NOTES

Chapters 12-15
1. What kind of men do Huck and Jim find on the steamboat? Why are the men there?
2. What is the name of the boat Huck and Jim land on?  Why is this funny?
3. Discuss the difference between "real" adventures and Tom's adventures?
4. What is the plan once they reach Cairo?

Romanticism:
Work of literature that deal with imagination, that represent ideals of life, these works often include fantastic adventure stories, spiritual connections with nature, gothic stories of the fantastic. Authors include: Sir Walter Scott, Fenimore Cooper, Poe.

Realism:
Works of literature that depict life and people as they really appear. Hence Realistic.
Themes include corruption of society as a whole, racism.

Anithero:
A protagonist who doesn't fit the traditional description of a hero.

Satire:
A work of literature that uses irony and hyperbole to attack and mock some aspect of society as a way to promote social change.

Picarsque Novel: Usually a satirical novel which depicts in realistic detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social class who survives by his or her wits in a corrupt society.

Bildungsroman: A novel whose principal subject is the moral, psychological and intellectual development of a youthful main character.

Episodic Plot: A structure that features distinct episodes or a series of stories linked together by the same character. Huck Finn can be broken up into 8 or 9 episodes.

How to break apart Huck Finn:

Three Movements:

Movement 1 - Chapters 1-11: St. Petersburg (land)
The introduction to society and the escape from it.

Episodic Structure:
Episode 1: Tom's Gang (chapters 1-4)

Episode 2: Huck and Pap (chapters 5-7)

Episode 3: Jackson Islands (chapters 8-11)

Traditional Plot:

Inciting Event: Huck fakes his death (or could you argue that it's when Huck's Pap returns?)


Huck Finn Personas: Sarah Mary Williams, George Peters.

Huck's stories (his family is dead or sick and he is seeking help)

Motifs: Death, Snakes.

Persona:
An assumed identity or character.