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Huck Finn, Tom Sawyer, Jim, Miss Watson, Widow Douglas, Pap, Judge Thatcher, Bessy Thatcher, Aunt Polly, Huck's friends
Mississippi River
Jackson Island
Illinois Shore
-Huck finally escapes and makes his way to Jackson’s Island where he runs into Jim. From there, Jim explains to him how Miss Watson was going to sell him up river. Afterwards, they both go on the river and try to travel up north but end up traveling further south. Throughout their many nights, a floating house passes by carrying the remains of an unknown man (we later find out it was Pap). Huck and Jim use some of the supplies found in the floating house then send it back down the river. One night, Huck goes to town dressed as a girl and goes to a woman’s house asking for directions. There, Huck discovers that the woman’s husband and a couple of friends were going to go after a nigger who is suspected to be hiding in the woods. The woman soon recognizes that Huck is not a girl, but Huck gets her to let him leave eventually and he went straight for the forest and managed to get Jim out before the men could come.
Man v. Self: Huck finds Jim, who has run away from his owner Miss Watson, and decides to join him instead of turning him in like any other white person would have done. Huck must break away from society’s customs of extreme racism toward Black people in order to help Jim. It is in these chapters where their friendship would spark.
Huck learns to think more about the consequences of his actions. He also learns to care for Jim because Jim is a good person.
-Huckleberry Finn (George Jackson)
-The Grangerfords [Buck, Sophia,
Saul (Colonel), Rachel, Bob, Tom,
Miss Charlotte]
-Betsy
-The Shepherdsons (Harney)
-Jack
-Cousin Joe
Tennessee, Grangerford's house
Huck and Jim jump off the raft and lose one another. Then, Huck stumbles upon the the Grangerford's land. The Grangerfords first think that Huck is a Shepherdson. The Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords are in a rivalry feud due to past complications which occurred generations ago. Finally, the Grangerfords welcome Huck, who introduces himself as George Jackson. Huck appreciates the Grangerford house and thoroughly describes the minor details. He also talks about Emmeline and her death. Huck tries to write a poem in memory of Emmeline but fails. Moreover, Sophia Grangerford sends Huck to secretly retrieve her Bible which she mistakingly left at the church. In the Bible, Huck finds a note with a specific time. He doesn't think much of it, but it turns out that the note was from Harney Shepherdson. Sophia and Harney are planning to get married. This, leads to a major gunfight and the shooting of Buck and his cousin Joe. Huck's slave Jack, tricks him and leads him to Jim, who saw Huck after being thrown off the raft, but was too afraid to approach him in fear of getting caught. Due to the whole shooting fiasco, Huck begins to feel afraid of continuing to stay at the Grangerford house. Thus, escapes with Jim.
In these two chapters, Twain satirizes the idea of grasping onto an argument and holding a grudge for so long that no one participating in the feud really understands the reason of the conflict anymore.
In these chapters, Huck learns that violence will not serve as a solution for conflicts such as the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons. Huck also learns to overcome the differences between individuals and feel sympathetic towards Emmeline. Although he does not understand her work, Huck attempts to write her a poem, in efforts to keep her art alive. He also sympathizes for Emmeline because she dedicated her time to writing poems for the deceased in obituaries, however, nobody took the time to return the favor. Huck furthermore understands that his affection towards Jim is real and that he truly feels that Jim is his friend.
Man v. Man
The ongoing feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons over reasons no one can recall, turns to a physical battle; and the fact that the two families attend church together and hold their rifles between their knees as the minister preaches about brotherly love indicate that the conflict in these chapters is man v. man.
SOMETHING ABOUT PAP
Huck Finn
Pap Finn
Widow Douglas
Judge Thatcher
Miss Watson
Pap's Cabin
The Attempted Civilization of Huckleberry Finn
Huckleberry Finn
Pap Finn
Tom Sawyer
Widow Douglas
Miss Watson
Jim Turner
Judge Thatcher
Huck learns that there is a give and take to everything - while he has more freedom to do what he wants with Pap, he gets abused. While the Widow Douglas forces him to be polite, she does not treat him unfairly. He finds that he cannot be satisfied by whomever holds custody over him, even his own blood. This realization is what eventually drives him to try to escape the community that has so mistreated him.
Central Missouri (St. Petersburg), and the boys' cave
After being open-minded and trying out what Miss Watson
is teaching him, that religion is false, and civilization is overrated; society and freedom cannot
coexist
Widow Douglas and Miss Watson are in a
custody battle with Pap over Huck, but
Judge Tatcher is more sympathetic towards
Pap. However, Pap only wants Huck because
Huck has $6,000. He kidnaps Huck and takes
him to an isolated cabin in the woods, which
Huck cleverly escapes and manages to make
it seem as if robbers had come in and murdered
him.
During Pap's rant on the government, he describes a black man he encountered in Ohio. The man hes
Huck Finn & Tom Sawyer have obtained
a fortune; Widow Douglas, Miss Watson,
and Judge Thatcher attempt to civilize Huck; Tom leads a gang of "robbers" that Huck has joined, and Huck figures out that most of what Tom says is untrue. Pap, Huck's father (who abandoned him) returns.
"It' a clean hand now; shake it -- don't be afeard." - Pap
Man vs. Man: Huck struggles to have
a normal life and go to school even though his abusive father will stop at nothing to take him away from Widow Douglass and Miss Watson, who are kind to Huck and have never mistreated him the way his Pap does.
Man v. Society: Huck struggles with the idea of conformity
"I don't take no stock in dead people." -Huck Finn
Jackson Island
-Racism (Jim dilemma)
-Morals (when the house passes and they take a few things; technically not stealing)
-The stereotypical differences between boys and girls (The distinction the woman makes)
"Well, I did. I said I wouldn't, and I'll stick to it. Honest INJUN, I will. People would call me a low-down Abolitionist and despise me for keeping mum—but that don't make no difference. I ain't a-going to tell, and I ain't a-going back there, anyways. So, now, le's know all about it. "- Huck
Huckleberry Finn
Jim
Jim Turner
Bill
Jake Packard
Watchman
A Guilty Conscience
Missouri past St. Louis and before Cairo in the Walter Scott steamboat during a storm, and down the river to a village
These are the chapters where Huck finally begins to mature and leave some of his boyishness behind. He realizes that doing everything the "Tom Sawyer-way" is not always the most practical and wisest way to go about things while he is on the sinking steamboat. After Huck and Jim having a conversation on the raft, Huck comes to the conclusion that Jim is smart and has common sense, for a black person. This marks the point where Huck starts to learn that slaves are human beings and deserved to be treated like white people.
Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi River, when they find a wrecked steam boat. Huck convinces Jim to go aboard, and there they encounter three robbers. Terrified of staying on the ship any longer, they end up taking the robbers skiff because their raft had broken loose. After escaping safely Huck's guilty conscience starts bothering him, so he decides to deceive a watchman to go rescue the three robbers from the sinking steamboat. After that adventure, Huck and Jim find a book about King Solomon from the boat they stole from the gang. Jim gives his view on the King, and though Huck doesn't agree with him, he sees that Jim is more intelligent than he thought.
Man v. Self: Huck is conflicted with himself. He feels it is wrong to leave the men to die on the ship, even though they threatened to kill a human being.
"Well, he [Jim] was right; he was most always right; he had an uncommon level head, for a nigger."
Jim, Huck, the two men on the skiff
A Boat and a Note
The bottom of Illinois where the Ohio River splits off.
In these two chapters, Huck learns that Jim truly cares for him, and starts to question what he's been taught thus far about slaves being property. As Huck is abut to tell the men on the skiff about Jim he backs down and can't bring himself to give Jim away because he has started to see him as a friend. He feels miserable for keeping Miss Watson's "property" hidden:as a result, Huck makes the decision to lie to the men about Jim because being a bad person is easier and less trouble than being a good person.
party
Chapter 15: While on their way to Cairo, Huck and Jim get caught in a storm and get separated in a thick fog. Huck then finds Jim asleep, and tries to trick him into thinking that the storm and fog were all a dream. Jim believes Huck but later realizes he was tricked when he sees the damage the raft received during the storm. Jim is hurt and eventually Huck makes up to him. Huck learns to be more conscious of Jim's feelings as a person. Huck learns to humble himself as a white man to a black man, recognizing Jim's humanity.
Chapter 16: During their search for Cairo, Jim talks about buying, or even stealing the rest of his family, which causes Huck to reflect on his actions. He questions his role in letting Jim escape from Mrs. Watson. He feels guilty to have stolen from a woman who has never done him any wrong, despite the fact that Jim is a person, not property. Eventually, he makes up his mind to write a letter to Mrs. Watson and turn Jim in. After a moment of deliberation, he crumples it up. When they travel farther down the river, Huck goes ashore to check on their location. There, he is stopped by two men hunting escaped slaves. By instinct, Huck quickly lies for Jim's sake.
One of the recurring satirical themes in Huck Finn that presents itself in these chapters is the way that white people view slaves as property. In Ch. 15Huck is astonished to hear Jim speak so frankly about stealing his wife and children back. How can someone's property steal another man's property? Huck then feels that it's wrong for him to be aiding Jim because he's essentially helping to steal someone's property. Through these chapters, Twain highlights the ridiculousness of men owning other men.
Man vs. Man: Huck battles with his own conscience as to whether or not turn Jim in. He struggles within himself when he writes a letter to the widow to inform her of Jim's escape.
Man vs. Society:: On a grander scale of things, Huck battles with the beliefs in his society as to whether or not it is acceptable to "own" a person. He lies to the men in search of the runaway slaves, not knowing in his heart whether or not he did the right thing. Throughout the novel, Huck struggles with figuring out whether or not he is doing the moral thing to do. He is fighting back against society as he goes against the conventional beliefs of slavery.
Huck learns that sometimes it is easier
to live with a lie than face the truth (He knows the truth about the Duke and the Dauphin, but he would rather not say anything).
Huck Finn
Duke
Dauphin
Preacher
Jim
People are suggestible and extremely gullible (the church scene).
" I found Jim had been trying to get him to talk French, so he could hear what it was like; but he said he had been in this country so long, and had so much trouble, he'd forgot it"
Arkansas
Camp Meeting
Church
Man v. Man, Man v. Society, Man v. Self: explain
Man v. Self. Huck has to fight within himself to either go away from the duke and dauphin or stay with them
Huck and Jim first meet the Duke and the King. The two con men pretend to be royalty and Huck lets it slide to maintain peace. Huck lies about why Jim is there and claims he's a runaway slave. They arrive at a camp site and the king is able to fool the people into thinking he was an ex-pirate who has seen the errors of his ways and planned to give his life to God. The townspeople decide to take up a collection for the King. Huck, the king, and the Duke bounce.
Twain satirizes how people can be so naive and persuaded by what others say, and how they are cowards, hiding behind their leader or each other (mob mentality).
The Duke and the King are preparing for their play; Huck sees the drama unfold with the town drunk Boggs, and Colonel Sherburn. The Duke and King's play was found out to be lame; meanwhile the towns people are trying to lynch Sherburn, to which he condems the mob for being cowards...This time around the Duke and King make their play again and are able to escape the wrath of the angry audience. At the end of this section, Jim tells Huck of his daughter, who he slapped without knowing that she was deaf.
"...I do believe he cared just as much or his people as white folks does for their'n. It don't seem natural, but I reckon it's so" (155).
The Feud
(24-30)
Huck learns that he should follow his own intuition and that honesty is the best policy.
Man vs. Self- Huck is conflicted with himself on whether or not he should tell Mary Jane the truth about the frauds.
Man vs. Man- Huck is scared that the king and the duke will catch him going against them.
As Huck, Jim, the Dauphin, and the Duke travel down the Mississippi and find out that Peter Wilks, a wealthy man, has died and left his two brothers from England a large sum of money, they plot to scam his family.
The Devilish Choices of Huckleberry Finn
Title for this section
Huck, Jim, the Duke, and the Dauphin continue to travel down the river, dodging their failed con attempts. The Dauphin's flyers for Jim have led to the selling of Jim to Silas Phelps.
Man v. Self: Huck is morally conflicted on whether or not to turn Jim in or continue to help him escape; After Jim gets sold/stolen, Huck contemplates whether he should look for Jim or write a letter to Miss Watson and tell her where he is.
"Key Quote from this Passage"
Man v. Man, Man v. Society, Man v. Self: explain
"'All right then, I’ll go to hell'—and tore it up." - Huck