PPT-Huck Finn Project:

The Grangerfords Alyssa Inorio Brooke Baker Victoria Morales Sydney Zima and Bella Demichellis Plot Summary Chapter 17 The chapter starts when Huck finds himself in a nerve racking situation in which he is surrounded by dogs . 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:. 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.. 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? . Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain. Mark Twain or Samuel Clemens?. Samuel Langhorne Clemens (1835-1910). Grew up in Hannibal, Missouri on the bank of the Mississippi River. At age 22 (1857-61) he trained to be a steamboat pilot. . and . Picaresque Fiction. English 11 Honors: American Themes. Picaresque. The . picaresque novel. (Spanish: . ". picaresca. ". , from . ". pícaro. ". , for "rogue" or "rascal") is a popular sub-genre of prose fiction which is . 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.. Huckleberry Finn. “His writing also served to . voice his running commentary on American society. . Thinly veiled . behind the mask of humor and satire. , Clemens' writing often . critiqued social morals, politics and human nature. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called. Huckleberry Finn. ," . Ernest Hemingway. Mark Twain (1835-1910). The Adventures of . Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain. : . Biography. . Samuel . Longhorne. Clemens. Born November 30. th. , 1835 . Licensed River Pilot in 1858. “Mark Twain” is a river term which means the water is deep enough for safe passage . By Mark Twain. Pokeville (Chapters 19-20). Presented by:. Tami Allen, Samantha Benally, Marissa Campbell, Yasminah Habeel, and Meagan Horner. Summary of Chapters 19 & 20. Huck and Jim are on their raft. 1)commence . — . (v) begin.  . 2) tolerable —. (adj.) moderately agreeable.  . 3) providence — . (n) divine care.  . 4) notion —. (n) theory; belief; general idea.  . 5) dismal —. (adj.) gloomy; depressing. 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. in Mark Twain’s . “Huckleberry Finn”. Romanticism in Huck Finn. "Romanticism," as a term, derives from "romance," which from the Medieval Period (1200-1500) and on simply meant a story (e.g. all the chivalric, King Arthur legends) that was adventurist and improbable .