The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
by Mark Twain
LITERARY DEVICES
SATIRE is a kind of literature that tries to open people’s eyes to the need for change by exposing trhe flaws of a person or society. Satirists’ main weapon is humor, which is created through techniques such as irony.
IRONY is the contrast between what appears to be true and what is actually true, or between what we expect to happen and what actually happens.
CHARACTERS
Huckleberry Finn Widow Douglas and Miss Watson
Pap Jim
The Duke and the Dauphin Judge Thatcher
The Grangerfords The Wilks family
Silas and Sally Phelps Aunt Polly
THEMES
Racism and Slavery
Intellectual and Moral Education
The Hypocrisy of “Civilized” Society
SYMBOLS
The Mississippi River
VOCABULARY
Dismal Notion Raspy
Seedy Skiff Thrash
Victuals Blackguard Crockery
Draft Flapdoodle Mesmerism
Eaves Flighty Garret
Hew Impudent Row
Singular Sultry
JOURNAL ENTRIES
1. What is your first impression of Huck? At the beginning, with whom is Huck living? Why are they trying to change him? Is it working? Has anyone ever tried to “change” you? Why? Did it work?
2. Why does Pap torment Huck? What is his goal in harassing his son? Why is it ironic? What does this say about society? Have the people in your life ever reacted to you in an unexpected way?
3. Huck takes to the river to find freedom and escape from people and situations that restrict his liberty. What are ways that people today find personal freedom? Is Huck’s way still possible?
4. What does Jim plan to do when he becomes a free man? What is Huck’s reaction to the plan? Why? Why is it ironic?
5. Why are the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords unable to settle their differences? If you were a member of either family, what would you say to your own family or the other to try and get the feud resolved peacefully?
6. Colonel Sherburn makes a speech to the mob. What part of human nature does Sherburn criticize? What is the lesson about cowardice, mob mentality, and human meanness?
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Chapter 18
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Chapter 22
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Chapter 23
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Chapter 26
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Chapter 27
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Chapter 29
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Chapter 30
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Chapter 31
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Chapter 33
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Chapter 34
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Chapter 35
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Chapter 36
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Chapter 37
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