Huck Finn
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Episodic
Episode 1: Moses and the Bull Rushers
Episodes 2-3 (partly 1 also): Tom’s Gang
Episode 4: Hairball Oracle
Episodes 5-7:
Episodes 8-10: Life on Jackson’s Island
Episode 11: Huck Dresses like a Girl
Episodes 12-13: Walter Scott Boat
Episodes 14-15: Life on the River
Episode 16:
Episodes 17-18: Shepherdson Grangerford Feud
Episodes 19-20: Duke and Dauphin (Intro)
Episodes 21-22: Boggs and Colonel Sherburn
Episodes 23-30: Wilkes Episode
Episodes:
Superstition
Killing the Spider:
Chapter 1 Page 3
“Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up. I didn’t need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me.”
Hairball:
Chapter 4 Page 14
“…Jim had a hair-ball as big as your fist, which had been took out of the fourth stomach of an ox, and he used to do magic with it. He said there was a spirit inside of it, and it knowed everything.
Hairy Arms and Chest:
At the end of this chapter, Jim and Huck are talking about how Jim hears that he might be sold for $8,000. They talk about all of Jim’s investments that have failed. But, Jim is not too disappointed, seeing that (according to his superstitions) his hairy arms and chest are a sign of future wealth.
Language
Metaphor:
This is from one of Jim and Huck’s descusions. Jim compares trash with people who like to play tricks on their friends.
Simile:
“…slept like dead people.”
This simile is describing the Duke and the Dauphin.
Growth Process
At the beginning of the book, we first see Huck as a young careless boy. His mother is dead, and his dad is the town drunk. He has always lived by his own rules and has done whatever he wanted to. Once he started living with Widow Doulas and Miss Watson, his rules changed a little bit. He was expected of...
Episode 1: Moses and the Bull Rushers
Episodes 2-3 (partly 1 also): Tom’s Gang
Episode 4: Hairball Oracle
Episodes 5-7:
Episodes 8-10: Life on Jackson’s Island
Episode 11: Huck Dresses like a Girl
Episodes 12-13: Walter Scott Boat
Episodes 14-15: Life on the River
Episode 16:
Episodes 17-18: Shepherdson Grangerford Feud
Episodes 19-20: Duke and Dauphin (Intro)
Episodes 21-22: Boggs and Colonel Sherburn
Episodes 23-30: Wilkes Episode
Episodes:
Superstition
Killing the Spider:
Chapter 1 Page 3
“Pretty soon a spider went crawling up my shoulder, and I flipped it off and it lit in the candle; and before I could budge it was all shriveled up. I didn’t need anybody to tell me that that was an awful bad sign and would fetch me some bad luck, so I was scared and most shook the clothes off of me.”
Hairball:
Chapter 4 Page 14
“…Jim had a hair-ball as big as your fist, which had been took out of the fourth stomach of an ox, and he used to do magic with it. He said there was a spirit inside of it, and it knowed everything.
Hairy Arms and Chest:
At the end of this chapter, Jim and Huck are talking about how Jim hears that he might be sold for $8,000. They talk about all of Jim’s investments that have failed. But, Jim is not too disappointed, seeing that (according to his superstitions) his hairy arms and chest are a sign of future wealth.
Language
Metaphor:
This is from one of Jim and Huck’s descusions. Jim compares trash with people who like to play tricks on their friends.
Simile:
“…slept like dead people.”
This simile is describing the Duke and the Dauphin.
Growth Process
At the beginning of the book, we first see Huck as a young careless boy. His mother is dead, and his dad is the town drunk. He has always lived by his own rules and has done whatever he wanted to. Once he started living with Widow Doulas and Miss Watson, his rules changed a little bit. He was expected of...