Homework Packet Unit 6

Homework Packet Unit 6

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1. Complete the following chart that juxtaposes the lifestyle Huck desires for himself with the lifestyles Widow Douglass and Pap provide. Please include at least ten comparisons. Huck s Desired Lifestyle Lifestyle Provided by Widow Lifestyle Provided by Pap

2. Draw a picture of Pap Finn. Around it write epithets or direct quotes (cited) to note his personal characteristics and attitudes as they relate to Huck and the townspeople. Make sure you include at least ten items.

3. In the course of the novel. Huck s attitude toward Jim changes. Explain how the following experiences reflect Huck s feelings about Jim at the time. Include direct quotes and rhetorical elements that confirm your statements. Make sure you explain these rhetorical elements (practice mean and matter). Huck places a dead snake next to Jim while he sleeps. Huck tells Jim that he was not lost in the fog. Huck tells the slave hunters that his pap is over on the raft and is sick with the smallpox.

Huck learns that the king (or dauphin) sold Jim to the Phelps. 4. In Chapter 14, Huck, Jim brings up the story of Sollermun from the Bible. Research this story (sometimes called The Judgment of King Solomon), find out what it is about, what it aims to teach, and discuss why Jim does not understand the parable. What does Mark Twain suggest here about religion and about Jim s perspective of children.

5. Locate and discuss three additional examples in the novel of Twain s criticism of religious hypocrisy. Make sure you provide cited evidence for each example. Explain each of your examples. 6. What does Huck learn about humanity from the following: The feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepardsons. Sherburn s murder of Boggs.

The king (dauphin) and duke s ability to portray themselves as the brothers of Peter Wilks. The realization that Tom Sawyer holds back information about Jim s real status. 7. Mark Twain uses this work to articulate his disgust toward the institution of slavery. Discuss three other examples from the novel where this criticism appears again. Make sure you provide cited evidence for each example. Explain each of your examples.

8. As Huck moves through his many experiences, he becomes a better human being. Discuss the relevance of the following quotes as turning points in Huck s development: Chapter 11 They re after us! Chapter 15 It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger. Chapter 18 You feel mighty free and easy and comfortable on a raft.

Chapter 31 All right, then. I ll go to hell and tore it up. Chapter 43 But I reckon I got to light out for the territory ahead of the rest, because Aunt Sally she s going to adopt me and sivilize me, and I can t stand it. I been there before.

9. Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Tom Sawyer for children. Consequently, many believe that he wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with the same purpose. Is this an erroneous assumption or an acceptable surmise? Defend your opinion with cited evidence. Please use the entire page.