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Turn to the person next to you and come up with at least one way this book is considered an allegory!
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The town where the duke and the dauphin perform "The Royal Nonesuch".
This town symbolizes the awful nature of humans to mislead others that just so they do not feel fooled.
Also when the Mob feels the need to storm Colonel Sherburn home it symbolizes how Mark Twain is attempting to show that people follow the crowd even though the maybe unclear of the reason for the Mob.
What type of character is Pap?
I would consider Pap to be a relatively flat character. He does
not go through any significant changes in the novel. He is in
fact a perfect example of how people cannot change.
When Pap magically shows up in Huck's life again. He is
physically abusive towards Huck, and steals money from him
to buy alcohol. Pap is also extremely against the idea of having
his son educated. This lack of change is truly shown when Pap kidnaps Huck and keeps him hidden in the woods in a shack by the river.
Jim is a round character in the novel. Jim encounters the problem of running away and Huck finding him. This is the situation that Jim is changed by. In the beginning, Huck and Jim stay together to physically survive and stay safe, but towards the end, Huck and Jim develop a closer relationship and stick together to survive emotionally.
Jim is a likeable character due to his compassion. He is always looking out for Huck as his companion.
Jim is a trusting and optimistic person. When Jim is locked away at the Phelps house, he knows the Huck will find a way to save him no matter what. He believes good triumphs over everything else.
What is the significance of Twain establishing certain characters as flat or round?
Twain established Pap as the embodiment of racism and alcoholism. He uses this character to show an almost racism in the white race as well as the black.
After Huck faked is murder to escape, the town had believed for a short while that Pap had committed the murder, but then went on to blame a black man.
Pap also represents the failure of family structure throughout the novel. Huck has grown up with practically no one, this very reason is why he becomes attached to Jim.
Huck conflicts with expectations of the social and historical context of the time period. Huck tends to reason through situations instead of following what the average white man would do. This is shown by his relationship with Jim throughout. He helps Jim escape slavery and when considering turning Jim in to Ms. Watson, he says he would rather go to hell than to turn Jim in. Huck struggles with the conventional views of white men when he considers turning Jim in, but he always decides against it and decides he will lie and put himself in danger to help Jim.
Huck introduces himself as Sarah Williams to Mrs. Judith Loftus house he visits. The woman not realizing that the boy in front of her is actually Huck Finn is one of the many instances Twain uses to symbolize the gullibility of humanity.
"The City of Lights" represents the avaricious nature of what Huck and Jim aspire to attain.
The destination where Jim can be a legally free man. This city symbolizes the freedom both Huck and Jim long for.
Which characters in the novel serves as foils to another character?
From the beginning of the novel it is shown that Tom has been raised well and in a good home. As for Huck, he was born and almost thrown aside. He never really had a family, and the father he did have was not good for anything. All Pap did was beat Huck.
Towards the end of the novel Tom's true character begins to show, when Jim is being held captive. Tom knows that Miss Watson has died and that Jim is now a free man, yet he allows Jim to remain a captive while he entertains himself with crazy adventurous escape plans. At times it almost seems like Tom is living in these fantasized worlds like he has read about in books. Tom seems to only worry about himself, and does not consider morality in any of the choices he makes.
Tom serves as a perfect foil for Huck with his lack of morality and selfishness as to Huck's compassion for others, and turmoil within himself trying to figure out what is morally right and wrong.
Throughout the novel, the river is a continuous symbol of freedom; and the raft is their vessel on the path to freedom. The river is a conventional symbol because nature is considered to be a release to freedom just as the river was a release to Huck and Jim's freedom.The raft is a literary symbol because not only is it the vessel to freedom but it is also the safe place along their Journey. The one and only place Huck and Jim don't have to please anyone but themselves.
Each town that Huck and Jim visit, they encounter a conflict. As they leave the town, the raft and river act as their escape from trouble.
1. Huck is a mischievous, quick- thinking child. He exhibits this from the beginning when joins a gang of robbers, to putting a snake in Jim's bed, and even when he tricks the slave hunters into thinking Jim is his dad who has fallen ill.
2. Huck shows that he prefers being uncivilized than following rules and having manners. He mentions that he doesn't like how Widow Douglas tries to control him and make him civilized. He maintains this idea all throughout the novel and mentions in the end that he won't stay with Aunt Sally who wants to civilize him as he has experienced that before.
3.Huck is a logical thinker. He reasons through situations instead of following the norm. This is most clearly shown by his willingness to help Jim escape and even lie for Jim. He forms his own opinions about Jim instead of taking on the conventional views of white men.
Q: Why would Twain even want to make such strong symbols?
A: To make his themes more meaningful and to put deeper hidden meanings to simple items!
Widow Douglas is a flat character. Huck has the misconception that if he does something wrong, Widow Douglas will be the one to be angry at him, but in reality that is Miss Watson. Miss Watson serves as a foil to Widow Douglas because her strictness and severity contrast with Widow Douglas' more gentle manner.
The King and the Duke are static. They continually travel around and try anyway possible to scam people out of their money. From the time when the king pretends to be a pirate until they are both tarred and feathered and run out of town, the Kind and Duke do not go under any significant change. Twain uses them to show his perspective of human nature, that of greed for personal gain.