Huckleberry Finn Journey Map

The Journey of Huck Finn

By Sami Shrader, Skylar Pilcher, Izak Sullivan

St. Petersburg

Central Missouri

After being neglected by his father, Huck Finn is adopted by the Widow and Miss Watson who want to civilize him. Huck plans on running away from being civilized, but stays to be in Tom Sawyer's gang, until one day he sees is fathers footsteps in the snow.

Pap finds out about Huck's stash of cash he has with his buddy Tom. Pap decides to kidnap Huck, but he gets sick of being with pap and has an escape plan to get out of there.

The widow she cried over me, and called me a poor lost lamb, and she called me a lot of other names, too, but she never meant no harm by it."- Huck Finn (1)

Hero's Journey :

This is the "Call to adventure" in the hero's journey. Something shakes up the situation, either from external pressures or from something rising up from deep within, so the hero must face the beginnings of change.

Should parent's opinions be beneficial to their children's lives?

Question: Is being civilized as important as society makes it seem?

HERO's JOURNEY :

This is the beginning of the Hero's journey, The Ordinary World. The hero begins in a situation of normality from which some information is received that acts as a call to head off into the unknown.

"He said he'd cowhide me till I was black and blue if I didn't raise some money for him. I borrowed three dollars from Judge Thatcher, and pap took it and got drunk, and went a-blowing around and cussing and whooping and carrying on;" -Huck (5:2)

"Well, I warn't long making him understand I warn't dead. I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn't lonesome now. I told him I warn't afraid of HIM telling the people where I was. I talked along, but he only set there and looked at me; never said nothing." -Huck (8:3)

Hero's Journey

Jackson's Island is the, "meeting with the mentor". The hero comes across a seasoned traveler of the worlds who gives him or her training, equipment, or advice that will help on the journey. Or the hero reaches within to a source of courage and wisdom.

Is it better to go along with what your conscience thinks is right?

Huck and Jim meet again after both of them run away. Later, Jim gets bit by a rattlesnake and have to go to town to treat Jim. Huck dresses as a girl name Sarah Williams and meet Judith Loftis, who tells him that Jim is responsible for Huck's murder.

Jackson's Island

A bad storm leads Jim and Huck toward a shipwreck where the come upon some robbers. Huck overhears the robbers threatening to kill a third so they won't "tell". They need to cut loose on the robbers so they don't get away, but their raft floats away. They steal a small boat to look for it, but a thick fog comes and they get separated.

"Goodness gracious, is dat you, Huck? En you ain' dead—you ain' drownded—you's back agin? It's too good for true, honey, it's too good for true. Lemme look at you chile, lemme feel o' you. No, you ain' dead! you's back agin, 'live en soun', jis de same ole Huck—de same ole Huck, thanks to goodness!"- Jim (15:19)

Why do we promise to be loyal, but are not?

Hero's Journey

This episode is the the " test/allies/enemies and also the refusal. The hero is tested and sorts out allegiances in the Special World. The hero feels the fear of the unknown and tries to turn away from the adventure. On the other hand, another character may express the uncertainty and danger ahead.

St. Louis

Pooty soon I'll be a-shout'n' for joy, en I'll say, it's all on accounts o' Huck; I's a free man, en I couldn't ever ben free ef it hadn' ben for Huck; Huck done it. Jim won't ever forgit you, Huck; you's de bes' fren' Jim's ever had; en you's de ONLY fren' ole Jim's got now."- Jim (16:2)

Why would Huck question himself on whether or not if he was doing the right thing, when all he wanted to do was escape?

Cairo

On the search for Cairo, Huck has an internal conflict with himself whether he is doing the right thing. Their raft gets destroyed by a steamboat, and the two get split up again. Soon, Huck meets the Grangerfords and the Sheperdsons, where he soon gets caught up in their conflict.

Hero's Journey

"Crossing the threshold."

At the end of Act One, the hero commits to leaving the Ordinary World and entering a new region or condition with unfamiliar rules and values.

Mississippi River to Arkansas

"If 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."-Huck (19:5)

Hero's Journey

"Approaching the inmost Cave."

The hero comes at last to a dangerous place, often deep underground, where the object of the quest is hidden.

Huck and Jim meet two crooks who claim they are a King and a Duke. Huck thinks that they are suspicious, but Jim believes what they are. The two conmen decide that they want Jim and Huck to take them into town so they can earn money. They decide to put on a fake play as well.

Is ignorance really a bliss?

"The average man’s a coward. In the North he lets anybody walk over him that wants to, and goes home and prays for a humble spirit to bear it. In the South one man all by himself, has stopped a stage full of men in the daytime, and robbed the lot. Your newspapers call you a brave people so much that you think you are braver than any other people—whereas you’re just AS brave, and no braver." -Colonel Sherburn (22:1

Can someones opinions from birth truly change or do they always maintain them?

The conmen put on some shows here, one Shakespeare and the Royal Nonesuch. One night a drunk man who goes by Boggs insults Colonel Sheburn. The town searches for the Colonel and want to kill him, but Sheburn tells them that they are all cowards. The conmen perform at the circus when people realize that they are a scam, so they run off back to the raft with huck and Jim.

Pokeville

Hero' Journey

"The Ordeal"

Near the middle of the story, the hero enters a central space in the Special World and confronts death or faces his or her greatest fear. Out of the moment of death comes a new life.

The conmen disguise Jim as a sick arab. They hear about a death, Peter Wilks and his 6000 in gold, and decide to dress up as his two brothers. Huck is fed up with the two, so he steals the money and hides it in a coffin.

"—the poor girls, too; and every woman, nearly, went up to the girls, without saying a word, and kissed them, solemn, on the forehead, and then put their hand on their head, and looked up towards the sky, with the tears running down, and then busted out and went off sobbing and swabbing, and give the next woman a show. I never see anything so disgusting."-Huck (25:1)

Is it better to live for yourself or for others?

Wilks Hometown

Hero's Journey

"The Reward"

The hero takes possession of the treasure won by facing death. There may be celebration, but there is also danger of losing the treasure again.

"But I reckon I got to light out for the Territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she’s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can’t stand it. I been there before.-" Huck (43:1)

After escaping from the Wilks town, the Duke and King go bankrupt. They again stop at a small town, and again get into conflict. Huck escapes, but he can't seem to find Jim. He soon finds out that the Duke and King sold Jim to the Phelps.

What do you think is the limit on helping a friend?

The Hero's Journey

" The Resurrection"

At the climax, the hero is severely tested once more on the threshold of home. He or she is purified by a last sacrifice, another moment of death and rebirth, but on a higher and more complete level. By the hero’s action, the polarities that were in conflict at the beginning are finally resolved.

Phelps Farm

Why does Huck stick with Jim even though it wasn't what society told him?

It was a close place. I took it up, and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: “All right, then, I’ll GO to hell"—and tore it up.- Huck (31:3)

The Hero's Journey

"The Road Back"

About three-fourths of the way through the story, the hero is driven to complete the adventure, leaving the Special World to be sure the treasure is brought home. Often a chase scene signals the urgency and danger of the mission.

• The Wilk's Family: A rich family who just lost a member, the Duke and King pretend to be his brother and get a large amount of inheritance, the starting point of their various scandalous activities
• Silas and Sally Phelps: Tom Sawyer's aunt and uncle who Huck runs into while looking for Jim after the conmen sold him; the only functional family in the novel, who once again try to "sivilize" Huck who thinks it's simply too much for him
• Aunt Polly: Sally Phelps's sister, Tom's guardian who catch Huck and Tom pretending to be people they aren't (Huck tries to be Tom, Tom pretends to be his brother Sid)

Characterization:

• Huck -- main character, narrator, 13 year old son, protagonist
• Tom Sawyer -- Huck's friend, does crazy things, major influence on Huck
• Widow Douglas and Miss Watson -- wealthy sisters in St. Petersburg who adopt and attempt to civilize Huck
• Jim -- Miss Watson's runaway slave, teaches Huck and they protect and help each other along their journey
• Pap -- Huck's drunken father who consistently makes a fool of himself
• Duke and King -- conmen rescued by Huck and Jim and run a handful of 'heists' along their journey
• Judge Thatcher -- helps look after Huck and takes care of his and Tom's money that they found in the previous novel
• The Grangerfords -- take in Huck after the wreck with the steamboat and are in a long-lasting feud with the Shepardson's, another local family

Pikeville Columbia

Tom reunites with Huck, and they have a plan to free Huck. Huck wants to free him in the middle of the night, but Tom wants something more spontaneous. After the town hears about the escape plan, they come searching for the slave stealing people. Sadly, Tom gets shot in the leg, and his Aunt Sally wants to keep Huck and civilize him.

The 6 Literary Elements

Setting: The Mississippi River, 1830's - 1840's

Plot: Huckleberry Finn is a novel that follows a teenage boy who ran away from home on his journey down the Mississippi river. Throughout the novel, the main character, Huck, meets people such as Jim, a runaway slave, and the duke and king, two conmen. These people help him along his journey but introduce different types of conflict to his life and make the journey more interesting, but also more difficult. Huck faces many trials throughout the book in which he must test his moral strength. The biggest conflict for Huck is learning morality vs. what society says is right, especially when dealing with what to do about Jim. In the end, Huck does what he feels is right and completes the long, troublesome journey down the Mississippi.

Conflict: Morals vs. what everyone else does / what society says or thinks

Point of View: First person (Huck)

Theme: Civilization vs. "Natural life"

Tone: Satirical

Mississippi River