The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain

Stereotype vs. Prejudice • Stereotyping occurs because we see patterns of commonality in certain categories of people. Stereotypes are not necessarily wrong, but they can be used wrongly. They became stereotypes for a reason - - - because there was a common thread running through the group of people or things. • The danger occurs when you mentally group people into certain categories based on a stereotype. We all do it without even thinking, but everyone should be judged on their own merits, not the stereotypical group we put them into.

Stereotype vs. Prejudice • Prejudice is favoring or disfavoring something or someone for reasons that may or may not be justified. Prejudices generally stem from fear of something or someone different than we are. The difference may be race, it may be religion, it may be a behavior, or an object. Becoming familiar with the object of your prejudice can help to calm your fear and allow you to judge objectively, rather than with prejudice.

Example • Let's say someone of a different race tries to befriend you, but you are uncomfortable about it because of the stereotype you have about people of that race. But, the person is persistent and you actually begin to realize that the person is rather nice and has things in common with you. You were prejudiced because of the stereotype, but now you have some experience with this person, so you are no longer prejudiced against them. The fear is gone and this person becomes a friend. In the mean time you have learned a valuable lesson. • Prejudice can go the other way, too. You might be prejudiced in favor of someone or something because you are familiar with them/it. An example would be a coach who picks his son to be the pitcher of the little league team because the kid is his son. Not good, and definitely not fair!

60 Minutes N Word Journal Response • 1) Do you agree or disagree with any of the ideas expressed in the video? Which ones? Why do you feel that way? • 2) Were you surprised about anything that you saw in the video? • 3) How do you feel about the use of this word in daily life, school, a classroom? • 4) How do you feel knowing that the book you are about to read will use the N word over 200 times? • 5) Will it affect you if the teacher does or does not use the N word in class? Why or why not? • 6) Where do you think your beliefs come from? • 7) Did this video change your perspective at all from your earlier group conversation today?

Ch. 1-4 Review • Create a time line of important events that have occurred in the opening chapters. • Also make a chart of descriptions of key characters introduced to us so far. • What do you notice about the use of dialect so far, especially from our narrator, Huck? How does it affect your reading of the story/impression of the character(s)? • Discuss Anticipation Guide-relate to themes thus far

Ch. 1 • Huck • Widow Douglas- “sivilize” Huck • Miss Watson- strict in religion and morals, sister to Widow Douglas- both have adopted Huck • Miss W. teaches Huck to read • Good place / bad place • Spider in candle- superstition

Ch. 2 • Huck and Tom- mischievous • Play tricks on Jim – superstitious • “Tom Sawyer’s Gang” – compare Tom and Huck “How you talk Huck Finn…”

Ch. 3 • Pap- rumors he was found dead- Huck worries he will return • Body is actually a woman • Pg. 11- Used to beat Huck • After a month the gang ends

Ch. 4 • Boot tracks—knows Pap is back • Sells his fortune to Judge Thatcher for $1—Why? • Hairball fortune—Jim wants $$$ (counterfeit quarter) • Pap appears in Huck’s bedroom • HW: Ch. 5-9 (18-51)

Ch. 5 • Description of Pap • Angry about Huck’s education- Why? • Demands Huck’s fortune • Judge tries unsuccessfully to reform Pap

Ch. 6 • Kidnaps Huck and takes him to the IL shore • Pap- drunken rants about education, race, angry about trial (law suit) for $ being delayed • Drunken rant- chases Huck around with a knife- “Angel of Death”

Ch. 7 • Pap sends Huck out to check line for fish- doesn’t remember his drunken rage • Huck finds a canoe- puts in valuables and hides it for later • Makes it seem as if ____________... Escape plan? • Heads to Jackson’s Island

Ch. 8 • Boat passes island- everyone thinks he was murdered • Lives alone for 3 days- “Boss” of the island • Finds Jim. Jim’s reaction? • Jim confesses he ran away—Why?

Ch. 9 • “House of Death” floats by- steal some items • Dead man inside- Jim doesn’t let Huck look… • Jim hides in bottom of canoe- safely back to island

Ch. 8-9 Discussion Questions • Ch. 8-9 Silent Discussion Qs • 1. Universal experience, need each other to survive in nature, desperate circumstance (Jim—runaway, Huck—thought to be dead) • 2. They could both be caught, Jim could be killed, Huck could be severely punished for protecting a runaway • 3. Want to believe in something despite their circumstances, something all their own (whites believe in religion) • 4. Huck—leader, Jim—father figure/protector

Ch. 10 • Bad luck to think about dead man • Huck plays joke on superstitious Jim—snakeskin. Lesson? • Huck decides to go ashore to get information- disguises himself as a girl

Ch. 11 • Woman- new to town – good for Huck • Says he is Sarah Williams from Hookerville • Finds out: • ___ was a suspect- ran off- $200 reward (Huck) • ___became a suspect- ran away the same day- $300 bounty for his capture • Woman noticed smoke over island… trouble • Woman is suspicious of Huck- changes name (Sarah Mary Williams), can’t thread needle • What’s the woman’s test for Huck?

Ch. 11 cont. • Tests- Huck unaware- throwing coal at rats, dropping lead in his lap- Huck’s reaction? • Admits he is a boy, ran away from mean farmer, parents dead • Finds Jim- “They’re after US” • Decoy fire- left Jackson Island

Ch. 12 • Wigwam on raft- travel at night • “Borrowing food” along the way- philosophy? p. 65 • Crashed steamboat- “The Walter Scott” • “the Texas”= officer’s room of the boat- largest • Huck wants to go aboard (adventure- Tom- Why?) and Jim doesn’t • Discover 2 robbers threatening to kill a third • More “moral” to let him drown than kill him… • Huck wants to cut their boat loose so they can’t escape- morals • Huck and Jim’s raft “broke loose en gone!”

Ch.1 3 • Huck and Jim escape in robber’s boat (skiff=another word for raft) • Huck feels guilty- why? • “I might come to be a murderer myself…how would I like it?” 72) Morals • Goes ashore- tells the ferry watchman his family and a member of a prominent family (Hornbacks) are aboard so he will go rescue them • Huck- smart- uses info from watchman (mentioned Hornback name) • Proud of trying to help the “rapscallions” (75) – Religion?

Ch. 14 • Look through Walter Scott loot- “rich” • Huck reads books about kings, dukes, earls, etc. • King “Sollermun”- chop a baby in half- Jim points out that he has so many children that he doesn’t value the life of each- comment on slavery • Huck tells Jim people in France don’t speak English- analogy “cats and cows” don’t talk the same • Misinformed but 1. Subtle comment on the fact that not all men were treated the same 2. Jim is smart and has his own opinion- Men should talk like men • Huck says Jim doesn’t know how to argue- he actually does

Pop Quiz Ch. 12-14 • 1. Built a wigwam to provide shelter and keep their goods dry • 2. It wasn’t stealing, it was “borrowing” • 3. Huck—explore, loot it for goods, make it an adventure like Tom Sawyer would. Jim—leave it alone. • 4. He was worried about the men even though they were “rapscallions.” Said he might be a murderer someday and he wouldn’t want someone to leave him on a wrecked ship to die. • 5. Language

Ch. 12-14 Pop Quiz B • 1. Huck—explore, loot it for goods, make it an adventure like Tom Sawyer would • Jim—leave it alone • 2. Two robbers were going to murder a man • 3. Their raft disappears so they steal the robbers’ boat • 4. He feels bad leaving the men on the boat to die—said he might be a murderer someday and he wouldn’t want someone to leave him on a wrecked ship to die • 5. Language

Ch. 15-17 Storyboard Review • Choose the two most important events from each chapter – use 6 squares • Provide a summary statement or quote on the lines below the picture to accompany your scene

Ch. 15 • Estimating 3 more nights before they reach Cairo (bottom of IL where Ohio River comes in)- plan to sell the raft and take a steamboat to Ohio • Huck and Jim are separated in the fog- Huck in canoe, Jim on raft • “Whooped” to try and find one another • Huck falls asleep and finds the raft when he wakes- Jim is asleep

Ch. 15 cont. • Tricks Jim- says it was all a dream • Jim sees the debris (leaves, rubbish, broken oar), and realizes Huck is tricking him • Very hurt because he was so worried- “My heart wuz mos’ broke bekase you wuz los’” • Huck apologizes— “humbles” himself

Ch. 16 • Jim talks about his plan to become free- trusts Huck, sees him as a friend • Huck’s conscience gets to him- Jim should be returned to his “rightful owner” (societal influence) • Huck resolves to turn him in until Jim says “You’s de bes’ fren’ Jim’s ever had” • Instead of turning him in, Huck tells men that his family, who has smallpox, needs help to scare them off from the raft • Steamboat collides with the raft- Huck and Jim separated

Ch. 17 • Goes to the home of the GrangerfordsDogs and guns- Why? • They ask him if he knows the Shepherdsons before they will let him in – says he is George Jackson • Fell off a steamboat • Give him some of Buck’s clothes- tell him he is welcome to stay with them • Forgets his alias- dares Buck to spell it (smart) • “Nothing could be better” – Why does Huck like it here so much?

Ch. 18-19 Pop Quiz • 1. 30 years • 2. A piece of paper that says “Half Past Two” • 3. Jim is hiding there • 4. They have run off together to get married • 5. He knows they are frauds, are not true royalty

Ch. 18 (post-quiz) • Why do you think Twain included the Grangerford vs. Shepherdson feud in the novel? Write down your answer and note at least one passage from the text to support your response.

Ch. 18 • Grangerfords and Shepherdsons- feud for 30 years • Buck tries to shoot Harney S. – then explains the feud to Huck • No one remembers why it started, but two people have died in the last year • Irony- they go to church together with their rifles while minister talks about “brotherly love” • Sophia G. sends Huck to get a bible from the church- note from Harney (“half past two”) • They run off and battle ensues- Buck and another G. are killed

Ch. 18 cont. • Slave tells Huck he wants to show him some water moccasins – Jim! • Been hiding out and fixing the raft • After the battle, Huck and Jim leave on raft

Ch. 19 • Two men fleeing a town – • Duke- selling tartar remover that takes enamel off teeth • King- leading fake temperance revival (charging $) and caught drinking – don’t know each other • Con-artists- claim they are royalty and expect Huck and Jim to treat them as such • Huck realizes they are liars, but “If I learnt nothing else out of Pap, I learnt that the best way to get along with this kind of people is to let them have their own way.”

“Wanted” Poster Assignment • Choose from: Missing poster for Huck / Reward poster for Jim or Pap / Advertisement poster for the Duke and the King • Draw the character you choose and include a written description • *Not just physical-tell me everything you know about the character(s) i.e. physical description, who would he/they be seen with, personality traits, beliefs, etc. • Use your book as a resource!

Ch. 20 • Huck tells King and Duke Jim is not a runaway (protection) • Stop at next town to perform Shakespeare • Everyone in town is at a revival meeting • Trickery: • Scam- King pretends meeting has reformed him (former pirate -> return to ocean as missionary)- collects donations ($80) • Duke takes over print shop- makes false reward poster for Jim -> travel during the day • Jim tried to get the King to “talk French” but he “forgot”

Ch. 21 • King and Duke practice Shakespearean performances- keep messing up- Huck doesn’t know any better • Stop at a town (Arkansas)- advertise performances • Huck sees Boggs (drunk) shot by Colonel Sherburn- crowd goes to Sherburn’s home to lynch him • What is the lesson??

Ch. 22 • Sherburn comes outside- not afraid of the crowd • Twain’s political views – a single man is a coward, as a mob they fight with “courage that’s borrowed from their mass” (cowardice / mob mentality) • Huck attends circus – doesn’t think it is funny (uncomfortable with danger and playing jokes -> changing?) • Small turnout for King and Duke’s show “The Royal Nonesuch” • Make a new flyer- “Ladies and Children not admitted”

Ch. 23-26 Pop Quiz • 1. He hit her for not listening when he told her to “shet de do” and didn’t realize that she was deaf and dumb • 2. He dresses him in King Lear’s outfit, paints his face blue, and posts a sign that says “sick Arab—but harmless when not out of his head” • 3. He has died and left his money to his only two living brothers, Harvey and William, who live in England and are on their way to collect the inheritance Peter willed to them. • 4. They are going to pretend to be H and W and steal the money • 5. Steal it and hide it from the King and Duke (to protect Mary Jane and her sisters)

Ch. 23-26 Pop Quiz B • 1. He is naked and painted in stripes • 2. They are furious about being scammed and come with eggs/rotten vegetables to attack the King and Duke • 3. He has died and left his money to his only two living brothers, Harvey and William, who live in England and are on their way to collect the inheritance Peter willed to them. • 4. Peter Wilks’ oldest niece • 5. He is sick that the nice girls are being cheated so he decides hide it from the King and Duke (to protect Mary Jane and her sisters)

Ch. 23 • Full house for Royal Nonesuch- King is naked and painted in stripes – audience cracks up! • Crowd furious when show ends so quickly- don’t want to be the only fools so they tell everyone to go the 2nd night • Third night whole town comes to get revenge (eggs/rotten food) – King, Duke, Huck, Jim flee • Jim can’t believe they are such rapscallions (took $465) • Huck’s realization- Blacks and whites are the same on the inside: “he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their’n” (155). • Story- Lizabeth – scarlet fever – deaf

Ch. 24 • Dress Jim as a “sick Arab” so he doesn’t have to be tied up all day when they stop • King and Huck board a steamboat to make an entrance in the next town • Man tells them about Peter Wilks- ask questions to get more information • King and Duke pretend to be Harvey and William (deaf) • Huck feels ashamed when he sees the K and D’s behavior

Ch. 25 • 3 nieces- Mary Jane “beautiful red-head” (19), Susan (15), Joanna “hare-lip” (14) • Will/letter - $3000 and house to girls, $3000 to Harvey and William, tells money is in cellar • Amount is $415 short- add their own and give it to all the girls – earning trust to look good • Doctor Robinson thinks they are frauds-why? • Mary Jane gives $ back to “uncles” to invest as a sign of trust

Ch. 26 • Staying with the Wilks girls – Joanna quizzes Huck about England – he slips up • Sisters step in and tell her to stop being rude • Huck resolves to get the money back • Duke wants to leave (thinks they have enough) – King insists they stay for property • Huck steals money from mattress (hides in closet when men come in) – hides it in his sleeping cubby until men are gone and then creeps out of bed

Ch. 27-29 • Performance Summaries

Ch. 27 • Huck hides the money in the coffin- hears someone coming- Mary Jane • Wilks’ funeral- Huck doesn’t know if the money is still in the coffin – can’t tell on anyone’s “faces” • King sells off house, property, slaves on auction (girls upset/ Duke “uneasy”) • Duke and King confront Huck about going in their room – Huck says he saw the slaves go in periodically • The Duke and the King argue with each other, then are upset with Huck for not telling them what he “saw”

Ch. 28 • Mary Jane upset that the slaves were separated from their families, doesn’t know how she’ll make it to England • Huck tells MJ the slaves will be reunited, and resolves to tell the truth- tells MJ about K and D being frauds- the whole story • Huck and MJ devise a plan to expose K and D after the auction (MJ has to go away- she’s not a “leather-face”/ bad liar) • Writes a note to MJ detailing the location of the money – Lies to sisters about who she’s visiting (mumps, auction) • The real Harvey and William arrive

Ch. 29 • King and Duke laugh at the real Wilks- interrogate them with questions • Lawyer friend asks to compare handwriting • Real William (broken arm) is scribe for real Henry but can’t write- no proof • Tattoo- different descriptions=undertaker says he saw no tattoo • Mob cries for blood- carries the 4 off with Huck • $6,000 discovered in the coffin—Huck escapes! • Jumps for joy on the raft with Jim…King and Duke approach on a boat…

Ch. 30 • King and Duke argue- each thinks the other stole and hid the money in the coffin • What lie is confessed?

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn