Precis For Huckleberry Finn
I. Plot Precis
Proceeding as a sequel to “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is known as an American classic. The novel is narrated by Huckleberry Finn and begins in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Huck is under the care of the Widow Douglas, a kind woman who is determined to “sivilize” Huck and her judgmental sister Miss Watson the Widow protects Huck from his alcoholic Pap, who they fear will come back to claim the fortunes that were found by Huck and Tom in “The Adventures by Tom Sawyer”, but Huck transfers the money to Judge Thatcher. Huck is later kidnapped by his Pap who imprisons him in an isolated cabin from the town. Huck’s escape plan makes him appear dead and is successful in escaping …show more content…
The novel takes place in the South and Twain’s dialect diction in order to create race within the novel. All characters have a distinct way of speaking and the diction characterizes these characters and allow to see who belongs in the white or black society. The novel is told in the perspective of Huck and therefore the audience can see Huck’s thoughts and views on society. Twain builds a sense of trust within Huck because from the novel the black characters are seen with poor language skills. We can also distinguish the races because Huck calls Jim “nigger” ,when the novel was written carried a connotation. On the other hand, Jim’s diction is more complex when he speaks and the reader has to closely pay attention to his words. It’s a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked, too. He’s been shot in the back. I reck’n he's ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huc, but doan’ look at his face- it's too gashly.”(Twain 50) The novel also consists of an ironic tone that can be seen throughout Huck’s serious voice. Huck always contains a serious voice in the comedy sections of the novel and never makes a joke. This tone is mostly identified when Huck is trying to rescue Jim, the irony reaches its max in this section. He helps Jim, but always has a negative conscience. He thinks by helping Jim he’s doing it for the wrong reasons and tires to make excuses for his “low” actions, when in reality his moral decisions is deriving him to help rescue Jim because he finally accepts him as a reasonable
Proceeding as a sequel to “The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,” “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is known as an American classic. The novel is narrated by Huckleberry Finn and begins in the town of St. Petersburg, Missouri. Huck is under the care of the Widow Douglas, a kind woman who is determined to “sivilize” Huck and her judgmental sister Miss Watson the Widow protects Huck from his alcoholic Pap, who they fear will come back to claim the fortunes that were found by Huck and Tom in “The Adventures by Tom Sawyer”, but Huck transfers the money to Judge Thatcher. Huck is later kidnapped by his Pap who imprisons him in an isolated cabin from the town. Huck’s escape plan makes him appear dead and is successful in escaping …show more content…
The novel takes place in the South and Twain’s dialect diction in order to create race within the novel. All characters have a distinct way of speaking and the diction characterizes these characters and allow to see who belongs in the white or black society. The novel is told in the perspective of Huck and therefore the audience can see Huck’s thoughts and views on society. Twain builds a sense of trust within Huck because from the novel the black characters are seen with poor language skills. We can also distinguish the races because Huck calls Jim “nigger” ,when the novel was written carried a connotation. On the other hand, Jim’s diction is more complex when he speaks and the reader has to closely pay attention to his words. It’s a dead man. Yes, indeedy; naked, too. He’s been shot in the back. I reck’n he's ben dead two er three days. Come in, Huc, but doan’ look at his face- it's too gashly.”(Twain 50) The novel also consists of an ironic tone that can be seen throughout Huck’s serious voice. Huck always contains a serious voice in the comedy sections of the novel and never makes a joke. This tone is mostly identified when Huck is trying to rescue Jim, the irony reaches its max in this section. He helps Jim, but always has a negative conscience. He thinks by helping Jim he’s doing it for the wrong reasons and tires to make excuses for his “low” actions, when in reality his moral decisions is deriving him to help rescue Jim because he finally accepts him as a reasonable