pick out symbol- Coffin the duke and kings life are going to change because of this mans death.
letter- new life


Motifs (2-3)-
money- Freedom
Family- reoccurrence of the idea of family

Persona (if any)- The duke- William , The King- Harvey, Huck- a servant

Episode number- Episode 8

Act out Scene-
Monica- Mary Jane
Kaylie- King/ narrator
Kaitlyn- Doctor

Disscusion questions 21-23

1.) I believe Huck doesn't participate becasue it is not hos style but more important it is not the sort of adventure that Tom Sawyer would do.

2.)The Southern Myth Twain satirizes in the Sherburn incident is challenging someone when they have riduculed you or your name. It was a show for all of those who are able to watch. People like to be where there is action and watch the show. People get entertainment out of other people getting hurt.

3.)The circus and the duke and kings enterainments are both jokes and the duke and king are like clowns. Twain in making fun of romantic literature, show that it is a joke.

4.) It shows that Huck doesn't get jokes. Huck thinks the ring master is the most deceived.

5.) Twain is implying that if people think it is ment only for men they will all come because it has to be bad because only men are allowed, no children or women.

6.) He was implying that the duke and king are nothing like a real king or duke.

7.) It's starting to show us how Huck is starting yo see Jim as a person and getting to know him.

8.) Episode 1: (Chapters 1- 4) Huck is living with the Widow Douglas, who is teaching him about region and having go to school. Tom Sawyer starts a gang who says there are gonna steal for passing wagons. Tom plays a trick on Jim. Huck is in Tom's gang for a little while but nothing really comes of it and he quits. Huck realizes his dad is back and gives all the money to Judge Thatcher. This episode ends with huck's dad in his room. Huck goes to Jim for advice or a prophet and Jim really doesn't tell him anything important. ends by Pa showing up.

Episode 2: (5- 7) Pa gives Huck a hard time for being eduated and tells him to stop going to school or he'll whip him. Then he questions Huck about the money and Huck says he doesn't have it. Pa says he will get it from Judge Tatcher cause it's his. Then he goes to the Judge and demands for the money. The judge decided he wanted custody of Huck and go to the law. Well there is a new Judge in town who doesn't want to break up a son and dad. Pa then plays off the judge's Gullibilty, saying he would quit drink and is a changed man. The judge gives him a room and new clothes, pa gets drunk and the judge gives up on him. So Pa tries to get the money again, and he also kidnaps Huck. Well they live in a cabin and Pa is careful not to leave anything Huck could use to escape. Huck eventually finds a saw and starts sawing through the floor everytime Pa leaves. One night Pa comes back really drunk and tries to kill Huck. The next day, Huck finds some logs and Pa takes them to the town to sell them. While Pa is way, Huck finishes sawing thorugh, makes it look like he was killed and leaves.
Esipode 3: (8-11)
Episode 4: (12-16)
Episode 5: (17-18)
Episode 6:( 19-20
Episode 7: (21-24)
Quick summary From where i left off: Huck goes to Jackson Island where he finds Jim. Pa has told people Huck was killed and so Huck watches as they look for his body. They find a house floating down the river and go in it. the is a dead man (possibly Hucks Father) they take what ever they want. They move to a new campsite and Huck puts a dead rattlesnake in Jims bed to play the SECOND TRICK ON JIM. well the snake's mate goes to her dead mate and bites Jim. After living on the island for a while Huck decides he should go ashore and see what the news is. He goes and meets Judith who tells him about himself (she doesn't know it is Huck because he is dressed as a girl). She tells him about runaway Jim and says that people believe it was Jim who killed Huck. Then she says how she saw smoke over on Jackson island and told her husband, who was gonna go over that night. As soon as Huck leaves he heads straight back to the island and tells Jim and they pack up and leave.
Floating down the river: Jim and Huck come across and old boat, the walter scott, and go aboard to take stuff. On board they hear voices and realizes there are murders on the boat. When Huck is ready to leave, he goes back to the canoe where Jim is waiting. When he gets there jim tells him the canoe has drifted away. Huck and Jim steal the mruders skiff and leave. Huck feels bad so he go to get a steam boat's captain to go help them but he is too late and the Walter Scott drifted away. Back on the Raft, Huck takes and reads to Jim about kings. Jim and Huck argue on whether or not Solomon the Wise was really wise. Huck says there are no kings in america. Huck and Jim make up a plan that thye are going to goto Ciaro and go to the free states, While floating down the river a fog sets in and Jim and Huck get seprated. After awhile Huck finds Jim again and tried to pretend they never got seperated and Jim and just dreamt it all. Playing his 3RD TRICK ON JIM. and realizing that jokes aren't funny to everyone. Later on Huck Says he is sorry, SHOWING THE FIRST MAJOR CHANGE IN HUCK. Then they run into bounty hunters whil Huck is going ashore to turn Jim in because he feels bad for not telling people that he has jim (Who is a run away slave). But when the bounty hunters ask if Huck is hiding a black person , he tells them he is not and to prevent them from coming over he tells them his dad has small poks. Them men each give him 20 cents and leave Huck alone. That night, Huck and Jim realize they have missed Ciaro, they lose the canoe, and there raft gets ran over by a steam boat seperating Huck and Jim. Huck winds up at a house, which turns out to be a family in a feud. They invite him in and he lives with them for awhile. In the end all of the Grangerfords are killed, Huck has found Jim and leaves. On the river again, they are free. Once when they go to shore, they meet to men running for there lives. They join Huck and jim on the raft. They tell Huck and Jim they are a king and duke. They got to a town the is on a regious revival and so the king milks the town for money, and the duke make it possible for Them to travel during the day. Once they leave the town they decide to put on a produciton at the next town and preform romeo and Juliet. At the next town, a mand named boggs is shot by shelburn, and a circus happens to be in town that day. THe duke and king decide to preform at this one horse town and after the circus they preform. Hardly anyone shows up so they put on a different type. in this one the king just runs around nakes and painted. the town realizes they been fooled, but before they do anything they get the whole town to watch it so that they don't look like suckers and on the thrid night they were all gonna throw old food at the king and duke. Well the duke and king figured and once they packed the house full, they book it. leave that town. Ont he boat, Huck realizes Jim is home sick and Jim tells Huck a story about his kids. Jim also says that he doesn't think the king and duke are really a king and duke.. end of chapter 21