Satire
Jimmy Fallon impersonating Donald Trump
Chapters 1-5
Timeline of events:
Chapter 1 - talks about his life and how the widow is taking care of him.
Chapter 2 - he is hanging out with Tom Sawyer, and Jim was introduced as one of the widow's slaves and had a lot of stories to make other slaves fear him. Tom Sawyer creates a gang. The gang is exclusive, they rob people and hold them for ransom.
Chapter 3 - The boys resigned from the gang because there was no action. In Tom Sawyer's imagination, magicians were their worst enemy
Chapter 4 - Huckle Finn goes to school and learns how to read and write. He goes to Judge Thatcher and gives him all $6150 of his money because he didn't want it anymore.
Chapter 5 - Huck Finn's dad makes a surprise visit. His dad asks him about his reading and writing and gets mad that he can read and write better than he ever could. His dad wants all his money but he doesn't know that he just gave it all away. He gave his $3 to his dad, and he went out and bought liquor and got drunk. Huck Finn wanted the court to take his dad away from him, but there was a new judge.
Time Period:
The time period of this novel is in the 1800's, and it is based off of the chronology of Mark Twain's life. The civilians talked old southern slang, the value of products was much lower than it is right now, and they still had slaves.
Perspective of Narrator:
With the narrator being so young, the perspective of what's happening is very innocent. He describes things in a sweet and simple way like a child, and there are lots of adult influences around him that can change the way he thinks.
Chapters 5-11
Explain why Pap has Huck locked up
Pap has Huck locked up because he is drunk and wants his money. His dad is also mad about his schooling and skills at reading and writing.
Create a visual of how Huck escapes The Shanty
What is an Abolitionist? Why is Huck concerned about being called one?
An Abolitionist is someone who disagrees with capital punishment/slavery. Huck is concerned about being called one because in his time period, slavery is very common and used everywhere. He runs into his friend, Jim who is a slave escaping from his owner. After a few days of hanging out around the island with each other, Huck ends up helping Jim get away, as well as himself, who is needing to get further away from the murder island.
3 thing that gave Huck away when he pretends to be a girl.
1. The way Huck threw the lead at the rat when he was trying to kill it
2. The way he was trying to thread the needle
3. He claps his legs together to catch the lead
3 things that would give a boy or girl away in modern times
Boy
1. Short hair
2. Deep voice
3. Choice of clothing (ex. athletic shorts, sneakers and sport t-shirt)
Girl
1. Long hair
2. High pitched voice
3. Choice of clothing (ex. short shorts, sandals and tank top)
Chapters 12-16
What is the story of King Solomon and his child? How does Jim interpret that story?
Solomon was a very wise man who could judge and solve any disputes. One day, two women came to him with a child both claiming to be the mother. Solomon suggests that they cut the child in half knowing that the real mother would rather give up her baby than see him spilt in two. His master plan worked of course. Huck remember that the widow taught him this from the bible and tries to explain that Solomon didn't really want to cut the kid in half. Jim can't understand why he kept insisting to cut a kid in half because half a child isn't good to anyone.
When Jim wakes up after their separation in the fog, what does Jim's reaction to Huck's Joke tell us about him? How do you feel about Jim at this point?
Huck told a joke that the fog incident was a dream for Jim. Once Jim finds a smashes ore, he figures out that Huck was lying and it wasn't a dream. It hurt Jims feelings cause he actually thought that Huck had dies. Huck had to work up his confidence to apologize to Jim for lying.
Jim is very superstitious. From a historical standpoint, why do you think he is?
Jim is superstitious because at this time, black people didn't have the same rights as white people. They were treated poorly, couldn't receive an education, and had no choice but to be enslaved. Since Jim is black, he only believed what he was told, and never got an education.
"It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger-but I done it, and I warn't every sorry for it afterwards, neither." What does this line tell us about Huck?
This line tells us that it took Huck a little while before he could work up the courage to apologize to Jim for the joke he had played on him. He did the right thing by apologizing, and it shows that Huck is a good man.
Chapters 17-21
Describe the Grangerford family
The Grangerford family takes in Huck after his raft gets hit. They offer him a place to stay in their tacky country home. The family is in a feud with the Shepherdsons which eventually gets some of them killed.
Why would he write the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons into the novel?
They are trying to keep the family's honored and try to prove their family is better than the other. The author is showing the differences between the two family's and what arguments were like in the 1800s.
Huck says "I don't want to talk much about the next day. I reckon I'll cut it pretty short." How does our narrator's perspective play a role in what we think and feel reading this section?
This line tells us that Huck is upset about what happened the night before which makes us believe that something bad happened, and he didn't want to talk about it right away.
Explain who the King and the Duke are and why Huck goes along with their story.
Duke and the King are river con men who control Jim and Huck's raft. Jim and Huck go along with their story because they know that the King and Duke are runaway frauds and he doesn't want to cause any trouble so they just go along with it.
What problems do you anticipate with Duke's solution on how they can all run the raft during the day?
Problems with this solution will arise if they were to be questioned and tell someone that the runaway slave was found. The news would travel fast, and the owner would then expect to have their slave back. Once someone realizes that their slave is not being returned is when trouble starts because they would be breaking the law.
Illustrate the town that the play will be held in.
Chapters 22-26
At the very end of chapter 22 we see the handbill that the king and the duke will pass out. The duke says "if that line don't fetch them, I don't know Arkansaw!" Why would the line at the bottom of the handbill work to get people into the play?
The duke and the king perform their "Shakespeare" to a group of poor, uneducated Arkansas townsfolk. They don't like the show at all. The artists rethink their plan. They put up a sign that says "Low-Brow Comedy Show! XXX!" This line works to get people into the play because it ensures them that nothing bad will happen during the next show.
Towards the end of chapter 23 we see this line: "What was the use to tell Jim these warn't real kings and dukes? It wouldn't a done no good; and besides, it was just as I said; you couldn't tell them from the real kind." Why doesn't Huck see the use in telling Jim? What does Huck mean by "you couldn't tell them from the real kind?"
Huck doesn't think it is useful to tell Jim about the fakes because Jim loves his family as much as the white men love theirs. He is homesick for his family and has a flashback to the time when they beat his daughter. When Huck says "you couldn't tell then from the real kind" he means that the impersonators for the show are exactly like the real ones.
The final line in chapter 24 reads: "It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race." What is Huck talking about? What does it tell us (the reader) about Huck that he feels this way?
Huck feels this way because the duke and the king play the part of the dead mans brothers. They travel around town and make it a big deal that Peter died before they arrived. The duke plays William, a deaf mute. This is an ashame to the human race because they are impersonating a dead guy when they don't know for sure if he is dead or not.
In chapter 25 we meet the doctor. How does the doctor know that the king and the duke are a fraud?
The doctor calls out the duke and the king for being frauds because the king has the worst intrepretation of a British accent that he has ever heard.
The king and the duke consider leaving in the middle of the night with the money. Why don't they?
Huck leaves the family's belongings and their money behind because they have a child with a birth defect. Huck feels bad for the woman and how she was swindled and he is determined to het them their money back.
Chapters 27-30
Why did people stay up with the dead during this time period?
During this time period, staying up with the dead was a tradition. People would stay up to keep rodents away from the bodies before they rot.
What do we learn (or reaffirm) about Huck when he tells Miss Mart Jane the slaves will see their family again in less than two weeks?
We learn that Huck at first has empathy for others but when blurting out the truth so fast, he has trouble dealing with it.
What were the two methods the townspeople used to try to identify who the brothers were and who the frauds were?
All of the men are told to sign a paper to compare signatures then, they get asked if they have a tattoo.
Chapters 31-35
Huck says "you can't pray a lie." What lie is he trying to pray about? What does he mean?
At this point, Jim has been turned in as a runaway slave and Huck gets upset. He was praying that Jim would find Miss Watson again but realizes he can't pray a lie for something he doesn't want.
Why does Huck tear up the letter he writes?
Huck tears up the letter because in it, it has a lot of information that Huck doesn't want anyone to know. This information includes where Jim is, and how Huck is still alive and that his murder was fake.
Huck is disappointed that Tom would help him steal Jim. He says "Tom Sawyer fell, considerable, in my estimation. Only I couldn't believe it. Tom Sawyer a nigger stealer!" What doyou think of this?
I think that Huck might be overreacting by saying this because Tom is just trying to help out a friend and make thing seasier for him.
Huck says two things at the end of chapter 33. 1. "Human beings can be awful cruel to one another." 2. "But that's always the way: it don't make no difference whether you do it right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway." What does Huck mean by these two statements?
Huck means that even though the Duke did some bad things, doesn't make it better by the townspeople to tar and feather him. The townspeople are doing an equally as cruel thing to him as he did by being a fraud.
Why are Tom and Huck looking for a more difficult way to break Jim free?
Tom is a very adventurous person and isn't afraid to take a risk by finding a more difficult way to set Jim free. On the other hand, Huck isn't as adventurous but is still trusting Tom to not mess up.
Chapters 36-40
In the process of breaking Jim free, what is Tom's motivation? What is Huck's motivation? (Why are they doing it?)
Toms motivation is driven by his desire to find a risk and to have fun during the process. On the other hand, Hucks motivation is just to get Jim from point A to point B safely because he is Hucks best friend and only wants the best for him.
What do Huck and Tom mean when they say "let on" about something? Why do they do this?
Tom and Huck use the term "let on" as a way of saying "pretend." They say this because Tom likes to have a story to tell, so by using this term he can make a story out of mostly anything.
Why is Tom writing the letters and posting warnings? Why did he give instructions to his aunt and uncle's slave? What are his motivations for this?
His aunt and uncle's are wanting to put out posters that Jim is a captured, runaway slave. He writes the letters to scare the family out of posting the notice.
How is the planning and plotting of Jim's escape by Tom and Huck satire?
Huck's plan to escape Jim is very different than Tom's. Huck want sit to be fast, easy and quick. Tom is wanting it to be more complicated and adventurous because he wants to have a story to tell. This shows satire because they exaggerate the escape which is not realistic because in real life, freeing a slave is way harder. Satire is making fun of reality and realisticaly, freeing a slave is way harder than what Tom and Huck are making it seem like.
Towards the end of the chapter Huck says "I knowed he was white inside" about Jim. Why does he say this and what does he mean?
While Jim is in the boat after being freed, he requests going to a doctor because they were getting shot at when they were freeing him. Hucks says this because he thinks that Jim is starting to think more like a white man.
Chapters 41-end
Towards the end of chapter 41: "And then when I went up to bed, she come up with me, and fetched her candle, and tucked me in, and mothered me so good I felt mean and I like couldn't look her in the face." Why does Huck feel this way?
Huck feels this way because as he is in a warm house getting tucked into bed, he knows that Tom is still outside in the cold, in pain from the gunshot. He is also feeling guilty because he knows he caused the family a lot more harm than good by lying about Jim.
In chapter 42 we hear the doctor's account of his experience treating Tom: "so I says, I got have help, somehow; and the minute I says it, out crawls this nigger from somewheres, and says he'll help; and he done it too, and done it very well." Can we come to an understanding about Jim from this? What do we learn about him?
We learn that Jim has become friends with both Tom and Huck. Jim helped a lot in Toms recovery from the gunshot because he was the one who requested to get a doctor.
What do we learn about Tom from what he says when he wakes up after being treated for the gunshot wound?
We learn more of what we already know. He lived for adventure to make a good story, so when he woke up he was happy that he had a story to tell about what just happened. The adventure and thrill was satisfied because he knew all along that Jim was already free, but he just wanted to have some fun on the way by freeing a slave that had already been free.
You've finished the novel: Tell me, in three to four sentences, what do you think of Huck?
I think that Huck is a very smart, independent boy who knows whats best for him, and the people he cares about. At the beginning of the novel we saw this right away because he knew that he needed to leave his drunken father in order to keep himself safe. As the novel continued we saw how much he cared about others because he always wanted to keep Jim safe and out of danger. Towards the end of the novel we see that Huck has empathy for others and feels guilt when he knows something is wrong.
Chapter 1 - talks about his life and how the widow is taking care of him.
Chapter 2 - he is hanging out with Tom Sawyer, and Jim was introduced as one of the widow's slaves and had a lot of stories to make other slaves fear him. Tom Sawyer creates a gang. The gang is exclusive, they rob people and hold them for ransom.
Chapter 3 - The boys resigned from the gang because there was no action. In Tom Sawyer's imagination, magicians were their worst enemy
Chapter 4 - Huckle Finn goes to school and learns how to read and write. He goes to Judge Thatcher and gives him all $6150 of his money because he didn't want it anymore.
Chapter 5 - Huck Finn's dad makes a surprise visit. His dad asks him about his reading and writing and gets mad that he can read and write better than he ever could. His dad wants all his money but he doesn't know that he just gave it all away. He gave his $3 to his dad, and he went out and bought liquor and got drunk. Huck Finn wanted the court to take his dad away from him, but there was a new judge.
Time Period:
The time period of this novel is in the 1800's, and it is based off of the chronology of Mark Twain's life. The civilians talked old southern slang, the value of products was much lower than it is right now, and they still had slaves.
Perspective of Narrator:
With the narrator being so young, the perspective of what's happening is very innocent. He describes things in a sweet and simple way like a child, and there are lots of adult influences around him that can change the way he thinks.
Chapters 5-11
Explain why Pap has Huck locked up
Pap has Huck locked up because he is drunk and wants his money. His dad is also mad about his schooling and skills at reading and writing.
Create a visual of how Huck escapes The Shanty
What is an Abolitionist? Why is Huck concerned about being called one?
An Abolitionist is someone who disagrees with capital punishment/slavery. Huck is concerned about being called one because in his time period, slavery is very common and used everywhere. He runs into his friend, Jim who is a slave escaping from his owner. After a few days of hanging out around the island with each other, Huck ends up helping Jim get away, as well as himself, who is needing to get further away from the murder island.
3 thing that gave Huck away when he pretends to be a girl.
1. The way Huck threw the lead at the rat when he was trying to kill it
2. The way he was trying to thread the needle
3. He claps his legs together to catch the lead
3 things that would give a boy or girl away in modern times
Boy
1. Short hair
2. Deep voice
3. Choice of clothing (ex. athletic shorts, sneakers and sport t-shirt)
Girl
1. Long hair
2. High pitched voice
3. Choice of clothing (ex. short shorts, sandals and tank top)
Chapters 12-16
What is the story of King Solomon and his child? How does Jim interpret that story?
Solomon was a very wise man who could judge and solve any disputes. One day, two women came to him with a child both claiming to be the mother. Solomon suggests that they cut the child in half knowing that the real mother would rather give up her baby than see him spilt in two. His master plan worked of course. Huck remember that the widow taught him this from the bible and tries to explain that Solomon didn't really want to cut the kid in half. Jim can't understand why he kept insisting to cut a kid in half because half a child isn't good to anyone.
When Jim wakes up after their separation in the fog, what does Jim's reaction to Huck's Joke tell us about him? How do you feel about Jim at this point?
Huck told a joke that the fog incident was a dream for Jim. Once Jim finds a smashes ore, he figures out that Huck was lying and it wasn't a dream. It hurt Jims feelings cause he actually thought that Huck had dies. Huck had to work up his confidence to apologize to Jim for lying.
Jim is very superstitious. From a historical standpoint, why do you think he is?
Jim is superstitious because at this time, black people didn't have the same rights as white people. They were treated poorly, couldn't receive an education, and had no choice but to be enslaved. Since Jim is black, he only believed what he was told, and never got an education.
"It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger-but I done it, and I warn't every sorry for it afterwards, neither." What does this line tell us about Huck?
This line tells us that it took Huck a little while before he could work up the courage to apologize to Jim for the joke he had played on him. He did the right thing by apologizing, and it shows that Huck is a good man.
Chapters 17-21
Describe the Grangerford family
The Grangerford family takes in Huck after his raft gets hit. They offer him a place to stay in their tacky country home. The family is in a feud with the Shepherdsons which eventually gets some of them killed.
Why would he write the feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons into the novel?
They are trying to keep the family's honored and try to prove their family is better than the other. The author is showing the differences between the two family's and what arguments were like in the 1800s.
Huck says "I don't want to talk much about the next day. I reckon I'll cut it pretty short." How does our narrator's perspective play a role in what we think and feel reading this section?
This line tells us that Huck is upset about what happened the night before which makes us believe that something bad happened, and he didn't want to talk about it right away.
Explain who the King and the Duke are and why Huck goes along with their story.
Duke and the King are river con men who control Jim and Huck's raft. Jim and Huck go along with their story because they know that the King and Duke are runaway frauds and he doesn't want to cause any trouble so they just go along with it.
What problems do you anticipate with Duke's solution on how they can all run the raft during the day?
Problems with this solution will arise if they were to be questioned and tell someone that the runaway slave was found. The news would travel fast, and the owner would then expect to have their slave back. Once someone realizes that their slave is not being returned is when trouble starts because they would be breaking the law.
Illustrate the town that the play will be held in.
Chapters 22-26
At the very end of chapter 22 we see the handbill that the king and the duke will pass out. The duke says "if that line don't fetch them, I don't know Arkansaw!" Why would the line at the bottom of the handbill work to get people into the play?
The duke and the king perform their "Shakespeare" to a group of poor, uneducated Arkansas townsfolk. They don't like the show at all. The artists rethink their plan. They put up a sign that says "Low-Brow Comedy Show! XXX!" This line works to get people into the play because it ensures them that nothing bad will happen during the next show.
Towards the end of chapter 23 we see this line: "What was the use to tell Jim these warn't real kings and dukes? It wouldn't a done no good; and besides, it was just as I said; you couldn't tell them from the real kind." Why doesn't Huck see the use in telling Jim? What does Huck mean by "you couldn't tell them from the real kind?"
Huck doesn't think it is useful to tell Jim about the fakes because Jim loves his family as much as the white men love theirs. He is homesick for his family and has a flashback to the time when they beat his daughter. When Huck says "you couldn't tell then from the real kind" he means that the impersonators for the show are exactly like the real ones.
The final line in chapter 24 reads: "It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race." What is Huck talking about? What does it tell us (the reader) about Huck that he feels this way?
Huck feels this way because the duke and the king play the part of the dead mans brothers. They travel around town and make it a big deal that Peter died before they arrived. The duke plays William, a deaf mute. This is an ashame to the human race because they are impersonating a dead guy when they don't know for sure if he is dead or not.
In chapter 25 we meet the doctor. How does the doctor know that the king and the duke are a fraud?
The doctor calls out the duke and the king for being frauds because the king has the worst intrepretation of a British accent that he has ever heard.
The king and the duke consider leaving in the middle of the night with the money. Why don't they?
Huck leaves the family's belongings and their money behind because they have a child with a birth defect. Huck feels bad for the woman and how she was swindled and he is determined to het them their money back.
Chapters 27-30
Why did people stay up with the dead during this time period?
During this time period, staying up with the dead was a tradition. People would stay up to keep rodents away from the bodies before they rot.
What do we learn (or reaffirm) about Huck when he tells Miss Mart Jane the slaves will see their family again in less than two weeks?
We learn that Huck at first has empathy for others but when blurting out the truth so fast, he has trouble dealing with it.
What were the two methods the townspeople used to try to identify who the brothers were and who the frauds were?
All of the men are told to sign a paper to compare signatures then, they get asked if they have a tattoo.
Chapters 31-35
Huck says "you can't pray a lie." What lie is he trying to pray about? What does he mean?
At this point, Jim has been turned in as a runaway slave and Huck gets upset. He was praying that Jim would find Miss Watson again but realizes he can't pray a lie for something he doesn't want.
Why does Huck tear up the letter he writes?
Huck tears up the letter because in it, it has a lot of information that Huck doesn't want anyone to know. This information includes where Jim is, and how Huck is still alive and that his murder was fake.
Huck is disappointed that Tom would help him steal Jim. He says "Tom Sawyer fell, considerable, in my estimation. Only I couldn't believe it. Tom Sawyer a nigger stealer!" What doyou think of this?
I think that Huck might be overreacting by saying this because Tom is just trying to help out a friend and make thing seasier for him.
Huck says two things at the end of chapter 33. 1. "Human beings can be awful cruel to one another." 2. "But that's always the way: it don't make no difference whether you do it right or wrong, a person's conscience ain't got no sense, and just goes for him anyway." What does Huck mean by these two statements?
Huck means that even though the Duke did some bad things, doesn't make it better by the townspeople to tar and feather him. The townspeople are doing an equally as cruel thing to him as he did by being a fraud.
Why are Tom and Huck looking for a more difficult way to break Jim free?
Tom is a very adventurous person and isn't afraid to take a risk by finding a more difficult way to set Jim free. On the other hand, Huck isn't as adventurous but is still trusting Tom to not mess up.
Chapters 36-40
In the process of breaking Jim free, what is Tom's motivation? What is Huck's motivation? (Why are they doing it?)
Toms motivation is driven by his desire to find a risk and to have fun during the process. On the other hand, Hucks motivation is just to get Jim from point A to point B safely because he is Hucks best friend and only wants the best for him.
What do Huck and Tom mean when they say "let on" about something? Why do they do this?
Tom and Huck use the term "let on" as a way of saying "pretend." They say this because Tom likes to have a story to tell, so by using this term he can make a story out of mostly anything.
Why is Tom writing the letters and posting warnings? Why did he give instructions to his aunt and uncle's slave? What are his motivations for this?
His aunt and uncle's are wanting to put out posters that Jim is a captured, runaway slave. He writes the letters to scare the family out of posting the notice.
How is the planning and plotting of Jim's escape by Tom and Huck satire?
Huck's plan to escape Jim is very different than Tom's. Huck want sit to be fast, easy and quick. Tom is wanting it to be more complicated and adventurous because he wants to have a story to tell. This shows satire because they exaggerate the escape which is not realistic because in real life, freeing a slave is way harder. Satire is making fun of reality and realisticaly, freeing a slave is way harder than what Tom and Huck are making it seem like.
Towards the end of the chapter Huck says "I knowed he was white inside" about Jim. Why does he say this and what does he mean?
While Jim is in the boat after being freed, he requests going to a doctor because they were getting shot at when they were freeing him. Hucks says this because he thinks that Jim is starting to think more like a white man.
Chapters 41-end
Towards the end of chapter 41: "And then when I went up to bed, she come up with me, and fetched her candle, and tucked me in, and mothered me so good I felt mean and I like couldn't look her in the face." Why does Huck feel this way?
Huck feels this way because as he is in a warm house getting tucked into bed, he knows that Tom is still outside in the cold, in pain from the gunshot. He is also feeling guilty because he knows he caused the family a lot more harm than good by lying about Jim.
In chapter 42 we hear the doctor's account of his experience treating Tom: "so I says, I got have help, somehow; and the minute I says it, out crawls this nigger from somewheres, and says he'll help; and he done it too, and done it very well." Can we come to an understanding about Jim from this? What do we learn about him?
We learn that Jim has become friends with both Tom and Huck. Jim helped a lot in Toms recovery from the gunshot because he was the one who requested to get a doctor.
What do we learn about Tom from what he says when he wakes up after being treated for the gunshot wound?
We learn more of what we already know. He lived for adventure to make a good story, so when he woke up he was happy that he had a story to tell about what just happened. The adventure and thrill was satisfied because he knew all along that Jim was already free, but he just wanted to have some fun on the way by freeing a slave that had already been free.
You've finished the novel: Tell me, in three to four sentences, what do you think of Huck?
I think that Huck is a very smart, independent boy who knows whats best for him, and the people he cares about. At the beginning of the novel we saw this right away because he knew that he needed to leave his drunken father in order to keep himself safe. As the novel continued we saw how much he cared about others because he always wanted to keep Jim safe and out of danger. Towards the end of the novel we see that Huck has empathy for others and feels guilt when he knows something is wrong.