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Name:Date:Mrs. PhilpHuck Finn Reading GuideMust be submitted to for credit.Ch. 11-20 Due: Monday November 28Ch. 21-End Due:Monday December 12Complete Study Guide will be considered extra credit. (1-Last)Background:Define Satire:What is the purpose of the explanatory and notice?Why is it significant?Define Picaro:In what ways does Huck fit this description?Ch.1-4Ch.1With whom does Huck live?Briefly describe the characters with whom he lives.Explain how Huck ended up with six thousand dollars and what has been done with the money.Huck mentions Tom Sawyer several times in this chapter. Describe what Huck’s relationship with Tom seems to be, based on references to Tom.Describe what life is like for Huck in his current situation. How does he feel about it?Cite examples from this chapter that demonstrate Huck’s superstitious nature.Ch. 2Who nearly catches Huck and Tom as they sneak away from Huck’s home?Who is this person?What is he like?Cite examples from this chapter that demonstrate Jim’s affinity for the supernatural.Explain who “Tom Sawyer’s Gang” is and briefly summarize the discussions they have.Ch.3 Who is Pap?What does he seem to be like based on Huck’s references to him?What do people believe has happened to Pap? Why?What does Huck believe about Pap’s status?Why?Compare and contrast the ideas and approaches of Miss Watson and the widow concerning religion.Explain Huck’s feelings about God and praying.Describe what Tom Sawyer is like, based on his dialogue and actions in this chapter and the previous one.Explain how Huck and Tom function as foils (definition here) when they play the “robber game.”Using the dialogue they with one another, infer how Tom views Huck and vice versa.Ch. 4How has Huck changed in the past three or four months? How has he remained the same?What is Huck’s purpose in going to see Judge Thatcher and what is the outcome of this visit?Explain how Huck knows that Pap is alive before he even sees him, and tell how he seems to feel about it.Explain the ambiguity of Jim’s consultation of the hair-ball.What is Pap’s purpose in visiting Huck.Ch. 5-7Ch. 5Huck for the first time, is unafraid of his father. How do you account for the change?Reread the second paragraph of the chapter in which Huck describes his father. What is the effect of the imagery?Pap is angered that Huck is getting an education and is living well. Make an inference about the cause of Pap’s anger.According to Pap, what is his purpose in visiting Huck?Why are the widow and Judge Thatcher unsuccessful in becoming Huck’s legal guardians?When the new judge takes Pap into his home, what indications are there that Pap is repentant and wants to change his ways?Since Pap quickly revers to his old ways after the judge attempts to help him, what can you conclude about Pap’s motivation to express remorse?Ch.6 Huck mentions a “law trial” at the beginning of the chapter. Explain what the trial is about.How does Huck end up living with Pap again?In the third and fourth paragraphs of this chapter, Huck describes what it is like to be living with Pap again. He says tha t he “liked it” and it was “jolly” and “good times.” Is Huck believable when he describes living with Pap in such positive language? Why or why not?How does Huck regress while living with Pap? How does his regression impact his plan to run away; therefore, contribute to the plot of the novel?What single event causes Huck to finally make the decision to run away from Pap?Explain how he plans to escape from the cabin.Summarize what occurs in the cabin when Pap awakens after consuming a large amount of alcohol.What is the purpose of this episode?Ch. 7What does Huck discover on the river while checking the fishing lines?How does this discovery contribute to the plot?Why does Huck choose to stage the scene at the cabin rather than simply run away? How does this idea of Huck’s come about?Explain the purpose of each of Huck’s actions as follows:Smashes cabin door with the axeLeaves a bleeding pig carcass on the cabin’s floor and covers the axe with big blood and his own hairDrags a sack of rocks from the pig carcass to the river, leaves a trail of corn meal from the cabin to the lakeAs Huck admires his work in staging the scene, he says that he wishes Tom Sawyer was there because”...he would take an interest in this kind of business, and throw in the fancy touches. Nobody could spread himself like Tom Sawyer in such a thing as that.” Explain what Huck means.To where does Huck travel?What is this place like?Why does Huck feel it is safe to stop at this place instead of trying to get as far away as possible like he had originally planned?Ch. 8-10Ch. 8How does the setting described in the first paragraph contribute to the mood at the beginning of the chapter?What two methods are used by the people on the ferryboat to locate Huck’s body?What causes Huck to gain some faith in the power of prayer?In what way is Huck still doubtful about prayer?What is Jim’s initial reaction when Huck reveals himself to Jim?How is his reaction consistent with his character?What does Huck mean when he says, “People would call me a low down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum…”What does Huck’s decision to “keep mum” represent for him?What induced Jim to run away from Miss Watson?How might his decision to run away have been premature?How does the use of understatement in the following passage reflect a theme of the novel: “‘I’s rich now, come to look at it. I owns mysef, en I’s wuth eight hund’d dollars. I wisht I had de money, I wouldn’t want no mo’”?Ch. 9At times in the novel, Jim is portrayed as ignorant and even dim-witted. Discuss actions of Jim in this chapter that show he possesses practical knowledge.Provide examples from this chapter that display Jim’s fatherly affection for Huck. How does Jim compare to Huck’s own father.Explain how the river functions as a symbol in this chapter.Ch. 10Why do you suppose Huck is preoccupied with knowing who shot the man in the floating house and why he did it?What catastrophe occurs that gives credence to Jim’s superstitions?How is Huck depicted through causing the catastrophe How do Huck’s actions contrast with Jim’s actions towards Huck?What is significant about Huck’s regret at causing Jim to be bitten by the snake and his assistance in curing Jim?What does Huck decide to do when he becomes bored and feels in need of a “stirring up”?How does Jim help Huck to disguise himself?Ch.11-14Ch.11Define Motif:The use of lies and cons is one motif of the novel.How is this motif exemplified in this chapter through the character of Huck?Where does Mrs. Loftus believe Jim is hiding?What led her to that conclusion?Why does Huck suddenly become uneasy in his conversation with Mrs. Loftus?After speaking with Mrs. Loftus, Huck quickly returns to the island, sets a campfire to throw Jim’s pursuers off of his track, warns Jim that people are coming after him, and the two of them pack up and leave. How do Huck’s actions demonstrate character growth?Ch. 12Describe the mood as Huck and Jim travel down the river on the raft. How does the mood aboard the raft contrast with the mood aboard the wrecked steamboat?What is Huck’s motivation to board the wrecked steamboat?Explain the irony in the following passage: “Now I say it ain’t agoin’ to be more ‘n two hours befo’ this wrack breaks up and washes off down the river. See? He’ll be drownded, and won’t have nobody to blame for it but his own self. I reckon that’s a considerable sight better’n killin’ of him. I’m unfavorable to killin’ a man as long as you can git around it; it ain’t good sense, it ain’t good morals.’”How does Twain make use of light and darkness when Huck and Jim are aboard the steamship?What are Huck’s intentions when he decides to strand the three men on the wreck?What do his intentions reveal about his character?Ch. 13How does Huck’s conscience and his resolve to do what is right come into play again in this chapter?Explain the role that nature plays in the fates of the men that Huck leaves stranded on the wreck.What is the significance of Huck saying, “I wished the widow knowed about it[fetching help for men on the wreck]. I judged she would be proud of me for helping those rapscallions…”Ch. 14Explain what the following passage illustrates about Huck and the way he views Jim: “Well, [Jim] was right; he was most always right; he had uncommon level head, for a nigger.”Explain the irony in Huck telling Jim that Jim does not get the point of the King Solomon story and Jim responding that “the pint is down furder-it’s down deeper.”Explain the irony in the following statement by Huck, which he says after arguing with Jim about the French language: “...you can’t learn a nigger to argue. I quit.”Ch.15-18Ch.15Explain Huck and Jim’s plan to get to the free states.How do Huck and Jim become separated from each other?Explain Jim’s and Huck’s differing reactions when they are united.What do their reactions suggest about each of them?What is the true cause of Jim’s anger following the trick Huck plays on him?Explain the significance of the following statement Jim makes: “Dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en make ‘em ashamed.”Explain what the following passage signifies about Huck’s growth as a character: “It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger-but I done it, and I warn’t ever sorry for it afterwards, neither.”Ch.16 Explain Huck’s internal conflict at the beginning of this chapter.Explain the irony in the following statement:“Here was this nigger which I had as good as helped to run away, coming right out flat-footed and saying he would steal his children-children that belonged to a man I didn’t even know; a man that hadn’t done me no harm.”What can be inferred about the author’s feelings toward the institution of slavery based on this statement?How does Huck’s encounter with the men on the skiff impact Huck’s decision to turn Jim in and determine the course of the story?How does Huck seem to resolve his internal conflict?Ch.17 Describe the home of the Grangerfords. Why does Twain describe the home in so much detail?Describe the paintings of Emmeline Grangerford.Explain the subject of Emmeline’s poetry.Ch. 18Describe Colonel Grangerford and his family.Describe the feud between the Sheperdsons and the Grangerfords.How is Twain drawing on a play by Shakespeare?Cite examples of irony from the passage describing the family’s visit to church.How are Huck and Jim reunited?What do you think motivates Jim to reunite with Huck and continue their journey together?How does the mood shift once Huck and Jim are aboard the raft?What could the raft symbolize?Cite and explain examples of satire for in this chapter. Ch.19-20Ch.19As the chapter opens, how does Twain create a sense of peaceful solitude?Huck and Jim have been extremely vigilant about concealing Jim from other people. What inferences can you draw about why Huck is not concerned about bringing the two men into contact with Jim?Explain how the two men come to be known as “the king” and “the duke.”At the end of the chapter, Huck says, “It didn’t take me long to make up my mind that these liars warn’t no kings nor dukes, at all, but just low-down humbugs and frauds...It warn’t no use to tell Jim, so I didn’t tell him.” What inferences can you make about why Huck is able to see through the men’s lies but he felt that Jim may not be able to?Explain what Huck means when he says, “If I never learnt nothing else out of pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with his kind of people is to let them have their own way.”Will this tactic work?Why or why not?What does the arrival of the king and duke symbolize?Ch.20Huck describes the evening of the duke and king’s arrival: “Toward night it began to darken up and look like rain; the heat lightning was squirting around, low down in the sky, and the leaves was beginning to shiver-it was going to be pretty ugly, it was easy to see that.”What could Huck’s description of the storm foreshadow?How does the first night that the duke and the king spend on the raft differ from the previous nights?What is significant of this?Recount the actions of the king at the camp meeting. How does this episode help to further characterize the king?Who or what is Twain satirizing through the portrayal of the camp meeting?Explain.“The king said, take it all around, it laid over any day he’d ever put in the missionarying line. He said it warn’t no use talking, heatens don’t amount to shucks alongside pirates to work a camp-meeting with.” Explain what the king is saying.Recount the duke’s plan to allow the group to travel during the day. What do you think is the duke and king’s motivation for traveling with Huck and Jim?Ch. 21-23Ch. 21After hanging up the handbills for their performance, Huck and the men wander around the town. How does Twain characterize the town and townspeople?Who is Boggs?Describe his actions and how the townspeople act in response to him. Who is Colonel Sherburn?Describe his initial interaction with BoggsMake an inference about why Sherburn reacts differently to Boggs’s behavior than to the rest of the people in the town. What is the outcome of the conflict between Sherburn and Boggs?How do the townspeople react?Ch. 22How does Twain use imagery and figurative language to depict the mob of people heading for Sherburn’s house?What is Sherburn’s initial reaction to the mob?What effect does his reaction have on the people in the mob?What is the significance of this event?What does Sherburn say about human nature, cowardice, and mob mentality in his speech to the crowd?How does Sherburn’s speech apply to the actions of the townspeople?How does the character of Sherburn create conflict in the reader?At the circus, how are the actions of the audience consistent with the way the townspeople have already been characterized?What is Huck’s reaction to the drunk man being allowed to ride the horse?How is his reaction consistent with his character?Ch. 23Describe the king’s first performance of the Royal Nonesuch and the audience’s reaction to it. What occurs on the night of the king’s third performance of the Royal Nonesuch?How does the scam perpetrated by the duke and king leave the reader feeling conflicted?How is Jim characterized through his story about his daughter, ‘Lizabeth? How does he contrast with the most of the white male characters to which we’ve been introduced?How does Jim’s longing for his family contribute to Huck’s development?Ch. 24-Ch.27Ch.24What idea does the duke come up with so that Jim does not have to be tied up when left alone on the raft?What information about the Wilks brothers does the “nice innocent-looking young country jake” share with the king?What is the purpose of getting on the steamboat only to disembark four or five miles later?Ch. 25Cite the evidence from this chapter and Chapter 24 that reveals Huck’s feelings about the king and duke’s latest scam.What methods does the king employ in this chapter to gain the trust of the family and friends of Peter Wilks?What did Peter Wilks bequeath to the girls and his brothers in this letter?Explain the irony in the following passage: “They pawed the yaller-boys, and sifted them through their fingers and let them jingle down on the floor; and the king says: ‘It ain’t no use talkin’; bein’ brothers to a rich dead man, and representatives of furrin heirs that’s got left, is the line for you and mem Bilge. Thish-yer comes of trust’n to Providence. It’s the best way, in the long run. I’ve tried ‘em all, and ther’ ain’t no better way.’”Who is the doctor and what role does he play?How is the doctor received by Peter Wilks’ friends and Mary Jane?How does Twain once again portray the victims of the duke and the king in an unflattering light?What effect does this have?Ch. 26What motivates Huck to steal the gold from the king and the duke and give it to the girls?What does this decision reveal about Huck’s character?Why does Huck choose not to tell the doctor or the girls that the duke and the king are frauds?How does he plan to get the gold to them?What do these choices reveal about Huck’s development?As Huck hides in the king’s room, what conflict does Huck witness between the duke and the king?What does the conflict reveal about the character of each individual?Explain the irony in the following passage: “...first you know the nigger that does up the rooms will get an order to box these duds up and put ‘em away; and do you reckon a nigger can run across money and not borrow some of it?”Ch. 27Explain what happens with the bag of gold after Huck steals it from the duke and the king.What “scandalous” thing does the king do with Peter Wilks’ slaves?How does it affect Huck, and what is the significance?X. Ch.28-30A. Ch. 281.What is Huck’s motivation for telling Mary Jane that the men she believes are her uncles are actually frauds?2. Explain Huck’s conflict in the following passage: “I says to myself, I reckon a body that ups and tells the truth when he is in a tight places, is taking considerable many resks, though I ain’t had not experience, and can’t say for certain; but it look so to me, anyway; and yet here’s a case where I’m blest if it don’t look to me like the truth is better, and actuly safer, than a lie. I must lay it by in my mind, and think it over some itme or other, it’s so kind of strange and unregular. I never see nothing like it. Well, I says to myself at last, I’m a going to chance it; I’ll up and tell the truth this time, though it does seem most like setting down on a kag of poweder and touching it off just to see you’ll go to.”3. In talking to Mary Jane, Huck reveals his true reason for not wanting the king and the duke exposed while they are still in town. What is his thinking?4. Summarize the plan that Huck discusses with Mary Jane. 5. Huck is pleased with himself as his plan unfurls and says, “I felt very good; I judged I had done it pretty neat-I reckoned Tom Sawyer couldn’t a done it no neater himself. Of course he would a throwed more style into it, but I can’t do that very handy, not being brung up to it.” Explain what Huck is saying in reference to Tom Sawyer. B. Ch. 291. What complication occurs at the beginning of the chatper?a. How do the king and the duke react?2. What was the author’s purpose in including that the newcomers’ baggage was lost?a. Why was it important to include the other newcomer having a broken arm?3. Explain how it is proven that the duke and the king are frauds. Why is the same method unable to be used on the newcomers?4. How does the weather and time of day during the exhumation emphasize the mood and create suspense?5. Provide examples from this chapter and other parts of the novel that demonstrate that darkness represents safety.C. Ch. 30 1. Why is the king angry with Huck at the beginning of the chapter? How is the king pacified?2. The duke and the king suspect each other of hiding the gold in the coffin, which leads to a physical altercation. The king eventually takes the blame in order to escape the duke’s grasp. Huck feels relieved that the matter is settled. XI. 31-34A. Ch. 311. What is the setting of this chapter? Explain why the setting signifies less danger for the king and the duke and more danger for Jim. 2. How is Huck able to escape from the king and the duke? What does he discover when he returns to the raft?3. What does Huck learn about Jim’s whereabouts?4. What is Huck’s major conflict in this chapter? How is it resolved?5. Summarize Huck’s exchange with the duke, which occurs near the end of the chapter. B. Ch. 321. Cite examples from the novel that illustrate how Huck is feeling when he arrives at the Phelps’ residence. 2. How has Huck come to regard “Providence”? How has his view of Providence changed over the course of the novel?3. What evidence of racism is apparent in Huck’s exchange with Aunt Sally about the explosion on the steamboat? Does this exchange prove that Huck is racist? Explain.4. How does the exchange about the steamboat explosion create conflict in the reader in regards to Aunt Sally? What is Twain’s purpose in creating this conflict?5. At the Phelps’ residence, for whom is Huck mistaken? How does Huck react to it? Why does Huck become worried when he hears a steamboat coming down the river?C. Ch. 331. Why is Tom frightened when Huck greets him?2. How does Huck describe Mr. Phelps?3. How is Tom Sawyer characterized when he arrives at the farm?4. Who does Tom pretend to be?5. What happens to the duke and king?6. “After witnessing the fates of the duke and the king, Huck says, “Well, it just made me sick to see it; and I was sorry for them poor pitiful rascals, it seemed like I couldn’t ever feel any hardness against them any more in the world. It was a dreadful thing to see. Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.” How does this passage contribute to the author’s characterization of Huck? How does this passage relate to one of the themes in the novel?D. Ch. 341. How does Huck view Tom in relation to himself? Cite an example. 2. Make an inference about the cause of Huck’s regard for tom. Which character do you have more regard for? Why?3. Describe where Jim is being kept. 4. Summarize Huck’s plan for stealing Jim. Why is Huck’s plans vetoed?5. How is “Jim’s nigger,” the one who brings Jim his food, characterized?XII Ch.35-37E. Ch. 351. Record the various parts of Tom’s plans for stealing Jim. 2. Define foil in literature:3. How are Huck and Tom portrayed as foils?4. How might Huck’s and Tom’s motivations for stealing Jim contribute to their difference of opinion in how to execute the plan?F. Ch. 361. How do Huck, Tom, and Jim revert to the roles they held in the beginning of the novel?2. Characterize Aunt Sally and Uncle Silas as slave owners based on their interactions with Jim. How do their actions create conflict in the reader?3. How do Nat’s superstitions work to the advantage of Tom and Huck?G. Ch. 371. List the items that Aunt Sally discovers missing. How is Aunt Sally’s distress over the missing items assuaged?2. Why do Huck and Tom plug up the rat holes for Uncle Silas?3. What items do Huck and Tom furnish Jim within this chapter?XIII Ch. 38-40A. Ch. 381. Explain the irony of Tom’s show of emotion while reading the “mournful inscriptions.”2. Why do Tom and Huck steal a grindstone from the mill? How do they get back to Jim’s hut?B. Ch. 391. Recount the mishaps with the rats and snakes. 2. What happens that makes Jim’s escape urgent?3. Recount Tom’s plans for the “evasion.”4. Explain the purpose and summarize the content of the “nonamous letters.”5. How might Tom’s participation in Jim’s escape affect the outcome?C. Ch. 401. Aunt Sally anxiously hurries Tom and Huck to bed after supper and does not tell them why. What is her reason for being apprehensive?2. Explain the scene Huck encounters after Aunt Sally catches him coming from the cellar and sends him into the “setting-room.”3. Why does Aunt Sally dismiss Huck from the setting-room and send him back to bed?4. What occurs that causes Huck to go in search of a doctor and Jim to abandon his escape to freedom? Explain Jim’s motivation for choosing to stop running.5. Explain Huck’s meaning: “I knowed [Jim] was white inside.”D. Ch. 411. Summarize the story Huck tells the doctor to explain why the doctor is needed. 2. Explain Twain’s use of satire in the conversation among the farmers and their wives. 3. After Aunt Sally expresses her hope that Huck will not slip out at night again, Huck confesses, “Laws knows I wanted to go, bad enough, to see about Tom, and was all intending to go; but after that, I wouldn’t a went, not for kingdoms.” How is this inconsistent with his character? What motivates his behavior? E. Ch. 421. How do the men treat Jim upon his return to the Phelps’ plantation?2. Who implores the men go easy on Jim? What is his reasoning?3. How are Huck’s and Tom’s true identities revealed to Aunt Sally?F. Ch. The Last1. What had Tom planned to do if they had successfully escaped, since Jim was already free?2. What do Tom and Jim reveal about Huck’s father?3. How do things come full circle for Huck? In other words, how does Huck end up in the same situation at the ending of the book as he was in the beginning?4. Some critics contend that the overall meaning or message of the book becomes unclear when it is revealed that Jim has been a free man and the escapades of Huck and Jim were for naught. What message do you think Twain was trying to get across to the reader? ................
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