The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Group at eNotes

This depends largely on what part of the book you are reading since Huck...

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 04:49:40 PST

This depends largely on what part of the book you are reading since Huck is at the Widow's house, Pap's cabin, the cave he and Tom found, the island where he runs into Jim, on the river, at the Grangerfords' house, conning people with the King and the Duke, and finally at Tom's aunt and uncle's house. There are many settings in this novel.He does spend most of his time on the river and there is much page space spent discussing the night and...

Describe the setting in "The Adventures of Huckeleberry Finn".

Mon, 9 Jun 2008 03:12:04 PST

Describe the setting in "The Adventures of Huckeleberry Finn".

Although they are friends, Huck and Tom absolutely see the world from...

Thu, 5 Jun 2008 04:50:50 PST

Although they are friends, Huck and Tom absolutely see the world from different perspectives.Huck is realistic in that he is very plain and down-to-earth. He is not a fan of education or reading. He does not come from a family where everything is perfect. He does not have lots of extended family in aunts, uncles, and the like. He has a drunken, violent father from whom he flees. The world for him is catch-as-catch-can...in other words,...

Huckleberry Finn as regarded the most important character in the novel...

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 23:47:01 PST

Huckleberry Finn as regarded the most important character in the novel explained by Mark Twain as a homely child who has basically not been under the proper brought up. Due to his departed parent and particularly his drunkard father Pap, he was mishandled and under cared. His appearance tells you his probable behaviours in coming parts of the novel and anybody can guess that he would be a careless, naughty and uneducated child. Though people...

Contrast and compare Tom the city boy with Huck the realist. Focus your...

Wed, 4 Jun 2008 19:05:37 PST

A major theme in the novel is illusion vs reality. Focus also on Tom’s gang’s concept of violence and the real violence that Huck faces in the shack at the hands of Pap.

The Widow Douglas and Miss Watson dress for dinner, say their prayers,...

Sat, 31 May 2008 20:25:54 PST

The Widow Douglas and Miss Watson dress for dinner, say their prayers, and encourage Huck to get his education. They sleep in fancy beds and wear nice clothing. They avoid profanity and attempt to live righteously with the Bible as their guidelines. Huck, on the other hand, prefers life with his father so that he may have the opportunity to smoke, drink, and cuss. Religion and formal education have no place in their lives, and formal...

Contrast of Eastern, genteel values to Western, frontier values using...

Sat, 31 May 2008 18:54:51 PST

Contrast of Eastern, genteel values to Western, frontier values using specific examples from the story, "Huck Finn."

Twain uses much of this book in order to comment on how appearances can...

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:46:05 PST

Twain uses much of this book in order to comment on how appearances can be deceiving. Many of the so-called respectable members of Huck's society only appear to be respectable; in truth, they are hypocritical and often immoral.Take Miss Watson, who is showcased in Chapter One. Miss Watson is an affluent Christian woman. She preaches to Huck about the importance of prayer and of being "religious." However, Huck is often...

Discuss the theme of appearance in "Huckleberry Finn", in...

Wed, 28 May 2008 17:26:54 PST

With reference to the significance of money and property.

The King is worried that if the gold is short, people will think he and...

Sun, 18 May 2008 13:43:23 PST

The King is worried that if the gold is short, people will think he and the Duke stole it, so to avoid suspicion, they use their own money to make up the difference, planning to swindle even more money from the trusting family later.Masquerading as the British brothers of the recently deceased Peter Wilkes, the King and the Duke learn that Wilkes has left his brothers $6000 in gold, which is hidden in the cellar. When they fetch the gold...

Why is the King worried that the gold is $415 short, and how do they...

Sun, 18 May 2008 11:59:05 PST

Chapters 24-End

These two colorful characters come into the action in Chapter 19 of the...

Thu, 15 May 2008 06:17:13 PST

These two colorful characters come into the action in Chapter 19 of the text. They are running from the crowd of a local town where they have been swindling. They are con artists, and take on the titles of "King" and "Duke" to gain privileges on the raft among Jim and Huck. The two come up with amazing cons from plays to revivals where they cook up schemes to rob people of their money. They even come up with the...

Who are the king and the duke in "The Adventures of Huck Finn"?

Thu, 15 May 2008 02:32:11 PST

Tell something about them.

In Chapter XXXI, Huck finds that the social and religious codes he has...

Tue, 13 May 2008 14:07:35 PST

In Chapter XXXI, Huck finds that the social and religious codes he has been taught cannot be reconciled with with the realization that Jim is a good, kind person, and that there is no way to justify the fact that he must be a slave.Jim has been caught as a runaway and sent to the Phelp's place to be turned in for a reward. Huck wrestles with the idea that he should write Miss Watson, Jim's rightful "owner", and tell her where he...

What are the changes in Huck’s attitude toward Jim in Chapter XXXI of...

Tue, 13 May 2008 05:41:57 PST

What are the changes in Huck’s attitude toward Jim in Chapter XXXI of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"?

The narrator in the novel is Huck Finn himself. He tells the story from...

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:03:05 PST

The narrator in the novel is Huck Finn himself. He tells the story from his point of view as a young man and in his own dialect and language. The eNotes study guide tells us that this novel is "one of the first in America to employ the child's perspective and employ the vernacular—a language specific to a region or group of people—throughout the book."Not only do we hear Huck's own voice in the novel, but through his relating of...

The narrator of this novel is Huck Finn himself. He is a young boy...

Mon, 12 May 2008 08:00:06 PST

The narrator of this novel is Huck Finn himself. He is a young boy without a mother and whose father is considered the town drunk (when he's around at all). We learn a lot about Huck Finn in just the first few paragraphs of the novel. He tells us who he is, but also mentions the book is being written by Mr. Mark Twain, who also wrote Tom Sawyer - so, from the beginning, we are directly told that the events will come from the pen of Twain...

Who is the narrator of the novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry...

Sun, 11 May 2008 22:50:04 PST

Who is the narrator of the novel "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"? Tell something about him.

Twain uses language in several different ways in this classic novel. The...

Sat, 10 May 2008 15:47:13 PST

Twain uses language in several different ways in this classic novel. The most common and most striking is the vernacular. Twain himself notes this in the explanation that opens the text; he talks about the different dialects he uses, and how the spelling is not random, but rather was recreated with a great deal of care. This means that the language contains slang, non-standard spelling, attempts to recreate spoken speech, and so on. Along the...

What are the features of the language in "The Adventures of...

Sat, 10 May 2008 05:40:18 PST

What are the features of the language in "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"? Explain it with some examples.