Huck Finn - Characters

Question 1

huck finn

Answer 1

• logical despite his superstitions
• seen in his plans to get out of trouble
• miserable liar because he is a moral person
• lies best when giving least amount of details
• struggles with morality, but doesn’t stock in religion
• develops a lot as a character because of all the morality issues he addresses
• shows his inherent goodness as he struggles with legality vs. morality
• his observations about humanity are poignant
• struggles with humans being cruel to one another
• struggles to punish those who are mean to him
• believes that civilized society is not civilized at all
• civilization is more trouble for him than it’s worth

Question 2

jim

Answer 2

• has a strong relationship with huck
• ultimate man
• sacrificial
• outcast
• flawed/humanity
• uses huck’s whiteness in desperation against other slaves
• pure, good man
• shows that he is a person just like anyone else

Question 3

the duke and the king/dauphin

Answer 3

• represent the evil of society
• foil characters (contrast) to jim and huck
• con-men without any concern or care for anyone else
• show that society can go to someplace pure and spoil it

Question 4

tom sawyer

Answer 4

• a representation of romanticism which we develop a hatred for, while huck’s realism is loved
• is corrupted by society
• foil to huck
• huck is a better version of tom in all ways

Question 5

answers

Answer 5

• romanticism
• the character of huck’s innate goodness
• jim represents goodness
• tom is educated
• huck is superstitious
• they tell lies
• jim doesn’t represent society
• sacrifice