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Huckleberry Finn FOA

Natalie Miller & Bailey Van Dusen

Bibliography

  • Gregory, Leslie. "Finding Jim Behind the Mask:

The Revelation of African American Humanity

in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Ampersand. Dr. Jim Wholpert. January 1998. itech.fgcu.edu. December 13, 2017.

  • History.com Staff. Twain publishes The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "History.com." A+E Networks, 2009, http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/twain-publishes-the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn. December 14, 2017
  • PBS staff. "Born to Trouble: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." PBS/KCTS9, Jill Janows. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/beyond/huck.html. December 14, 2017

Symbolism

Symbolism is the practice or art of using an object or a word to represent an abstract idea.

Symbolism present:

  • GrangerFords vs. Shepherdons

"What was the trouble about Buck?"

"Well I reckon maybe- I don't know."

  • The Mississippi River

"Away we went, sliding down the river, and it did seem good to be free again and all by oursleves with nobody to bother us."(154).

  • Huck and Twain himself

"Human beans can be so offley cruel to one another"(70).

Juxtaposition

  • Juxtaposition is the fact of two things being seen or placed close together with contrasting effect.
  • Huck Finn had two opposing events in his life: The raft and the widows house.
  • Huck and Tom were "Best Friends" in the novel, but they were true opposites. How?

Huckleberry Finn

  • Following the journey of Huck Finn.
  • Faces racial stimpulantions of the time.
  • Motives for writing include issues surrounding the racial hierachy of society and encourages equalization of races.
  • Mark Twain's tone when considering racism and the underlying issues of his time are very negitive.

Mark Twain

  • Born in 1835 in Florida, MO
  • He was a realistic author.
  • In his early life, he was submerged in the racist ideals.
  • Colored mentors.
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