PPT-A picaresque novel: Huck Finn

A picaresque novel Involves clever rogues or adventurers engaged in a series of episodes A genre of generally satiric prose fiction that depicts in realistic often humorous detail the adventures of a roguish hero of low social degree living by his or her wits in a corrupt society. BY: MARK TWAIN. Background Information. What is satire?. Satire is the use of . ____________ or . sarcasm to denounce or make fun of a specific idea, object, concept, or person.. Mark Twain uses satire to:. Chapters 21-30 . Chapter 21. What plans to the Duke and Dauphin have to make money?. They are not good Shakespearean actors.. Who is . Sherburn. ? What does he do?. Chapter 22. Why does the crowd not lynch . By Mark Twain. Meet Mark Twain. “I was born on the 30. th. of November, 1835, in the almost invisible village of Florida, Monroe County, Missouri… the village contained a hundred people and I increased the population by 1 percent. It is more than many of the best men in history could have done for a town.”. English 11. Humor. Read the Notice/Explanatory etc. to the novel as a class, pg. 6. Mark Twain sates in the “Notice” that persons attempting to find a moral in this book will be banished. While he slightly overstates his case, we should not forget that this novel is very funny. It is important to find the humor in the novel. Too often we as readers are so concerned with the social aspect that we forget to look for what is funny.. pinsker. on the protagonist-narrator. By Chris and Kieran. Citation in . mla. format. Pinsker. , Sanford. “Sanford . Pinsker. on the Protagonist Narrator”. 82-86. Print.. The Rhetorical Situation. Valerie Valles, Kaitlin Williamsen, Matthew Smith, Drew Cliburn, Chiara Bender. Summary . The King learns in town that a rich man named Peter Wilks has died and left much of his fortune to his brothers, whom his family has never seen since they've lived in Sheffield, England.. Thomas DeMassa, Kazhra Kelcho, Jake Stephan, Maren Fox, Cole Leslie. Settings. -Takes place on a raft constructed by Huck and Jim floating up foggy Mississippi River. -Searching for Cairo. Vocabulary. Chapter Presentations. Chapter 1. Plot: Huck and Tom getting the money they find in the cave, Widow Douglas takes guardianship of Huck and tries to civilize him, they are trying to give him a religious education (praying, thanking/listening to God). (Ch. 24-26). Rachel Ray, Eunice Lee, Kaira Miller, Arleth Urquiza, Alexis Hernandez. Summary. Huck and the King decide to arrive in a steamboat to the village and when they arrive they meet a townsman who shares all the town gossip and happenings to the two.. For this assignment, you will need . to plot out all the major story points. for . The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. . . You . will indicate points on the map of the Mississippi River, and write a brief description of the event on a separate sheet of paper. . Twain’s “The Damned Human Race”. In your first paragraph, summarize Twain’s “The Damned Human Race”. Use academic voice. Summarize Twain’s assertions objectively. Discern his most significant points. English III / AP Language and Composition. Review Questions are from Teacher’s Pet Publications. Mark Twain. Born as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, November 30, 1835 in Florida, Missouri. . At the age of four, Samuel and his family moved to Hannibal, Missouri. This was his first experience with living along the Mississippi River. Hannibal’s port served boats daily from St. Louis and New Orleans. . The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain Meet Mark Twain “I was born on the 30 th of November, 1835, in the almost invisible village of Florida, Monroe County, Missouri… the village contained a hundred people and I increased the population by 1 percent. It is more than many of the best men in history could have done for a town.” Individual vs. Society Essential Questions What is identity? How is it defined in relation to society or community? How does one gain a sense of self identity and community identity? What is the appropriate way to balance individual and group identity?