PPT-Finn

MacCool and the Giants Causeway About the legend The story takes place in Ireland The characters are Finn MacCool who is a giant from Ireland Benandonner. 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.. Mark Twain. Introduction. Background. Discussion Starters. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain. Images provided by Index Open, Jupiter Images, and Shutterstock.. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. 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? . Dr. Maier. Satire. Definition: A genre that pokes fun at some element of society (or society as a whole) and often uses laughter as a means of correcting vice.. . Horatian versus Juvenalian Satire. Horatian Satire: pokes fun at society through good-natured and playful humor. . The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. by Mark Twain. Please take out note-taking materials. There will be a quiz.. Setting: St. Petersburg, Missouri, on the banks of the Mississippi River.. Author. : Mark Twain. Unit Intro. English 9 Honors. September . 2016. Goals. . Analyze the impact of language on how we understand a text, censor a text, or discuss a text.. Understand Twain’s intent in writing . Huckleberry Finn. "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn" . Ernest Hemingway . Racism & Slavery. . written after . Emancipation Proclamation. abolished slavery, but time period of story set during slavery . 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.. About the Author. Mark Twain’s real name was Samuel Clemens. . Clemens was born on the Missouri frontier, learned several trades, traveled widely, and transformed himself into Mark Twain.. Four years after Clemens was born, his . Wednesday, 26 July 2017. Jonathan Peel JLS 2017. Reception: 19. th. century. We know of at least 20 contemporary reviews and over 100 contemporary comments about the book.. The book was poorly received in Massachusetts in particular and also was regarded as problematic in New York and Boston.. 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.” Jamie. Annie. Fay. Leo. Spunky. Cider. Muskrat. Nudnik. Iggie. Zoid. Finn and Sadie Clawson. All the prior Clawson buddies. Jasper, . Triple Scoop,. . and their . Jasko. buddy. Stinkerbell. Missy. In memory of.