Huckleberry Finn Dialectical Journal

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State the text title and author. (2 pts.)
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain Explain the significance of title. (3 pts.)
The title signifies that the book can be connected to The Adventures of Tom Sawyer.
How? -2 Explain the genre. (3 pts.)
The genre would be picaresque fiction, since in the book Huck acts as “rogue hero”.

Explain the structure or organization. (2 pts.)
The structure is like any other book organized by chapters. Describe the setting. (3 pts.)
The setting was around the times of slavery so around the time of the 1800s, the location is The Mississippi River along Missouri, Illinois, and Arkansas. Explain the point of view. (3 pts.)
The point of view is first person as it is told through Huckleberry Finn’s view,
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Explain the tone. (3 pts.)
The tone would be very moralistic, as throughout the book Huckleberry had many moral predicaments. Explain the mood. (3 pts.)
The mood of the story is also humorous, all throughout the book there can be spotted a ,or than a few times they’ll have a good laugh. Plot Summary – Write a one-sentence summary that explains the main conflict of the text. (5 points)
A main conflict is definitely Huckleberry’s struggle with his own conscience being raised with what civilization had taught him, he struggles with it as he goes against those “teachings”, a great example of this is when he helped Jim escape to freedom, he was brought up to think helping a slave escape was wrong. Characters - Describe physical, emotional, and personality traits for two characters. (5 points each)
Protagonist Huckleberry Finn, Kindhearted, and
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Jim is shown to care for Huckleberry as a friend, not servant, showing that the author wants the reader to feel sympathetic or empathetic. The problem of slavery however doesn’t really pop up until the end of the book where Huck chooses to free Jim and rejects everything civilization taught

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