Huck+Questionaire

**for The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain**
Twain probably included the notice so as to let the reader know what kind of story the reader was about to embark on. The kind of humor incorporated in this book is unique and you get a taste of this while reading the Notice.
 * 1. Why did Twain include the "Notice" on the opening page?**

The chapters can definitely be grouped into different topics because when thought of they all have certain subjects that Twain concentrates on. Each one takes on challenges and troubles that were encountered not while Twain wrote the book but during the abolition of slavery.
 * 2. Can the book's 43 chapters be grouped according to distinct action sequences? Are there correspondences among chapters or groups of chapters?**

At the story progresses Huck’s conscience is the one that carries him thought each incident. Each one of his decisions grows in magnitude and makes his actions all that much more creditable. Each time these decisions are made it is as if a barrier is broken, and thus Huck is able to feel a sense of equality with his fellow mate Jim. The crises happen because this is when Huck questions himself and everything he stands for, it is difficult for him.
 * 3. Each stage of Huck's moral growth culminates in a crisis of conscience and a decision to assist Jim (as when Huck tells the two slave hunters that there is "only one" man on the raft and that "He's white"); and each decision is more consequential than the previous. What are these stages and decisions; when do they occur; and what are their consequences?**

The consequence of going past the mouth of the river in the fog is that Jim and Huck end up becoming separated and ruin their plan of making business as well. Huck plays a mind trick with Jim, that Jim does not necessarily enjoy. Yet Jim always seems to be subdued by the fact that he is a black man.
 * 4. What are the consequences of Huck's and Jim's going past the mouth of the Ohio River in the fog? (Chapter XV)**

It is very ironic that that their adventure takes them further and further south. But this happens because every time the two are trying to escape from something that was putting them in danger, although they did not necessarily know where they were headed. Huck and Jim did not have an initial plan and follow it with great detail, but instead they headed towards anything that appeared to be the least full of obstacles, one could not consider them the most learned so they took it as it came.
 * 5. Among the novel's great ironies is that Huck's and Jim's quest for freedom takes them farther and farther into the deep South, the heart of slavery. How and why does this happen? What are the implications?**

This movement is parallel to the motion in which Jim and Huck are traveling. One could say that this is important to the plot because as the reader you could differentiate the constant move of Huck, with his non-consistency. The further south they go the more deep they are into slavery, which only places Huck in a more difficult situation for her is doing something very illegal. All the problems and successes of these two are supposed to be representations of both sides of the subject, the pro and anti slavery.
 * 6. The primary movement of Huck's and Jim's journey and of the novel is linear, from north to south. A back-and-forth pattern of movement between river and shore also occurs. How is this pattern important in terms of plot? How is it related to the north-to-south movement? Does it reflect any other kind of movement experienced by Huck or Jim?**

The king and the duke become dangerous to Jim and Huck. In a bigger picture one could assimiliate these two as the malice that existed in the country. Yes they were active characters that were involved in the story, but they still always imposed threat onto Jim and Huck. The king an duke were two white males, which made them superior to either of the two other males.
 * 7. How do the king and the duke impact Huck's and Jim's life on the raft, their quest for freedom, and the novel's movement?**

It was kind of ironic how Tom in the end acts just like the miserable king and duke, the villains of the story. Tom uses the innocent Jim for his own personal use, using Jim as a plaything simply to fulfill his dream of great adventure. It is preposterous that Tom would go so low, to lower himself to the level of the king and the duke. One would also consider insulting the fact that Tom wanted to pay Jim for his wrongdoings to him.
 * 8. What are the parallels between the king's and duke's treatment of Jim in Chapter XXIV and Tom Sawyer's treatment of him in the final chapters?**

Danger looms anywhere that Huck goes, we establish that at the beginning of the story. The people, the environment, the happenings, everything appears to go against Huck, or at least we are made too look at it that way. When Huck encounters his father is an incident in which he fears his life, as is the constant hanging out with the king and the dauphin. From Pap, Huck ingenuously escaped with an elaborate plan that made him appear dead, while from the duke and dauphin he had to find a way to leave them behind, they were hard to get rid of, they were very stealthy and strong minded.
 * 9. The cemetery passage in Chapter XXIX is one of the few times when Huck is in immediate danger of actual harm or death. What are some similar incidents? What threatens his safety and well-being in each instance--other people or forces of nature? How does he escape in each instance?**

Something that I would consider funny is the fact that so many things do happen coincidently. What was the chance that the people that Jim was sold to out of nowhere and out of so many people were relatives to his dear friend Tom. And not just that but the fact that they were waiting and in hopes to see Tom some time soon? That only made it seem not so realistic yet we still kept reading.
 * 10. Do the final chapters, beginning with Huck's arrival at the Phelps farm, rely too much on coincidence?**

Tom’s reputations one could say is not all that good he was never the one to follow and do as told by the adults. Tom had a tendency to do what he thought was right and he was also quite adventurous I must say. The escape is something that these boys really would like to attain with this they join their thoughts together although the biggest input comes from Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer is helping Jim for the adventure, which makes the entirety of the plot more confusing.
 * 11. Do Tom Sawyer's elaborate escape stratagems indicate that Jim's and Huck's goals are unobtainable?**

I would have to go on and say that it was fair and square that Tom was the one to get shot, because in reality he deserved just what he got. This was a way to teach him a lesson. For in reality with his actions of selfishness towards Jim, one could also say that Jim was very hypocritical. Since he was acting as if he was a good character, as if he really was trying to do a good deed when in reality he was doing it all for fun and games without taking into consideration the life of other human beings.
 * 12. Is there any justice in the fact that only Tom is wounded in the final chase through the swamp?**

While Huck does admit to his stretching of truth, the believability of the story was with me the entire time. And I would say that all the events that occurred in the novel I believed with no regard to the fact that this was the tale of a fourteen year old.
 * 13. The story is told by a fourteen-year-old Huck, who admits to elaborate lies and fabrications. Can we trust him? Can we accept his version of things, or must we read between his lines?**

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