Q1) At the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the narrator is the son of an impoverished drunk; he has recently been adopted by a wealthy elderly widow. Why is he having trouble adapting to her expectations, and those of other middle-class people in the town (including Huck’s best friend, Tom)? Pick out and discuss a specific comment or remark of Huck’s and one of another character’s that illustrates their contrasting expectations or beliefs.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Q2) In Chapter 9 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck and Jim have begun their travels together. How do the descriptions of natural settings (the cave, the storm, the animals on the island) contrast with the descriptions of town life earlier in the novel, or the man-made features (like the cabin) in this chapter?
The Unreliable Narrator: Twain’s and Huck’s Perspectives in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Q3) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is written in first person in the voice of Huck and from Huck’s perspective. But the actual author of the novel, Mark Twain, had childhood experiences, educational opportunities, and an adult career that were drastically different from those of the fictional Huck. When Twain has Huck voice his opinion of a situation (for example, Huck’s horror at Jim’s intention of freeing his wife and child in chapter 16), does Twain (as the real writer) include any hints that Huck’s judgment might be flawed even though Huck is narrating? What are turning points in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn when Huck rethinks his views? Find a passage in which you think Huck may be an “unreliable narrator” and then say when in the novel (if ever) Huck changes the position he took in that passage.
Q4) In Chapter 31, Huck reaches an important turning point in the struggle between the ideas of right and wrong he has learned from the people in the town where he grew up, and his own impulses. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, which of those two conceptions of right and wrong proves to be the better guide for Huck? In what passages, descriptions, and events does the author (Mark Twain, that is, rather than the narrator Huck) reveal what is really right or wrong? Pick and discuss one or two passages, descriptions, and/or events where you believe that the author (Mark Twain, that is, rather than the narrator Huck) reveals what is really right or wrong.
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