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29 Cards in this Set
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Hannibal, MO
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home to Mark Twain referred to as St.Petersburg because it was heavenly; home of Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer at the beginning of the story
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3 rivers
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missouri, ohio, and mississippi rivers
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beginning setting
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they go from St.Petersburg to Pap's cabin to Jackson's island
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characters you need to know
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-Huck
-Widow Douglas (nurturing) + Miss Watson (mean)= sisters that huck lived with.. made him pray - Jim: property of Miss Watson, runaway slave -Judge Thatcher: advises Huck + Tom with their money -Tom: Huck's partner in crime |
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Mrs. Judith Loftiss
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-lady who tells Huck (disguised as a girl) that she knows he is not a lady b/c of the way he sews, throws, and clamps his legs
-saw smoke and sent husband to Jackson's Island to find Jim for the reward |
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___'s reward was greater than ____'s
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Jim's reward was greater than Huck's killer
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2 providences
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Aka Gods
Miss Watson- bad- OLD testament Widow Douglas- good- NEW testament |
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Setting of the story
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Pre- civil war 1835
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Huck's activities: gang of robbers
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-led by Tom Sawyer
-blood oath -Huck's family member: Miss Watson -plans from books -disolution: elephants/ sunday school |
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Pap
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-body found in river- float like woman
-clue: boot print cross -first encounter in Huck's room: get mad bc Huck is educated.. Huck sold money to J.Thatcher for $1 |
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Pap pt 2
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-want custody, drunk off roof, kidnap Huck, not civilized, beat him
-angel of death -huck fakes his own death w/ pig blood, rocks, and hair on ax *hero's journey |
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What happens on Jackson's island?
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ferryboat: cannon, loaf of bread with mercury- vibrations to find huck.. cannonball goes right by his head
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What happens with Jim?
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-rattlesnake
-relationship: Jim becomes more of a person than property |
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What do they see at the confluence?
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the lights of St.Louis
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Wrecked Steamboat
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Walter Scott
-3 robbers want to kill one -Jake Packard tells not to shoot him -sinking |
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What happens in Cairo? (pronounced Cay-ro)
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-plan to stop, sell raft, and go down ohio river on steamboat to free states
-missed it bc of fog |
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Why is this bad?
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heading South.. bad for Jim as a runaway slave
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The feud was between..
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the Grangerfords (Huck aligned with them) and the Shepherdsons
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Characters to know from the Grangerfords
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-Buck
-Emmeline: dead, poetry, undertaker -Miss Sophia: run away with a Shepherson |
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What happens in the active shooting?
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Buck is killed and Huck loses faith in the human race
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King & Duke
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-king older than duke
-camp meeting -reform pirates |
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___ was shot by ___ in _____
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Boggs was shot by Col.Sherburn in Hicksville
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Characters to know from the Wilk's scam
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Peter wilks and Mary Jane
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Wilk's scam
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-PW died
-3 neices -brothers from England -moneybag-coffin-tattoo |
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Who is lizabeth?
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Jim's daughter- hit her- deaf
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The king and duke sold Jim for ___ at the ____ plantation where he is staying in the ____
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The king and duke sold Jim for $40 at the Phelps plantation where he is staying in the cabin
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Who do Huck and Tom pretend to be?
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Huck= Tom, Tom=Sid
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Characters to know from the Phelp's plantation
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Aunt Sally, Uncle Sylas, Aunt Polly
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What happens after the Phelp's plantation?
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-Tom knew Jim was free
-embellish plan -Tom shot- raft- doctor -Aunt Sally wants to civilize Huck -Huck wants to "light out for the territory"- frontier- social misfit |
