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Adventures of Hack Finn

The document provides context and analysis of Mark Twain's novel 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. It discusses the author, plot, themes, symbols and Twain's views on slavery portrayed in the novel. It also presents different critics' perspectives on the book from over time, some positive and some negative regarding its language and portrayal of race.

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Adventures of Hack Finn

The document provides context and analysis of Mark Twain's novel 'The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn'. It discusses the author, plot, themes, symbols and Twain's views on slavery portrayed in the novel. It also presents different critics' perspectives on the book from over time, some positive and some negative regarding its language and portrayal of race.

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Faculty of education Branch: English Subject: Literature Topic: Analysing The Adventures of Huc leberry Finn!

"ar T#ain Section: $% &repared by: Arsena Sh urti To: "arsela Tur u

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Table of content: 1- Mark Twain 2- The Novel 3-Introduction 4-Key Fact

!-The"e : #-Motif $- %onflict and %li"a& '- (uote )- Ma*or +y"bol 1,- %ritic - %o""ent 11- Twain- .iew on +lavery
12-/iblio0ra1hy

1-Mark Twain
2eal na"e wa +a"uel 3an0horne %le"en

/orn Nove"ber 3,41'3!4 the ni0ht 5alley- %o"et fla hed acro the ky -5alley- co"et i the only co"et vi ible to the naked eye -611ear about every $! year 7rew u1 alon0 the Mi i i11i 2iver (uit chool at a0e 12 8ied on 61ril 214 1)1,4 a 5alley- co"et a0ain fla hed throu0h the ky
T96IN-+ 9:2K+ Travel book ;non-fiction<

Innocent 6broad 3ife on the Mi i i11i


5i toric novel

The =rince and the =au1er 6 %onnecticut >ankee in Kin0 6rthur? %ourt
+hort torie

The %elebrated @u"1in0 Fro0 of %alavera %ountry

2-The Novel

The 6dventure of 5uckleberry Finn wa written after The 6dventure of To" +awyerA 6t the end of To" +awyer4 5uckleberry Finn4 a 1oor boy with a drunken father4 and hi friend To" +awyer4 a "iddle-cla boy with an i"a0ination too active for hi own 0ood4 found a robberB ta h of 0oldA 6 a re ult of hi adventure4 5uck 0ained Cuite a bit of "oney4 which the bank held for hi" in tru tA 5uck wa taken in by the 9idow 8ou0la 4 a kind but tiflin0 wo"an who live with her i ter4 the elfri0hteou Mi 9at onA 3-Introduction Mark Twain de cribed the "a*or the"e of The 6dventure of 5uckleberry Finn a D6 ound heart and a defor"ed con cience co"e into colli ion4 and con cience uffer defeatAE D6 ound heartE F a 0ood4 hone t heartA D6 defor"ed con cienceE F a con cience influenced by the law of ociety and a en e of duty toward tho e law A

4-Key Fact

+atiric Novel ;Fiction< 6 work that u e hu"or4 irony4 and e&tre"e e&a00eration to ridicule ociety in order to brin0 about chan0e Narrator G =rota0oni t 5uck Finn: literal4 reali tic4 1ractical +ettin0 Ti"e /efore the %ivil 9arH rou0hly 1'3!I1'4! =lace The Mi i i11i 2iver town of +tA =eter bur04 Mi ouri The adventure continue down the Mi i i11i into 6rkan a

7enre

!-The"e : 9hat doe Twain teach u about each ideaJ 2aci " G +lavery Intellectual and Moral Kducation The 5y1ocri y of D%iviliLedE +ociety

2aci " G +lavery

6lthou0h written 2, year after the K"anci1ation =rocla"ation4 6"erica I e 1ecially the +outh I wa till tru00lin0 with raci " and the aftereffect of laveryA In idiou raci " aro e near the end of 2econ truction that o11re ed black for illo0ical and hy1ocritical rea on A Twain e&1o e the hy1ocri y of lavery and de"on trate how raci " di tort the o11re or a "uch a the o11re edA The re ult i a world of "oral confu ionA Intellectual and Moral Kducation 5uck i an uneducated boyA 5e di tru t the "oral and 1rece1t of the ociety that treat hi" a an outca t and fail to 1rotect hi" fro" abu eA 5uck Cue tion hi teachin0 4 e 1ecially re0ardin0 race and laveryA In "any in tance 4 5uck choo e to D0o to hellE rather than 0o alon0 with the rule of ocietyA The 5y1ocri y of D%iviliLedE +ociety %iviliLedE to 5uck "ean A A A 2e0ular bath 4 unco"fortable clothe Mandatory chool attendance 8e0raded rule that defy lo0ic 5uck- drunkard4 abu ive father 0et to kee1 cu tody of 5uck becau e he i hi natural father

The in*u tice of lavery that kee1 @i" fro" hi fa"ily +ee"in0ly 0ood 1eo1le are 1re*udiced lave-owner Terrible act 0o un1uni hed4 while le er cri"e lead to evere 1uni h"ent #-Motif Motif are recurrin0 tructure 4 contra t 4 or literary device that can hel1 to develo1 and infor" the te&t"a*or the"e A %hildhood 5uck- youth i an i"1ortant factor in hi "oral educationH only a child i o1en"inded enou0h to under0o the kind of develo1"ent that 5uck doe A 3ie and %on 5uckleberry Finn i full of "aliciou lie and ca" H the lie are bad and hurt a nu"ber of innocent 1eo1leA +u1er tition and Folk /elief @i" believe in a wide ran0e of u1er tition and folktale H althou0h 5uck i reluctant to believe at fir t4 "any of the belief indeed have o"e ba i in realityA =arodie of =o1ular 2o"ance Novel The tory i full of 1eo1le who ba e their live on ro"antic literary "odel and tereoty1e of variou kind

To" +awyer4 for e&a"1le4 ba e hi life and action on adventure novel $: %onflict and %li"a& Ma*or %onflict: 5uck- internal tru00le with hi Ddefor"ed con cienceAE %li"a&: The 1oint in the tory where the 1rota0oni t- conflict i re olved4 leadin0 to the re olution of the toryA The cli"a& of 5uckleberry Finn i when 5uck decide to teal @i" out of lavery fro" the =hel1 far" ;hi own "oral code< de 1ite the fact that he believe he will uffer in hell for it ; ociety- teachin0 < ': (uote 8at truck dah i tra hH en tra h i what 1eo1le i dat 1ut dirt on de head er dey frenen "ake Me" a ha"edA It don-t "ake no difference how fooli h it i 4 itthe ri0ht way I and it- the re0ular wayA 6ll ri0ht then4 I-ll 0o to hellA >ou feel "i0hty free and ea y and co"fortable on a raftA =eo1le would call "e a low doen 6blitioni t and de 1i e "e for kee1in0 "u" I but that don-t "ake no differenceA I ain-t 0oin0 to tellA

I do believe he cared *u t a "uch for hi 1eo1le a white folk doe for their-nA It don-t ee" natural4 but I reckon it- oA 9hatN 6nd not ell out the re t o- the 1ro1ertyJ 5u"an bein0 can be awful cruel to one anotherA It wa enou0h to "ake a body a ha"ed of the hu"an race )- Ma*or +y"bol: The Mi i i1i river In 5uck Finn4 the river y"boliLe freedo"4 and it beco"e y"bolic of 5uck- *ourney to di cover hi natural virtueA The current deter"ine the direction of the raft a well a 5uck- lifeA There i a "a*or contra t between life on the river and life on the hore becau e life on the river ;unciviliLed< i 1eaceful and ea y4 yet not totally without dan0erH however4 life on the hore ;civiliLed< can be cruel4 authoritarian4 hy1ocritical4 and reflective of what Twain called the D8a"ned 5u"an 2aceAE 3ife on the raft i 1arado&icalA Kven thou0h they are confined to a "all 1ace on the raft4 5uck and @i" e&1erience 0reater freedo" on the raftA 1,- %ritic - %o""ent The 6dventure of 5uckleberry Finn ha been a controver ial book ince it wa fir t 1ubli hed in 1''! I "o tly becau e of it ina11ro1riate lan0ua0e and racial lur A

The followin0 lide will re1re ent four different 1oint of view of Twain- "o t fa"ou novelA 1''4 9ritten by 9illia" KA 5enley of the 6thenaeu" DIn 5uckleberry Finn Twain return to hi ri0ht "indE DThe book i Mark Twain at hi be tE DIt i "eant for boy E D5uckleberry A A A i the hero of uch cra1e and e&1erience a to "ake your "outh waterE D@i" and 5uckleberry are real creation E 1''! +tate"ent "ade by the %oncord 3ibrary %o""ittee after they e&cluded the book for the 1ublic library Dab olutely i""oral in it toneE Dvery little hu"orE DIf not for the author- re1utation4 the book would undoubtedly "eet with evere critici "AE Dthe verie t tra hE Da low 0rade of "oralityE Dlan0ua0e of a rou0h4 i0norant dialectE D y te"atic u e of bad 0ra""ar and an e"1loy"ent of rou0h4 inele0ant e&1re ion AE 1))2

%o""ent by @ohn 5A 9allace of The 9a hin0ton =o t D5uckleberry Finn u e the 1e*orative Oin ultin0P ter" ni00er 1rofu elyAE DIt 1eak of black 6"erican with i"1lication that they are not hone t4 they are not intelli0ent a white 4 and they are not hu"anAE DIt con titute "ental cruelty4 hara "ent4 and outri0ht racial inti"idation to force black tudent to it in a cla roo" to read thi kind of literature A A AE 1))2 9ritten by %larence =a0e of the 8e Moine 2e0i ter D5uckleberry Finn "ay have been black A A A No4 not 5uck hi" elf4 but hi voiceAE DThe new that ol- 5uck "i0ht have been a oul brother i ironic con iderin0 how "any black have tried to kee1 5uckleberry Finn out of the hand of chool children every year4 de 1ite it tron0 anti- lavery4 1ro-brotherhood "e a0e4 becau e it ha11en to "ention the word Mni00er- about 2,, ti"e A DTwain e&1o ed the lunacy and hy1ocri y of 6"erican raci " by howin0 it throu0h the eye of a boy who find hi" elf A A A hel1in0 a lave to e ca1eAE

DI 4 too4 flinched when I heard "y white teacher readin0 the word Mni00er- aloud when he introduced our ninth 0rade cla to the bookA /ut I oon found "y elf readin0 it on "y own4 at fir t out of curio ity4 then out of heer 1lea ureAE 11- Twain- .iew on +lavery 6 a choolboy4 Twain had no aver ion to lavery 5e wa not aware there wa anythin0 wron0 with it The 1a1er aid nothin0 a0ain t it %hurche tau0ht that 7od a11roved it 5e took a tron0 likin0 to black when they worked on hi fa"ily- far" 5e and hi fa"ily were friend with "any black in hi ho"e town of 5annibal Twain- fa"ily owned a lave that he dee1ly ad"ired Twain called hi" DQncle 8an-lE The character of @i" in 5uck Finn i aid to be "odeled after thi "an 5e i al o "entioned in everal other Twain torie under hi real na"e 12-/ibliuo0ra1hy wwwAwiki1ediaAco" 6"aLonAco" +1arknote Aco" 6dventure of 5ucklebarry Finn /ook

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