Huck Finn Chapters Questions All questions 5 questions 6 questions 7 questions 8 questions 9 questions 10 questions 11 questions 12 questions 13 questions 14 questions 15 questions 16 questions 17 questions 18 questions 19 questions. Feedback During the Quiz End of Quiz. Play as Quiz Flashcard. Questions and Answers. This novel is basically a spin-off or sequel to what other Twain novel, as indicated by Huck's openening statements?
How much money did Huck and his friend from the previous novel each get following the events of said previous novel? What is established about Jim by the way he tells his story of the "witches"? Both movie and book end with Buck living on to create a legacy with the lupine pack and their offspring.
They are a deadly tribe of murderous Indians who murder John Thornton and his friends. The Yeehats have been hiding in the forest for centuries, guarding the gold there and killing anyone who goes near it. Buck makes friends with a wolf and almost takes off for the wild, but remembers Thornton and returns to camp, where he is smothered with affection. He kills a bear. Manuel kidnaps Buck because he want to make money out of him by selling him.
Manuel needs this money to fund his gambling habit, and also he has a large family to provide for. Begin typing your search term above and press enter to search. Press ESC to cancel. Petersburg, owning slaves is considered normal and unremarkable—even the Widow Douglas, a pious Christian, owns slaves.
Twain implicitly contrasts this type of slavery with the more brutal form of plantation slavery, in which hundreds of slaves worked for a single master, creating greater anonymity between slave and master, which in turn led to more backbreaking labor—and, often, extreme cruelty.
Some critics have accused Twain of painting too soft a picture of slavery by not writing about plantation slaves. It is important to note here that Twain uses a crude racial slur , which has gotten Huckleberry Finn in trouble with many twentieth-century school boards, with a nonchalance that is certainly troubling to us today.
Throughout the novel, Huck encounters seemingly good people who happen to own slaves—an incongruity that is never easily resolved. We are not meant to think that the Widow Douglas, for example, is thoroughly evil. People like the Widow serve as foils for Huck throughout the novel, as he tries to sort out the value of civilizing influences.
Ace your assignments with our guide to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn! SparkTeach Teacher's Handbook. Why does Jim run away? He is also trying to show us that in that society there were many beliefs and superstitions that were believed to be true. Hunt I feel bad that you have to read all of these, talk about a broken record lol. Anyway, the first superstition that was used was when Huckleberry accidentally killed the spider and he would have bad luck.
Another superstition was when all of the boys had to take a blood oath to be a part of their little club. The first superstition was when Huck killed the spider, he thought that it would be bad luck. So to protect himself he did all this weird stuff. The second was when Huck spilled the salt container so he threw salt over his shoulder so he wouldn't get any bad luck.
Another superstition was when Tom put Jim's hat on the branch and Jim thought that he had been bewitched by witches.
Mark Twain is trying to say that at that time people would believe anything they heard. Mark Twain, I think, is saying that people back then were more ignorant and simple, but in a good, innocent way.
They believe in superstitions and things like that, but their not stupid. One superstition I noticed was when Huck spilled salt and hurried to throw it over is back so he wouldn't get bad luck for the day and when the widow wouldn't let him he was mad.
The second superstition I noticed was when Jim thinks that a hairball he got out of an ox's stomach had special powers and he could do magic with it. Well the first superstition out of the book was when Huck burnt a spider and started to panic, he thought he was going to have bad luck for a long time. I think most the superstition has come from the widows slave jim tho. Im not sure if this counts as superstition much but since he believed it was witches that carriend him across the country i feel like it is.
He also got a "hairball" and he was asking it questions and telling huck his fortunes for money. So far a few superstitions have been shown in the book. One would be when Huck ties a piece of his hair to keep the witches away and talks about how your supposed to do that if you lose a horseshoe you've found.
Another superstition brought out could be that drowned men float on their belly not their back. Also, Jim waking up and thinking the witches took him and his hairball oracle that can predict the future. I think that Twain is showing that the characters in this book have big imaginations and maybe they're so superstitious because it gives them something to think about and imagine. Many people in society at this time believed in witches and evil spirits that went against their religious beliefs. The first superstition was when Huck accidentally burned the spider.
He believed that this would give him bad luck. After that happened he made a cross over his chest in order to get rid of the bad luck. The second one was the hair ball from an ox's stomach. Jim believed that it would tell the future if you gave it something in return like money. The last one was when the boys played that trick on Jim and put his hat on a tree branch while he was sleeping.
Jim thought that it was the work of witches. He siad that they brought him around the world and put him back, but left his hat in the tree. Mark Twain is probably trying to show how alot of these people thought back then. One superstition is when Jim thought he was abducted by witches then brought around the country because his hat was taken and placed on the branch above him when he was sleeping.
Another superstition is when Huck burnt the spider then tied his hair and moved in circles to keep witches away. These superstitions show that people during this time period thought witches and other evil spirits were out to get them. I think Mark Twain is showing what people believed in during this time period and he was introducing the personalities of the characters through their thoughts. In Chapter one Huck sees a spider crawling up his shoulder, so he flipped it off and it land into the flame of the candle.
Before he could get it out, it was already shriveled up. Another superstition was when he tied a lock of his hair with a thread to keep the witches away. One superstition is when Huck kills a spider and thinks its bad luck; so he does all these rituals. Another superstition is the hair ball from the ox's stomach that Huck believes can tell the future and even ends up paying the hair ball.
I think Mark Twain is making humor out of people that live in the south and is suggesting they believe in stupid things and come up with ridiculous ideas. When Huck is in his room, he accidentally kills a spider. When Huck realizes what he has done, he jumps up and does a lot of rituals. These include crossing his heart and spinning around. Another example is when he twists his hair and comments about "keeping the witches away.
Now Huck is a younger boy. I believe that Twain is hinting at that people who believe these superstitions are not yet fully developed and are as small minded as children. And I believe that Mark Twain is saying that society at this time believed in superstitions so much and so commonly that even children knew of them and practiced them.
Jim has a weird superstition that I find interesting. The way he believes in witched and how they took him around the world. Another superstition is when Huck turns three times and ties his hair up after killing a spider.
If someone was cursed after killing a spider, i would be cursed like crazy because i hate spiders. The first superstition that I came upon was when Jim thinks that he was abducted by witches. The second superstition that I found was when Huck accidentally burned the spider in the candle.
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