GROUP TWO: CHAPTERS 21-31

11/4/2010

1. When Huck realizes Jim is homesick, he claims, “I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their’n. It don’t seem natural, but I reckon it’s so.” What does this tell you about Huck’s character? How does this epiphany Huck is having bring us closer to Twain's questioning of the morality of slavery?

2. How does Chapter 28 illustrate growth on Huck's part as a character? Use examples as evidence.

3. How does Twain use humor as a balance to the serious moral questions that are raised? Use examples as evidence! (there are a few from what we have read in the novel so far, so I expect different examples to be used!!)

13 Comments

Ray dwards

4/18/2011 11:47:24 am

Question 1
This statemt hows that Huck is deveoping into and open mided human being. He's forgetting ot morphing is ways of thinking because his experiences wih Jim whch allows him to see Jim as a pers and not a slave. Hucks epiphany brings us closer to Twains questioning of the morality of slavery by showing that the unequalness of slavery between white and blacks back then is and was actually wrong. Showing that a black person or slave can share the same emotion when it came to home and family allows this to show out. Twain is again using satire t really show his true belifs throughthis story.

Ray Edwards

4/18/2011 11:49:11 am

SORRY FOR ALL OF THE SPELLING ERRORS, MY COMPUTER KEEPS FREEZING

Ray Edwards

4/18/2011 11:56:01 am

Question 2
In chapter 28 it is evident of Hucks growth because it marks several milestones in Huck’s development, as he acts on his conscience for the first time and takes concrete steps to the schemes of the duke and the dauphin. Although Huck has shown an increasing maturity and sense of morality as the novel has progressed, he has been tentative in taking sides or action, frequently hedging his bets and qualifying the statements he makes. He has chosen not to expose the duke and the dauphin even though he has been aware from the start that they are frauds. Earlier, watching as the con men scam the Wilks sisters in Chapter 24, Huck tells him that the sight makes him ashamed to be part of the human race. Though this strong statement is, in itself, a step for Huck, he does not act on it until now. The first concrete action Huck takes is his retrieval of the $6,000 in gold, which he places in Wilks’s coffin.

Ray Edwards

4/18/2011 12:10:43 pm

Question 3
Twain’s humor is largely expressed through irony and sarcasm. By portraying people with realism and shunning sentimentality, Twain makes a strong statement about human foibles and societal hypocrisy. An example of this is when Miss Watson reads in the Bible that one should go into the closet (meaning private study room) to pray, but he thinks it means clothes closet.

Larissa Fogle

4/18/2011 12:41:34 pm

Question 1:
When Huck says this, he is showing that he is still growing from the beliefs most southern white people had about blacks back then. Even though Huck has befriended Jim, he still had the belief that blacks weren’t human. When Jim is upset over missing his family, Huck finally realizes that no matter what color a person may be, we all feel and can think the same ways about anything. This brings us closer to Twain’s questioning of the morality of slavery by telling us that color is only skin deep and people should look past that and consider how others may feel or think. No matter what race someone is they’re still human.

Question 2:
Throughout the book Huck has cheated and lied to many of the people he has come across along his journey [dressing up as a girl, the plays the duke and king did, “borrowing” food]. But in chapter 28, Huck feels empathy for Mary Jane and her sisters when the Duke and King are supposedly going to take them back to England with them. When Huck sees how excited the girls are he can’t help but blurt out the truth to Mary Jane. He tells her that the Duke and King aren’t really the girls uncle and that the two are only cheating them out of their money; he also tells her where he has hidden the money. In this chapter Huck shows great growth by not only learning what’s right from wrong, but by applying this to the situation.

Question 3:
Twain uses humor to explain the serious moral questions of the story in almost every chapter. For example, in chapter 1, Huck talks about how he feels about prayer and the Bible, at the time. He says “..Moses had been dead a considerable long time; so then I didn’t care no more about him because I don’t take no stock in dead people.” But later on in the book, Huck turns to prayer because that’s all he thinks he has at that moment in time.

Carly VanLandingham

4/18/2011 01:10:13 pm

Question 1
This tells us that Huck is really starting to see black people as humans and not just as slaves. He is starting to realize that they have human emotions too. Huck's epiphany tells us more about Twain's opposition to slavery. It shows us how he sees blacks as people and not just slaves. Slaves were thought to not have human emotions but when they clearly exhibit these feelings it changes Huck's mind.

Question 2
Chapter 28 really shows how Huck has grown as a person and is becoming a man. He has learned honesty and is beginning to gather a conscience. When before he would lie about things and not feel bad about it, he is starting to feel that maybe what he is doing is wrong. He decides to start telling the truth by telling Mary Jane everything. This truly shows how he is growing and becoming a better person.

Question 3
In the beginning of the book there are alot of questions raised about religion. Twain uses humor to balance these questions. Huck talks about religion as any young boy would. He talks about how he won't believe things from dead people and so on. There are also questions raised about gangs. Twain uses the naive boys to balance these serious topics. The boys talk about all the bad things they will do and what they need to do as gang members, just based on what they have seen in books. It is also humorous to picture young boys sitting around talking about killing and stealing when in reality they probably wouldn't hurt a fly.

Alivia Cutts

4/19/2011 07:51:30 am

Question 1
This realization of Jim missing his family by Huck, show to him that african american's have feelings just as any other white human being. I believe when he finally realizes this he is changeing into believing that everyone is all the same no matter what race. The knowledge Huck is gaining about african american's brings us closer to Twain's reasoning in of the book together, bacause you see how much it is the character and the change that is going on andd how thisw book is really just how other's thought back then.

Question 2
Huck is coming to see how families are important to other's if not to him. He is finally WANTING to do the right thing. He realizies how wrong the frauds, he is with, are. "Says I, if it could stay where it is, all right; because when we get down the river a hundred mile or two I could write back to Mary Jane, and she could dig him up again, and get it..."

Question 3
Twain uses humur to balance the serious issues beacuse if not it wouldn't be very interesting. It needs the humur to show Huck's character. An example, "I says to myself, if a body can get anything they pray for, why don't Deacon Winn get back the money he lost on pork? Why can't the widow get her snuff-box that was stole?" He is talking about prayer.

Alivia Cutts

4/19/2011 07:57:09 am

Reply to Larissa, question 3
I love when Huck had said that. I agree that it is one of the most serious moments but is also the funniest.

Reply to Carly, question 1
I agree on this. He does finally see that they have human emotioins just the same as he does.

Reply to Larissa, question 2
I see where this is true. He has lied all throughout the book, but then now has come to see it is wrong.

Elyssia Ingram

4/20/2011 06:43:18 am

Question 1

The fact that Jim missed his family showed Huck that everyone has feelings, black or white.He realizes that the humans on this Earth are no different from each other. Twain shows us how Huck changes from the beginning of the book to the end.

Elyssia

4/20/2011 06:57:47 am

Question 2

Huck shows growth in the 28 chapter when he finally starts to follow what he believes in. He has listened to the others who have drug him down the wrong path and wants to turn his life around and do what is right. Although the schemes of the king and the duke are tempting to participate in, Huck decides it's not worth it and makes the choice to tell Mary Jane everything that's occurred.

Elyssia

4/20/2011 07:04:39 am

Question 3

Twain uses humor to display the questions that Huck has about religion. Huck doesn't see how if you pray for something then it is granted to you. He asks if a prayer is like a wish then why doesn't he get everything he's prayed for. Why didn't Winn get his pork back? Twain balances these questions out with humor throughout the novel.

Carly VandLandingham

4/24/2011 09:00:15 am

Reply to Larissa Question 3
I totally agree with you. Twain uses Huck's character for humour alot. He is a young boy with strong opinions that can be very humorous.

Reply to Alivia Question 2
I agree with you. I think Huck relly is leaing a sense of family and the difference between right and wrong.

Reply to Ray Question 1
I agree with you that Twain really was using satire to show that he really thought that slavery was wrong. His opinion also shows throught the actions of Huck's growing character.

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GROUP TWO: CHAPTERS 21-31

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