Huck Finn (Themes + Characters)
What was the name of Huck’s childhood friend?
Tom Sawyer
What disrupts Huck's “new” life with the widow?
Pap comes and kidnaps him, and tries to steal his money.
Name two books by this author.
Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Adventures of Huck Finn, The Innocents Abroad ext.
List 3 characteristics of Realism
ordinary plot events, character driven, realistic endings, realistic characters, social critique ext.
Who is Huck mistook as when trying to save Jim?
Tom Sawyer
Which Shakespearean play are the Duke and the King putting on when we first meet them?
Romeo and Juliet - Specifically the balcony scene
How does Huck Finn trick people into thinking that he’s dead?
He kills a pig and bleeds it all over the cabin and makes it look like a robber came and killed him
Where did Twain grow up, which influenced the majority of his works?
Missouri
When was Realism a major writing style?
1865-1900
Why was the entire escape pointless?
Jim was set free 2 months earlier when Mrs. Watson died.
What did Twain say was the major theme of Huck Finn?
A sound heart and a deformed conscience
What is the name of the island on which Huck met Jim?
Jackson's Island
Mark Twain is often called a “Man of Many ____”
Contrasts
What caused the Realism movement in literature?
A nation literally and figuratively divided by war, assassination, and the harsh reality of frontier life during westward expansion.
Who does the Duke and Dauphin pretend to be?
They pretend to be Wilk’s brother from England
What was the name of Jim’s daughter?
Lizabeth
Who was the man that Jim and Huck had found in the raft house?
Pap, Huck’s Dad
What was Mark Twain's real name?
Samuel Langhorne Clemens
Name 2 realistic writers and one work that they are known for
-Ambrose Bierce: An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
-Stephen Crane: The Open Boat, The Red Badge of Courage
-Jack London: To Build a Fire, The Call of the Wild
-Willa Cather: The Sculptor’s Funeral, O Pioneers!
- Mark Twain: Life on the Mississippi, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Duke and Dauphin are two con artists, what are each of their false backstories?
The Duke is displaced English duke, and the Dauphin is the long-lost heir to the French throne.
What family is holding Jim in a shed?
Tom Sawyer's aunt and uncle, Silas and Sally Phelps
Summarize the feud between the Grangerford's and the Sheperdson's.
Various Answers
What three characteristics made Twain famous as an author?
Ex. including dialect, use of humor, vivid characters/settings, southern life
Who is considered the “first” Realistic author?
Walt Whitman
What causes many to be killed in the Grangerfords' and Sheperdsons' families?
The elopement of a Grangerford daughter with a Shepherdson son.