Reflect

2. Reflect • What went well in the discussion? • What could be improved in the discussion? • Who emerged as a leader in your group? Explain. • What question elicited the best discussion? Why do you think that question was so successful? • What did you like about these literature circles? What did you dislike about these literature circles? How can Ms. Carmichael improve her literature circles?

4. Adventures of Huck Finn Part II

5. King and the Duke’s Evil Plan • Huck and Jim tried to give the King and Duke the slip, but fail. • So, the King and the Duke do something about it. What? • Sell Jim for $40.00 • What does this tell you about the King and the Duke? • Just as evil if not more evil than Pap • What does this tell us about Jim’s role? • He is the “brains” and the “glue” that holds them together

6. Huck’s Realization • Huck realizes the depth of the conmen when Duke lies about Jim’s whereabouts—especially after the guilt trip he lays on them. • At first he was willing to go along with their lies to keep the peace and now he realizes the dangers of that

7. Huck’s Breakdown • Huck feels LOST without Jim and we see him break down with emotion for the first time. He has to make an important decision: • Free Jim or Write to Widow Douglass and send him home/back into slavery. • Huck makes his decision: Huck decides he’d rather do the WRONG thing and free Jim and go to Hell than do the RIGHT thing and allow Jim to be a slave. HUCK HAS INTEGRITY, but he never thinks that he is doing the right thing!!!!

8. Tests his Morality on Aunt Sally • Aunt Sally is relieved that no “people” died when Huck’s imaginary steamship went aground—only a black person did. How is this a test?

9. Given this information: • What is the CLIMAX (highest point of emotion/action with a turning point) of the novel? • Jim is sold • What is the DENOUEMENT (the “ah-ha” turning point where a character realizes something) of the novel? • When Huck makes his decision to free Jim

10. Huck has severed his relationship with society completely. Can he go back?

11. Satire in Huck Finn • What is satire? • Satire is a kind of literature that tries to open people’s eyes to the need for change by exposing the flaws of a person or society • What is irony? • Irony as you may recall is a contrast between what appears to be true and what IS true, or between what is expected to happen and what actually happens.

12. Satire in Huck Finn • Example: Government Judicial system: • Pap is an example of satirizing the government judicial system because of his relationship to Judge Thatcher and his son. You expect a father to care about his son, but he scolds him about learning to read and “getting religion.” We may laugh at Pap, but we should also be aware of the messages: the new judge is too easily tricked by Pap’s “Reformation” and there is something wrong with a system that would let Pap take Huck.

13. Find an example for each of these in the novel • Man’s Cruelty to Man • Religious Hypocrisy • Romanticism (look in your notes to recall what this is) • Superstition

14. The Realist Opens the Door… • Stand up • Walk to the door • Turn the handle • Save the captive A realist sees things as they ARE

15. Stand up Walk to the back of the room by the filing cabinet Write a ransom note FROM the kidnappers and read it to the class Pick up the ransom bag. Walk to the end of row one and ask the person in seat 1 to donate an item to the ransom bag Go back to the back of the room and find the paper towel roll and announce to the class “this is my sword” Go to the back of row two and ask the last person on the row to donate to the ransom bag on the fear of death (Take your sword—otherwise you aren’t very scary!) Go to the middle of row 3 and choose someone in that row to be your sidekick. Send the sidekick to the back of the room to gather the “tools.” But make sure you tell them to wait for you there. Go to each remaining row and collect more ransom. Go to the back of the room and distribute tools to the sidekick and yourself. You and sidekick go to the door and touch the doorknob with each tool-except the post-its! You couldn’t pick the lock, so you’ll have to open it another way. Place ONE of a couple of post-it notes Open the door and “save the captive” by untying him and putting him in the front of the room. The Romantic Opens the Door Romantics see the things as they COULD BE

16. Huck’s identity • Huck poses as “Tom Sawyer”—he is all too happy to be his hero Tom Wants adventure within society’s rules. Morality is based on what people tell him, not his own integrity. Huck is shocked because Tom wants to help. Huck cannot understand why Huck Morality is what he makes it. Wants adventure and is willing to rebel

17. Jim’s reaction • Jim endures many antics by Tom. Why? • Jim knows they are his only hope BUT he does resist when it goes too far (after he bit into the candles) • Tom is irresponsible BUT Jim forgives him. • Tom writes a letter about a raid. Very scary during this time period • Why doesn’t Jim leave when Tom is shot?

18. Huck’s Weird Moral Statement at the end of chapter 40: • Page 275 • “I knowed he was white inside” • what does he mean? • “white” = human • Jim is not really a slave—he’s a human being • Huck has not generalized his morality, but unlike Tom, he realizes that Jim more than just property

19. Flaws & Hope • Mysteries revealed: • Why does Tom, the rule-follower, help to free Jim? • Miss Watson died! • She set Jim free • Tom is gung-ho to let Jim free now—odd since in a way he was the one to keep him imprisoned all for the sake of adventure. • Jim reveals that Pap is dead: a reminder that Jim is the father figure

20. Flaws & Hope • Huck says he is going to “light out for the territory.” How is this a sign of hope for Huck? • His adventures aren’t over and he can still live outside society • He will continue to grow and learn. • Huck functions better when he’s on his own—morally • Twain shows the Romantic side of Huck: he wants to travel and have other adventures. • Is the ending realistic given the age of the narrator and the other events?