By Abi Jess Whitnee Sophie Emma amp Jenah Chapter 24 Summary Emma The Duke and King set a devious plan to become rich To keep there cover a secret they men paint Jims face solid blue and held a sign saying Sick Arab but harmless when not out of his head Twain 152 ID: 464774
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The Wilkses pt. 1
ByAbi, Jess, Whitnee, Sophie, Emma, & JenahSlide2
Chapter 24 Summary (Emma)
The Duke and King set a devious plan to become rich.
To keep there cover a secret they men paint Jim’s face solid blue and held a sign saying “Sick Arab- but harmless when not out of his head” (Twain 152).
Townspeople are now discovering the death of a local man, Peter Wilks, who had left rest of his fortune to his two brothers from England.
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Chapter 25 Summary (Sophie)
Townspeople gather at Wilks house to see the Duke and king as the “Wilks brothers.”
Read the letter that Wilks wrote before he died, which said that he left his house and $3000 for each of his nieces and $3000 to his brothers.
When they find the money, the duke and the king count the total and put in $415 of their own money, but the full $6000 weren’t there.
They bring it up to the front door and present the money to Wilks nieces in front of the townspeople. One of Wilks friends, Doctor Robinson, spoke up in front of the town declaring the duke and king to be frauds. He tries to tell Mary to have the imposters leave immediately, but instead she gives the two men their $6000 to prove her trust.Slide4
Chapter 26 Summary (Jenah)
Huck and the rest of the crew stay the night at the Wilks house, and they all spend time with the girls
Huck messes up their story while eating dinner with Joanna and worries that they will no longer believe them
Joanna begins to notice that his story isn’t matching up, but when she starts to accuse him of lying, her sisters defend him because they think Joanna is being rude
Huck feels bad that they stole from such nice girls, so he sets out on an adventure to steal back from the con men what they have already stolenOn their last night staying at the Wilks house, Huck finds a lot of gold in a mattress and decides to steal it back and then sneaks out after everyone else is asleep because he does not want to let the duke and king steal from them any more.Slide5
Study Guide Questions (Jess)
What contrast emerges immediately in these chapters?
The contrast from chapter 23 to chapter 24 is from being very intense to a very calm atmosphere; from
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Questions 2 & 3 (Jess)
2. What is Huck’s attitude toward the townspeople who accept the King and Duke as the Wilks’ relatives?
Huck has a disgusted attitude towards the townspeople, as they all are blubbering at the King and Duke “grieving” over Peter Wilks. It made him ashamed of the human race.
3. What does Robinson represent?
Dr. Robinson represents the voice of reason in the town, as he was the only one to realise that the King and Duke were not the Wilks brothers. Slide7
Questions 4 & 5 (Jess)
4. Why do the girls make Huck so ashamed?
Huck feels ashamed because the King, Duke, and himself are going to rob the Wilks girls of their money and property, and the girls had been kind to him the whole time they stayed.
5. Why does Huck refuse to expose the frauds at once?
Huck refuses to expose the frauds right away because they will just sneak out of the town with the gold they have already stolen. Slide8
Huck’s Development and Lesson (Abi)
What is the lesson learned?
Huck discovers the racial conceptions he has grown up with to be inconsistent as he learns more about Jim. As this altered view developes in his mind, he becomes gravely determined that the human race is hopeless.
How is the lesson learned?
As Jim grows more deep with Huck, the idea that the racial assumptions are false festers in Huck’s mind. This process is not complete but still developing. Meanwhile, the horrible tricks the Duke and the Dauphin play on the Wilkses disgust Huck. He is disappointed the two men could be so cruel and everyone could be so selfish and neive.Slide9
Development and Lesson (cont.)
What is the evidence?
“I do believe he cared just as much for his people as white folks does for their’n. It don’t seem Natural, but I reckon it’s so” (Twain 155).
What is the evidence?
“Well, if ever I struck anything like it, I’m a n*****. It was enough to make a body ashamed of the human race” (Twain 163).“When it come to that it worked the crowd like you never see anything like it, and everybody broke down and went to sobbing right out loud--the poor girls… I never see anything so disgusting” (Twain 164).Slide10
Literary Analysis
Huck’s attitude towards the con men can be revealed through his diction(word choice) in chapters 24, 25, and 26.
rapscallions (Twain 158)
ornery rip (Twain 151)
slouch (Twain 162)fraud (Twain 163)beatenest (Twain 163)uncommon bright (Twain 157)sickening (Twain 165)(king) like to hear himself talk (Twain 168)
Obviously has an attitude of dislike, but also a sort of grudging awe as well.
Biblical Reference/ Allusion
“(...)And both of them took on about that dead tanner like they’d lost the twelve disciples” (Twain 125)Slide11
Literary Analysis (cont.)
Biblical Reference shows culture of the time, as well as Huck’s upbringingSlide12
MLA Citation
Twain, Mark.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
. New York: Random House, 1996. Print.Slide13
The End
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