GENERAL:
1) The plot of the story is about an adolescent orphan boy trying to help his friend Jim who is a runaway slave travel to the north to become a free man. It fulfills the authors purpose by showing when something is important to someone they can go through many difficult situations to achieve what they set out to do.
2) The theme is when you're faced with challenges in your life you can choose to overcome them by helping yourself and protecting the people you care about.
3) The tone of the story is adventurous and cleverness when they are faced with certain situations and they needed to find a new game plan for each one of their obstacles.
1- "Now, we'll start this band of robbers and call it Tom Sawyer's Gang. Everybody that wants to join has to go to take an oath, and write his name in blood."
2- " Huck stays up all night with a loaded gun aimed at his own father,"and how slow and still the time did drag along" until he escapes, a child who must fake his own death with pig's blood."
3- "It was one of these long, slanting two mile crossings; so I was a good long time in getting over."
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Setting: The author uses this to describe Jackson's Island where Jim and Huck stayed on during the trip. " I rose up, and there was Jackson's Island, about two mile and a half down stream, heavy-timbered and standing out of the middle of the river, big and dark and solid, like a steamboat without any lights." (pg. 46)
Imagery: the author uses this to describe the harsh conditions they had to undergo during their journey. "...yonder in the storm, hundreds of yards further than you could see before; dark as sin in a second, and now you'd hear the thunder let go with an awful crash, and then go rumbling, grumbling, down the sky towards the under side of the world, like rolling empty barrels downstairs" (pg. 59)
Symbolism: In my opinion I think the chains where a symbol of the hardest conflict Jim had to overcome throughout the whole book. " Then they come out and locked him up. I hoped they was going to say he could have one or two of the chains took off, because they was rotten heavy" (pg. 298)
Tragedy: The author uses tragedy to show how horrible it was when Jim's father died. " He ain't a-comin' back no mo', Huck." I says: "Why, Jim?" "Nemmine why, Huck- but he ain't comin' back no mo'."
Conflict: The author also uses conflict to show how their adventures always had an obstacle that they needed to overcome. " These uncles or yourn ain't no uncles at all; they're a couple of frauds- regular deadbeats. There, now we're over the worst of it, you can stand the rest middling east."
Syntax: The author uses this to show how Jim's speech was different from Huck's and was his own way of speaking. " What do dey stan' for? I'd gwyne to tell you. When I got all wore out wid work, en wid be callin' for you, en went to sleep, my heart wuz mos' broke bekase you wuz los', en I didn' k'yer no' mo' what became er me en' de raf'." (pg. 96)
Characterization: The author uses this a lot during the story to explain each character thoroughly. " His hair waddling an tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines." (pg. 29)
Suspense: The author uses this to explain in better detail the dangers they were faced with. " I couldn't see but a little ways, but I went poking along over rough ground for a quarter of a mile or more, and then I run across a big old fashioned double log house before I noticed it. I was going to rush by and get away, but a lot of dogs jumped out and went to howling and barking at me, and I knowed better than to move another peg. (pg. 106)
Irony: The author throws this in the story for a little bit of humor but still serious and it is ironic that after everything Jim would've been freed anyways. "And Aunt Polly she said Tom was right about old Miss Watson setting Jim free in her will ; and so, sure enough, Tom sawyer had gone and took all that trouble and bother to set a free slave free!" (pg. 302)
Foreshadowing: The author uses foreshadowing to show that Huck's dad was getting worse and he could see that if he didn't get away something bad would happen. " I never see a man look so wild in the eyes. Pretty soon he was all fagged out, and fell down panting; then he rolled over and over wonderful fast, kicking things in every which way, and striking and grabbing at the air with his hands, and screaming and saying there was a devils a-hold of him." (pg.39)
CHARACTERIZATION:
1) One example of direct characterization is when Jim tried to get his family back and would do anything for them. Another example of direct characterization is how Huck is a young teenager orphan who is trying to help Jim be free and escape meeting his father which is told to us during the story. The author uses indirect characterization when the Duke and King are frauds and thieves trying to get away with things and they didn't care if people got hurt. Another example of indirect characterization is when Huck's father treats his son badly and didn't care at all about him. The author uses the characters personalities to tell his story of their adventures.
3) Huck is a dynamic character and is also a round character throughout his experiences he faced and the moral choices he must make when they come across different situations.
4) I felt like I met a person because I felt like I experienced all the challenges with them. From beginning to end Huck tells the story as if he was telling me personally his story and there isn't just one textual example because it's throughout the book that I felt that way.
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