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Twain, Huckleberry Finn, Chapters XVII-XXI\/II, Study Guide II<\/p>\n
Literature Discussion post<\/p>\n
1. Chapters 17-18 were written in 1880-81. How do they differ in tone and substance from I-XVI?<\/p>\n
2. Comment on the prose style of these chapters.<\/p>\n
3. What is humorous about the alias that Huck gives to the Grangerfords?<\/p>\n
4. What trick does he employ to remember the name? What comment is Twain making about lying? What kind of liar is Huck?<\/p>\n
5. Is the theme of “the lie” present throughout the novel?<\/p>\n
6. If so, give other examples.<\/p>\n
7. Read the opening paragraph of Chapter I again. Does this help to explain at a very simple level the purpose of the name episode?<\/p>\n
8. How is Buck characterized? How does he differ from Tom Sawyer? How does he differ from Huck?<\/p>\n
9. How are the Grangerfords generally characterized? What does Twain wish us to think about them?<\/p>\n
10. What do the details about the furnishings of the house reveal about them?<\/p>\n
11. What point is Twain making in his description of the drawings of Emmeline Grangerford?<\/p>\n
12. To what religious denomination do they belong? Why is this important?<\/p>\n
13. What is the function of the poem to “Stephen Dowling Botts”?<\/p>\n
14. What is Sentimentalism or Sentimentality?<\/p>\n
15. How does this relate to the Grangerfords? What are the implications of this in the world of the entire novel?<\/p>\n
16. Why does Col. Grangerford have a title? Why is this important? What is he like as a human being?<\/p>\n
17. Why does Twain raise the issue of “Aristocracy” in the novel? What is his view of it?<\/p>\n
18. Why is Huck a perfect witness in these episodes?<\/p>\n
19. Why does Twain concern himself with a feud? How did this feud begin?<\/p>\n
20. What parallel with a famous Shakespearean play is established here?<\/p>\n
21. What is the outcome of the entire episode? Why?<\/p>\n
22. What do you make of the church episode? Can you relate it to the opening of the novel?<\/p>\n
23. What is Huck’s role in the outcome of the Grangerford\/Shepherdson episode?<\/p>\n
24. How does Huck find Jim before the end of the episode? Why is this important?<\/p>\n
25. What do you make of the way Jim and Jack refer to one another. Note their word choices.<\/p>\n
26. What is Huck’s view of the fighting?<\/p>\n
27. What do you conclude about the death of Buck? Why?<\/p>\n
28. What does Huck do after the death? What is the significance of this?<\/p>\n
29. What is Jim’s language like when he talks to Huck at the end of Chapter XVIII?<\/p>\n
30. How has the relationship of Jim and Huck changed to this point in the novel?<\/p>\n
31. Characterize the journey on the river at the opening of Chapter XIX.<\/p>\n
32. What is beautiful about the prose style of these passages?<\/p>\n
33. Comment on the significance of the remarks about the stars and their birth.<\/p>\n
34. How does Huck encounter the king and the duke? How are they described?<\/p>\n
35. How do these “aristocrats” contrast with the “aristocrats” of the previous two chapters?<\/p>\n
36. What does Huck think of them at once? What does this reveal about Huck?<\/p>\n
37. What story does Huck create to explain Jim to the king and the duke? What does the explanation reveal about Huck?<\/p>\n
38. What type of scam do the king and the duke indicate? they will try in the next town they find? This is the second reference to Shakespeare. Why?<\/p>\n
39. How is the revival\/camp-meeting characterized? What is Twain attempting to convey here? Is it just local color, or does it relate to a wider theme in the work?<\/p>\n
40. What is Twain’s intent by having the king assume the role of preacher? What are some of the implications of his success?<\/p>\n
41. What scam\/con is created by the duke?<\/p>\n
42. What is your view of the fact that Huck assents to the duke’s plan for dealing with Jim’s presence on the raft?<\/p>\n
43. Twain creates two story lines in Chapters 21through 23. The first is the Shakespearean performance. What is humorous about the rehearsal? What is the purpose of the reference to “Capet”?<\/p>\n
44. What is being relayed about American cultural ideas at the time? Or, is it just a simply funny story?<\/p>\n
45. How are the townspeople characterized in the Shakespearean\/ Nonesuch episodes?<\/p>\n
46. How are they characterized in the Colonel Sherburn episode? What is the setting of the episode like?<\/p>\n
47. Characterize Boggs.<\/p>\n
48. How does Huck appear to us throughout the entire episode?<\/p>\n
49. How does the lynching attempt conclude? What general themes are being presented in the episode?<\/p>\n
50. What is the most significant personal theme?<\/p>\n
51. What view is being presented of the society of the Mississippi River towns?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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