Huck Finn - Plot

Question 1

education

Answer 1

• what does twain say about education

- is there a difference between being “educated” and being “smart”

Question 2

religion

Answer 2

• huck has a hard time deciding if he wants to go to heaven or hell
• practicing a religion vs. living the principles of a religion
• religious people often say one thing but do another; they need to practice what they preach

Question 3

senseless violence

Answer 3

• boggs is drunk but is shot by sherbun anyway

- family feuds

Question 4

mob mentality

Answer 4

• sherburn faces a mob’s desire to lynch him for killing boggs
• argues that a mob does not have strength – mob mentality is cowardly
• defuses the blame form just one character to many

Question 5

legality vs. morality

Answer 5

• it’s legal to own someone, but it can’t be morally right to do that
• huck is illegally helping jim escape, but orally helping jim is correct
• huck struggles with allowing legality to dictate his morality

Question 6

equality

Answer 6

• jim is arguably more of a man than any other man in the book
• this book is more about equality and less about slavery
• when mother and child are separated in slave auctions - emotional, moral crisis

Question 7

what makes a good man vs. a bad man

Answer 7

huck’s vs. tom’s treatment of jim

Question 8

note

Answer 8

• conflict between religion and morality
• senseless violence
• he is at the age where he is questioning society
• hypocrisy
• southern society