2023-24 American Literature

 Today we are going to finish the novel and do some review. Movement 1: Being in and around Petersburg. (Civilization) [[[Chapters 1-12]]] Movement 2: On the River River adventures/Jim + Huck Outside of society [[[Chapters 13-30]]] Movement 3: Return to Society Phelp's Farm Captives in Society [[[Chapters 31-43 === Chapter the last]]] Episode 1: Chapters 1-4 Episode 2: Chapters 5-8 Episode 3: Chapters 9-11 Episode 4: Chapters 12-16 Episode 5: Chapters 17-18 Episode 6: Chapters 19-20 Episode 7: Chapters 21-23 Episode 8: Chapters 24-30 Episode 9: Chapters 31-43   Learning OBJECTIVES: By the end of the novel students will be able to 1)     Define realism, satire, dialect, antihero, unreliable narrator, irony (situational, dramatic, and verbal), episodic plot, romanticism, dramatic foils, hyperbole, motif, picaresque novel, parable, sarcasm, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, allegory, euphemism, bildungroman 2)   ...

  12/13 - 39-40 12/14 - FINISH NOVEL 12/15 - REVIEW and/or catch up day  

This week: 12/12 - 36-38 12/13 - 39-40 12/14 - FINISH NOVEL 12/15 - REVIEW and/or catch up day

  12/11 - 34-35 12/13 - 37-38 12/14 - 39-40 12/15 - FINISH NOVEL 12/16 - REVIEW and/or catch up day  

 Today we need to read the next couple of chapters but also discuss the study questions for chapters 27-30 below. 12/8 - 32-33 12/11 - 34-35 12/13 - 37-38 12/14 - 39-40 12/15 - FINISH NOVEL 12/16 - REVIEW and/or catch up day Huck Questions XXVII - XXX 1. Twain was heavily criticized for bad taste due to his description of the funeral toward the end of Chapter XXVII. Why do you think he was criticized, and do you think the criticism justified? 2. Huck says, ". . . here's a case where I'm blest if it don't look to me like the truth is better, and actuly safer, than a lie." Explain. 3. In these three chapters Huck finds himself having to lie for various reasons. How do his motives differ? 4. Why doesn't Twain involve Jim more in these chapters? 5. Does Huck's escape from Hines say anything about Hines' character? 6. How does Huck feel about Mary Jane? Why does Huck tell her to go away? Significance? 7. Discuss the significance of Huck's statement...

  12/7 - 30-31 12/8 - 32-33 12/11 - 34-35 12/13 - 37-38 12/14 - 39-40 12/15 - FINISH NOVEL 12/16 - REVIEW and/or catch up day Huck Questions XXVII - XXX 1. Twain was heavily criticized for bad taste due to his description of the funeral toward the end of Chapter XXVII. Why do you think he was criticized, and do you think the criticism justified? 2. Huck says, ". . . here's a case where I'm blest if it don't look to me like the truth is better, and actuly safer, than a lie." Explain. 3. In these three chapters Huck finds himself having to lie for various reasons. How do his motives differ? 4. Why doesn't Twain involve Jim more in these chapters? 5. Does Huck's escape from Hines say anything about Hines' character? 6. How does Huck feel about Mary Jane? Why does Huck tell her to go away? Significance? 7. Discuss the significance of Huck's statement, ". . . anybody but a lot of prejudiced chuckleheads would a seen that the old gentlemen was...

 Reading Schedule: 12/6 - 28 -29 12/7 - 30-31 12/8 - 32-33 12/11 - 34-35 12/13 - 37-38 12/14 - 39-40 12/15 - FINISH NOVEL 12/16 - REVIEW and/or catch up day Huck Questions XXVII - XXX 1. Twain was heavily criticized for bad taste due to his description of the funeral toward the end of Chapter XXVII. Why do you think he was criticized, and do you think the criticism justified? 2. Huck says, ". . . here's a case where I'm blest if it don't look to me like the truth is better, and actuly safer, than a lie." Explain. 3. In these three chapters Huck finds himself having to lie for various reasons. How do his motives differ? 4. Why doesn't Twain involve Jim more in these chapters? 5. Does Huck's escape from Hines say anything about Hines' character? 6. How does Huck feel about Mary Jane? Why does Huck tell her to go away? Significance? 7. Discuss the significance of Huck's statement, ". . . anybody but a lot of prejudiced chuckleheads would a ...

 Today we need to look at chapter 27 and discuss the following objectives Learning OBJECTIVES: By the end of the novel students will be able to 1)     Define realism, satire, dialect, antihero, unreliable narrator, irony (situational, dramatic, and verbal), episodic plot, romanticism, dramatic foils, hyperbole, motif, picaresque novel, parable, sarcasm, simile, metaphor, oxymoron, allegory, euphemism, bildungroman 2)     Pick out examples of symbols, irony and dialect 3)     Example the meaning of at least one major symbol 4)     Discuss how Huck is both an unreliable narrator and an antihero 5)     Discuss how Huckleberry Finn, the novel, fits both a bildungsroman and picaresque novel 6)     Give examples of and discuss the following motifs in the book: superstition, parodies of previous literature (romantic novels and Shakespeare), the adopting of personas (or reinventing s...

 Today we need to finish chapter 25 and read chapter 26. Huck Discussion Questions XXIV - XXVII 1. As we have discussed, clothes can play a symbolic or thematic role in the novel. Huck even says that he "never knowed how clothes could change a body before." Discuss the thematic role of clothes in these chapters. 2. Comment on the last paragraph of Chapter XXIV. Make a connection to Twain's description of the Arkansas town. Why is Huck's response to the Peter Wilks incident so strong? Why does Huck make moral evaluations now (you'll recall that he remained morally neutral concerning the prior schemes of the duke and king)? 3. What qualities do the Wilks girls have that allow them to be fooled so easily? 4. Why is it significant that Joanna eats in the kitchen? What is the significance of her nickname? What themes are revealed? 5. What statement about the behavior of people does Twain make through the Dr. Robinson incident? 6. Previously Huck has refused t...