The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn | Topics for Discussion
1. Throughout Huckleberry Finn a variety of lies are told. Discuss which seem to be useful and which harmful. Why?
2. How do the King and the Duke take advantage of society? Contrast them with Huck and Jim.
3. Death is everywhere in the book, from Huck's make-believe murder of himself, to his father's corpse in the floating house, the feud, Emmeline Grangerford's art, and the Wilks funeral. Does this make the book morbid? How does Huck handle his fear and understanding of death?
4. Huck tells a series of lies about his family. What do these reveal? How does...
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