The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Name the main characters:

Huckleberry Finn

Tom Sawyer

HF’s dad

HF’s mom

Miss Watson

Jim

“Duke”

“King”

Mary Jane

Susan

Tom Sawyer’s Aunt and Uncle

author:

Mark Twain

How doe this fictional story connect to the author’s real life?

set in the two he grew up in Hannibal, Missouri

Set on the Mississippi River where he was a river boat captain

Jackson island

What are some examples of imagination that appear in this novel?

The King and the Duke scam artists→ take money from the church claim to be pirates, funeral co

HF faking his death

HF and Jim running away down river

Tom Sawyer aunt thinking HF is TS

TS pretending to be cousin Sid

setting Jim free in the will→ just for the adventure

What themes do you see in this novel?

friendship (Jim and HF, river gave them friendship)

danger (HF and his dad, con artists)

deceit (church con, funeral con)

mischief (take fish and fakes his death)

honesty (HF tells Mary Jane about the con) (returning mule to the guy he borrowed it from)

humor (HF and Jim and TS) (for the adventure)