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

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!-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