1. Why are We Reading Huck Finn?

2. Who is Mark Twain?

3. Was Mark Twain a Racist?

4. How can we read the dialects in Huck Finn?
“Yo’ old father doan’ know yit what he’s a-gwyne to do. Sometimes he spec he’ll go ‘way, en den ag’in he spec’ he’ll stay. De bes’ way is to res’ easy en let de ole man take his own way” “Your father doesn’t know yet what he is going to do. Sometimes he thinks he will go away, and sometimes he thinks he will stay. The best way to deal with this is to relax and let your father do what he will do.”

5. What does this mean?
“Shet de do!”

6. Facts About the Mississippi River
2,300 miles long
20 ft. to 1 mile in width
3 ft. to 200 ft. in depth
92% of U.S. agricultural exports are transported down this river
Largest port in the world, in terms of tonnage, is New LaPlace, Louisiana

7. Importance of Huck Finn

8. Huck as Narrator Meaning of Name Humor Dramatic Irony
Jabs at “Civilized” Society

9. Miss Watson and Widow Douglas

10. Miss Watson’s Jim

11. Tom Sawyer’s Gang

12. Differences Between Tom and Huck
Shrewd
Clever Original
Practical
Purposeful
Realistic
Original Thinker
Might Not Be a Racist!
Duplicates Stories He Has Read
Plans Are Silly and Pointless
Selfish and Self-Centered
Childlike Dreamer
Impractical
Conformist
May Be a Racist

13. More About Tom and Huck

14. Papp Finn

15. Huck Escapes

16. Huck Escapes to Jackson Island

17. Jackson’s Island

18. Adventures on Jackson’s Island

19. Huck Plays a Trick on Jim
What is Huck learning, or “unlearning”?

20. A Comparison of Jim and Huck
Black Slave
More Superstitious
Illiterate and Uneducated
Older, Father Figure
Searching for Freedom
Running Away
Has Common Sense
Is a Kind, Decent Person
White Boy
A Bit Less Superstitious
Literate and Somewhat Educated
Younger , a Son
Searching for Freedom
Running Away
Has Common Sense
Is a Kind, Decent Person

21. A Father/Son Relationship Develops Between Huck and Jim

22. Jim’s Clever Plan

23. “They’re After Us!”

24. Sir Walter Scott

25. Adventures With Murderers!

26. Huck Tries to Save Murderers!

27. An Argument About King “Sollermum”
What does this prove about Jim?
He has a point of view, and he defends it.
He feels comfortable enough with Huck that he speaks his mind.
He is painfully uneducated.
He is such a kind person that he can’t conceive of cutting a child in half.

28. Lost in the Fog and a Last “Trick”!

29. A Crucial Moment: Huck’s Apology to Jim

30. Slave Catchers!

31. More Bad Luck From the Snakeskin!

32. Home With the Grangerfords

33. The Taste of the Grangerfords

34. Emmeline Grangerford Is she supposed to be a good painter?
Huck thinks she’s a great poet! Is she?
What is Twain’s point?

35. Let’s Learn More About Huck’s Time at the Grangerford Home!

36. The Ending of the Grangerford Adventure

37. The River Symbolizes Freedom, and the Shore, Corrupt “Civilization”

38. The Corruptness of the Shore Comes on Board in the Form of the King and the Duke!

39. Let’s Watch Them in Action!

40. The King and the Duke Hit Pokeville!

41. Bricksville is the Perfect Target!

42. Boggs, the “Lovable Drunk”

43. What Point is Twain Making With Sherburn
What Point is Twain Making With Sherburn? Why Does Huck Lose His Dialect When Sherburn Speaks?

44. Huck Goes to the Circus!

45. The King and the Duke Put on Two Shows!

46. What About the “Jim Problem”?

47. Crucial Con Man Information From Tim Collins!

48. What Does the King Find Out?
Harvey
Wilks-
Minister
William Wilks-
Deaf and
Dumb
George
Wilks
Died Last Year!
Joanna
Harelip 14 years old
Cynical
Susan
15 years old
Nice Person
Mary Jane
19 years old
Red Hair

49. The King and Duke Become Uncle Harvey and Uncle William

50. The King and the Duke Acquire a Fortune!

51. Huck Has a Change of Heart!

52. Peter’s Joke of a Funeral

53. Huck Tells Mary Jane the Truth!

54. The Real Harvey and William Show Up!

55. Will the Real Brothers Please Stand Up?

56. Huck Makes the Biggest Decision of His Life!

57. Huck Will Go to Hell!

58. Huck Becomes Tom Sawyer

59. Tom Becomes Sid!

60. A Ridiculous and Dangerous Rescue Plan!

61. A Spoiled Brat Risks Jim’s Life!

62. Jim Needs Companions in Captivity

63. The Plan Gets Even More Dangerous

64. Compare Tom and Huck Tom Huck Selfless, Altruistic
Selfish
Immature and Childlike
Foolish
Conformist
Sees Jim as a Prop Which He Can Use to Suit Himself!
Selfless, Altruistic
Lives in the Real World
Clever
Original Thinker
See Jim as His Equal

65. The Breakout!

66. Jim’s Heroic Act!

67. Back to “Civilization”