1. The Wilkses Part 2 Chapters 27-29 Maymuna Elmi, Priscilla Fernandez, Mia Ramos, Zach Williams, & Kendall Wright

2. Summary Chapter 27: Huck hides the sack of money in Peter Wilks’ coffin The coffin is sealed without the money being removed The Duke plans to send the Wilks girls to England after selling the estate and separating the slave mother and children, everyone is upset Huck believes that everything will return to normal once the King and Duke are exposed as frauds Chapter 28 Huck sends Mary Jane to a friend’s house to keep her safe and give him time to get away He leaves her a note with the location of the money but tells her not to open yet The real Harvey and William Wilks are found during the auction

3. Summary Chapter 29 The real Harvey and William Wilks have arrived and confront the frauds, who still claim to be the real Wilkses The real Wilks are asked to prove they’re telling the truth Lawyer Bell suggest the King and Duke give up the money until true identity is revealed Letters between Peter and true brother are found Harvey claims to know the tattoo on his chest but burrier doesn’t recall a tattoo At the grave the gold is found Huck runs to raft and then is found by the King and Duke.

4. The Lesson What is the lesson learned? Huck overall learns about selflessness as he experiences it for himself The selflessness isn’t immediately learned, it’s forced upon him in various situations Huck grows as a person and has a lot of small milestones that increase his morality

5. The Lesson How was the lesson learned? Huck is put through several situations in which he feels morally conflicted but chooses not to take a side, but then he comes to the conclusion that he must act In these chapters we see Huck take concrete steps in trying to impede the King and the Duke in their plans

6. The Lesson: Evidence “Them poor things was that glad and happy it made my heart ache to see them getting fooled and lied to so, but I didn’t see no safe way for me to chip in and change the general tune,” (165-166). Huck recognizes that what the King and the Duke are doing is wrong and he feels bad about it, but not enough to act. He is slowly changing, however, and this shows when he takes his $6,000 and putting it in Peter Wilks’s coffin so that the frauds wouldn’t be able to find it.

7. Literary Analysis; Simile “And then up she jumps, with her face afire like sunset,” (Twain 167). Huck informs Mary Jane that the men whom she thinks are her uncles, are actually frauds who are faking relationships with her, and now when Mary Jane is remembering the past image, she realizes that she is angry with herself that the fraud king betrayed her.

8. Literary Analysis: Diction and Tone Diction: stirred, solemn, scandalous, frauds, dreadful, natural stupidness (Twain 164, 167, 176) Tone: disapproving, denouncing, criticizing

9. Study Guide Questions Q: Why does Huck say at the end of Ch. 28, “Tom Sawyer couldn’t ‘a’ done it no neater himself. Of course he would ‘a’ throwed more style into it, but I can’t do that very handy, not being brung up on it”? A: Tom Sawyer is imaginative and good at making up situations, but Huck is not primarily due to him being uneducated. Q: Why is the crowd laughing and shouting at the second set of “Wilks brothers” to the square? A: The crowd is laughing at the absurdity of the situation, and since one of the set of brothers are fake, they’ll have a fun time dealing with the imposters.

10. Study Guide Questions Q: What disappointment does Huck face at the end of Ch. 29? A: Just as he was about to escape onto his raft, he is caught by the King and the Duke.