Starting Over In Huckleberry Finn Summary
Annotated Bibliography 3
Anderson, Douglas. "Raritan: A Quarterly Review." Starting Over in Huckleberry Finn (2004): 141-58. ProQuest. Web. .
In Anderson’s “Starting Over in Huckleberry Finn” article, it mostly talks about good stories being “made” and how in reality they are “truth” being spun into an intriguing narrative. The article is called “starting over” because it retells Huck’s story from the narrative with educational insight. Anderson draws upon the “cultural memory” represented by books and how Twain incorporates this. “Moses” in the story of exodus is often compared the Huck adventures and Acts chapters as well. These “allusions” in Twain 's narrative such as the widow’s earnest pedagogy, Jims repudiation of Old Testament law, Silas Phelpss incomprehensible visions all display acts of “artistic improvisation” rather than a firm …show more content…
Overall translating that the stories of Huck and Moses have very many similarities that tend to be “sacrilegious”. The article goes onto say the “biblical allusion” is that of the prophet of Moses in comparison to Huck because of the relation of the “raft” heading down the Nile river or in this case the American frontier. The story of “travels” are prevalent in both stories of being recluses but subconsciously wanting to be “found” due to their deprivation of “emotional, personal, and spiritual freedom”. The analysis goes into more detail describing both stories of “sacrificing” animals to persuade the characters fathers that they are deceased. It is also paralleled to the Old Testament stories and chapter 7 of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Lastly, another story the article correlates to Twain’s book is the ideal of Passover and the “Angel of Death”. Although a very crafty comparison, Theirfelder believes it to be “sacrilegious” in the reversal of cutting
Anderson, Douglas. "Raritan: A Quarterly Review." Starting Over in Huckleberry Finn (2004): 141-58. ProQuest. Web. .
In Anderson’s “Starting Over in Huckleberry Finn” article, it mostly talks about good stories being “made” and how in reality they are “truth” being spun into an intriguing narrative. The article is called “starting over” because it retells Huck’s story from the narrative with educational insight. Anderson draws upon the “cultural memory” represented by books and how Twain incorporates this. “Moses” in the story of exodus is often compared the Huck adventures and Acts chapters as well. These “allusions” in Twain 's narrative such as the widow’s earnest pedagogy, Jims repudiation of Old Testament law, Silas Phelpss incomprehensible visions all display acts of “artistic improvisation” rather than a firm …show more content…
Overall translating that the stories of Huck and Moses have very many similarities that tend to be “sacrilegious”. The article goes onto say the “biblical allusion” is that of the prophet of Moses in comparison to Huck because of the relation of the “raft” heading down the Nile river or in this case the American frontier. The story of “travels” are prevalent in both stories of being recluses but subconsciously wanting to be “found” due to their deprivation of “emotional, personal, and spiritual freedom”. The analysis goes into more detail describing both stories of “sacrificing” animals to persuade the characters fathers that they are deceased. It is also paralleled to the Old Testament stories and chapter 7 of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Lastly, another story the article correlates to Twain’s book is the ideal of Passover and the “Angel of Death”. Although a very crafty comparison, Theirfelder believes it to be “sacrilegious” in the reversal of cutting