1. Huck Finn
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3. Tom Sawyer
An adventurous, romantic character who uses imagination and intuition to dictate his decisions.
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4. 1,2 Huck and Jim (at the beginning), Widow Douglass, Miss Watson
Who lives in St. Petersburg, Missouri?
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5. Nature’s dominance over man; complications of one’s journey
What might the fog that Jim and Huck encounter on their journey symbolize?
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6. This literary term is often called “local color” and
Regionalism
This literary term is often called “local color” and
focuses on characters, dialect, customs, topography, and other features specific to a certain area; a literary movement embedded in Realism
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7. Whom should Jim really thank for his (legal) freedom?
Miss Watson
Whom should Jim really thank for his (legal) freedom?
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8. What significance does Jackson Island hold for Huck and Jim?
They reunite on this island after their independently-planned escapes; they bond here; it’s a safe place
What significance does Jackson Island hold for Huck and Jim?
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9. He is plagued by alcoholism, intemperance, greed; he only cares about himself and does not love Huck
What might Pap’s physical appearance suggest about his values and motivations?
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10. Bildings roman
The term for a coming-of-age, “growing up” story in which a character transitions from innocence to experience (loss of innocence)
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11. What is Jim’s strong love for his family?
What does Huck discover about Jim’s personal life that allows Huck to view him as an equal?
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12. On the Phelps farm; this is how Huck and Tom enter and exit the Phelps’ house at night
On whose property is the lighting rod located and why is it significant?
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13. The impracticalities of Romanticism (vs
The impracticalities of Romanticism (vs. Realism); the unnecessary complications of emancipation
When Tom suggests sawing off the table leg to free Jim instead of simply lifting the table off the ground, what idea might Twain be conveying here?
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14. Naturalism
The term for a character’s lack of control over their circumstances; a literary movement embedded in Realism
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15. What do we discover has happened to Pap?
He had died in the house that Huck and Jim later find floating down the river.
What do we discover has happened to Pap?
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16. Unlike the Mississippi, the Ohio leads to Cairo, Illinois, where Jim could gain freedom
Although Jim and Huck attempt to reach the Ohio River, they accidentally remain on the Mississippi, which is significant because…
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17. Whether to follow his own morals or the established conventions of society
Immediately before Huck rips up the letter and says, “All right then, I’ll go to hell,” with what conflicting ideas is he grappling?
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18. Irony
Twain utilizes this literary term throughout the novel, such as when Tom and Huck attempt to free Jim when he is, in fact, already free, and also when Huck has the revelation to go to hell even though his morally-just decision will in fact keep him from hell.
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19. Widow Douglass (morally); Tom (“adventurally”)
Whose opinion does Huck value while he floats down the river with Jim, even though this person does not accompany them on the journey?
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20. Huck’s plan is practical, realistic, and time-sensitive; Tom’s plan is exaggerated, slow-going, and unnecessarily complicated
How is Huck’s escape plan (for himself) from Pap’s cabin fundamentally different from Tom’s escape plan (for Jim) from the Phelps farm?
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21. To humanize Black Americans; to condemn slavery
Many critics agree that Twain presents Jim as a dynamic (changing) and round (multi-faceted) character; why might he have chosen these forms of characterization for Jim?
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22. Satire
Twain employs this literary term in order to expose the absurdities and atrocities of slavery, greed, and ignorance through mockery, humor, and archetypes.
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