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This text provides a summary and analysis of chapters 32-37 of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". It explores the themes of distraction, gullibility, and finding humor in others' pain. The text language is English.
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THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINNAuthor: Mark Twain Kelsey Anderson Craig Brinkerhoff Alex Markoski Christie Raymond
CHAPTER 32 CHARACTERS Aunt Sally (Phelps) Uncle Silas (Phelps) Has been going to town everyday waiting for Tom to arrive An owner of the Phelps plantation Worried, anxious • Has been waiting for a cousin to come (Tom Sawyer) • A co-owner of the Phelps’s plantation • Jokester, animated • Terrified of snakes
CHAPTER 33 CHARACTERS Tom Sawyer (Reintroduced) • Nephew of Uncle Silas • Agrees to help get Jim back (becoming less racist? Or is he just up for an adventure/game?) • Pretends to be Sid Sawyer (hasn’t left his lying ways)
Chapter 34 Summary • Huck and Tom reveal their plan to Jim and he understands it.
CHAPTER 34 CHARACTERS Nat • One of the Phelps’s slaves that frees the dogs and watches over Jim • Thinks he is being harassed by witches that make him hear and see things
THEME #1: People often distract themselves from what they really want • Huck really wants to steal Jim out, but ends up getting wrapped up in Tom’s ideas and how to make things more difficult; he forgets that Jim can’t just stay there forever and that they don’t have 37 years to goof around. • Tom wants to make this really complicated and challenging and this ends up distracting him because he is so obsessed with the plan.
THEME #2: Don’t always believe what people say. • People are extremely gullible and don’t really think for themselves, and they believe what everyone tells them. • Tom listens and has extremely stiff interpretations of books and has to do exactly what they say which makes their lives a lot more complicated when trying to rescue Jim because they feel like they need an elaborate escape method. • The Phelps believed everything that Huck and Tom said and never questioned it even though most of what is said is a lie. • Huck knows how to think for his own and not fall into the idea of accepting all that is said (questions Huck).
THEME #3: People often find humor in other’s pain. • The king and the duke are tarred and feathered and are being humiliated publically, and all people can do is laugh and cheer them on. Huck is one person that actually acknowledges the pain and has pity for them. • Huck and Tom play a practical joke on Aunt Sally, and progressively the reader sees her getting increasingly angry, but Huck and Tom get enjoyment and entertainment out of it. They are enjoying watching someone else suffer.
QUESTION 1 : Tom feels like he must go by what he has learned in books. Why would he feel this? How has Tom been shaped by literature/media/society? Is it a good thing or a bad thing to be influenced?
QUESTION 2: QUESTION 2:Huck meets a farmer/preacher and talks to Nat about witches. Where do you think Huck is right now in terms of religion? Has he become more or less religious? What do you think Twain is trying to portray about religion through Huck?
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