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Summary Chapter 1-5
Chapter 1- Huck Finn introduces himself as the narrator, and tells us his history with Tom Sawyer.
Chapter 2- Huck sneaks out into the widows garden and almost gets caught by the slave, but Tom plays a prank on him.
Chapter 3 - The Widow finds out Huck snuck out and makes him pray, but he cant focus and fails.
Chapter 4- Huck continues to acclimate to his new lifestyle with the widow.
Chapter 5- Huck opens his door to find his pap behind it, who dosent want him to continue going to school, and makes Huck give him money for drinking.
Huckleberry Finn took place in the 1830's because slavery was still a common thing, even the Widow has a slave.
It is important that Huck is the narrator because he is the main character and the story is better told if you can see through his eyes at his point of view.
Huck finn chapters 11- 16
1.)King Solomon, widely regarded for his incredible wisdom, doesn't hold much esteem in Jim's eyes. Jim's reasoning on the story about Solomon threatening to cut the baby in two to see who its real mother was actually makes sense.
2.) Huck reunites with Jim, who is asleep on the raft. Jim is thrilled to see Huck alive, but Huck tries to trick Jim by pretending that Jim dreamed up their entire separation. Jim tells Huck the story of his dream, making the fog and the troubles he faced on the raft into an allegory of their journey to the free states.3.) : Afterwards Jim said the witches bewitched him and put him in a trance, and rode him all over the State, and then set him under the trees again and hung his hat on a limb to show who done it4.) Huck knows that helping Jim escape is breaking the law, but Jim is also his friend. Thus, Huck is trapped in a difficult moral dilemma. After a great deal of reasoning, Huck realizes he will feel possibly even worse if he turned Jim into the authorities, and decides it would be best to let him escape.Huck Finn chapters 17-21
1.) The Grangerford family is a very wealthy family, each person has a personal slave, and they have a huge beautiful house. They are so rich, you can infer from the book that they live on a plantation, because it says they live on a ton of land with over a hundred slaves.
2.) The feud between the Grangerfords and the Sheperdsons is important because it is a very big deal in the community, everyone knows about it, and no one knows how or when it started, because it has been going on so long. This is also an important part of these chapters because Huck is staying with the Grangerfords, so it is helpful for the reader to have some background.
3.)The narrators perspective in this part of the story is important because Huck is an outside onlooker, it is important to see how he felt and experience what he saw as opposed to being in the actual battle.
4.) The king and duke are
Huck Finn chapters 22-26
1.) The line at the end of handbill says "ladies and children are not admitted". The handbill would get people into the play because many men would do things if their wives can't come . It allowed them to have a "night off " (A night for the Boys) and have more freedom due to the fact that their wives and kids can't come because they aren't admitted. It also might make it nicer for the men because they wont have to worry about their children or anyone else's children being loud and ruining the show.
2.)Huck and Jim had never met a King or a Duke ever before in their lives, so they wouldn't have known what one would look like in real life if they were to come across one. The two con-men would go through a lot to pull off that act, and they were good enough to convince Huck and Jim that they were truly a King and a prince.
3.) The King and the Duke made up this plan when they had heard that a man named Peter Wilks had died and left a fortune to his brothers that no one had ever met or heard of. One was about 30-35 and the other was deaf and dumb, so the two con-men pretended to be the brothers and have Huck and Jim be their servants. They wanted to sell the land and gain all of his money from the dead man and his brothers. Huck was ashamed about lying and stealing from the grieving family. The shame that he felt was probably from consorting with the 2 men.
4.) Doctor Robinson knows that the King and the Duke are fraud because when the King gave his speech, his British accent was terrible. The The Doctor said that it was the worst British accent that he had ever heard and that "a time's coming when you're going to feel sick whenever you think of this day"
5.) They consider leaving in the middle of the night with the 6,000 in gold that was found in the cellar, but the King thinks that it would be better if they to stay until the land and slaves were sold so that they can gain more money than they already had.
Chapters 27-30
27.)
Telegraph
Why did it come about?
The telegraph came about so that people could communicate long distance. Letters took too much time to deliver to a person if it was an urgent matter, and sometimes they can get lost or destroyed.
What was its intent?
The telegraph helped people communicate with each other faster and easier than writing a letter and waiting for a reply.
How has it grown?
The telegraph has grown a lot, and helped communication throughout the world, revolutionizing communication technology for the first time.
Where is it now?
Now, instead of telegraphs, we have iphones with high tech touchscreens and clear cameras and loud speakers.
Overall, was it successful?
Yes, it was successful, and telegraphs were used for a long time, making it easier for everyone to communicate with each other.
Huck Finn Chapters 5-11
1. Pap has Huck locked up because he doesn't want him to go to school, because he thinks its useless. He also wants Huck to stay with him and not run away.
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Huck Finn Chapters 12-16