...advocated with Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn and Peter Jackson’s Lord of the rings trilogy, to which characters not only undertake a physical journey but a undergo inner struggles and changes.The characters of Huckleberry Finn (Twain) and Frodo Baggins (Jackson) will be analysed before and after their journey to which the effects of journeys will be expressed to the audience. Mark Twain’s Huck Finn through his ignorance of ‘racism’ within his society provides a motive for Huck’s transformation in his journey. Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain gives way to the protagonist Huck who during the starting phase of the Picaresque novel is shown to have a limited view on the world through his lack of education and is oblivious to the unethical views of his society. Huck’s ignorance is symbolised with his comment on the Widow’s refusal of his smoking “That is just the way with some people. They get down on a thing when they don’t know nothing about it.” This quote used for a smaller issue can be seen to highlight the Huck’s own lack of knowledge regarding “racism”, to which the novel’s key theme is revealed to the audience. Parallel to Huck Finn, Lord of the Ring’s Frodo Baggins easygoing and oblivious nature of the outside world is used to contrast the irreversible effects of the great journey into Mordor. While the trilogy’s human heroes, such as Aragorn, thrive in the wars and political intrigue of Middle-earth, hobbits seem to prefer to be far from the center of action. This separation...
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...the centre point of his novel. It symbolises the route toward freedom and escape for Huck and Jim providing the setting for the growth of both a young boy and a country struggling to understand definitions of freedom, individualism and civilisation. Salinger, however, uses his protagonist Holden to explore the materialistic, conformist society he saw developing after WW2. The first extract I chose is from chapter 22 of Catcher in the Rye where Phoebe accuses Holden of hating everything and everyone. Holden reveals here his fantasy of becoming ‘The Catcher in the Rye’ protecting children from falling into the adult world. This links with chapter 31 of Huckleberry Finn where Huck decides to write a letter to Tom Sawyer to tell Miss Watson where Jim is. He soon realises that Miss Watson would sell Jim either way. He resolves to “steal Jim out of slavery.” The theme of rejection is evident in both extracts because Huck rejects conforming to the values of a society filled with hatred a racism and Holden rejects adulthood and conforming to a ‘phony’ society. This leads to both protagonists rejecting situations they see as restricting. “The...
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...From the beginning of the story to the “moral climax” of the story, Huck’s attitude towards Jim has drastically changed. Going from whatever would be most convenient to himself to being willing to risk his own life for Jim. This friendship develops throughout the story as Jim and Huck spend increasing amounts of time together while facing many different problems, most of them having to do with their own morality. Huck starts our story as a young, racist, white fourteen year old boy trying to escape his former identity while taking advantage of any help he can get from a runaway slave by the name of Jim. Huck slowly makes the transition from using Jim to further help himself to going against what society says is right despite the fact that...
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...treasure he found? ______________________________ How much interest does he earn per day? ____________________________________________ Huck comes back to town to join ___________________________________________________. Why doesn’t Huck care about what happened to Moses in the Bible? _________________________________________________________________________________ Why doesn’t Huck want to go to heaven? ___________________________________________ Huck accidentally kills a spider. What are all the things he does to try to keep bad luck away? _____________________________________________________________________________ Chapter 2 1. Whose presence in the kitchen door stops Huck and Tom? ____________________________________ 2. How does Huck’s body threaten to betray him? _____________________________________________ 3. It is Tom who hangs Jim’s hat in the tree above Jim’s head. How does Jim explain it? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 4. If a person makes the mistake of wronging one of the boys in the band, what will happen to that person? _____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Since Huck doesn’t have a family, whom does he offer as a sacrifice? __________________________ 6. What are the only two crimes in which the gang will participate? ______________________________ 7. It doesn’t seem right to kill the women they capture. What plans do the boys have for them...
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...The quote, “It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers, that is important” means that every story has a deeper meaning then what it appears to be on the outside. For the reader to truly absorb and learn from the book, the reader has to explore a little bit deeper than just the obvious. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Jungle by Upton Sinclair are both pieces of literature that support the above quote, because in order for the reader to truly understand the meaning behind these two pieces of literature, the reader must really tune in on what the two authors are try to get across to the reader. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry had a lot of personal obstacles that Huck is forced to overcome, as did Jurgis in The Jungle. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Huck is not just a boy that ran away. Huck is a boy that many times was forced to go against the crowd when it came to certain decisions with slavery. An example of when Mark Twain had a hidden meaning in his literature is on pages 249 and 250: “It was a close place. I took . . . up [the letter I’d written to Miss Watson], and held it in my hand. I was a-trembling, because I’d got to decide, forever, betwixt two things, and I knowed it. I studied a minute, sort of holding my breath, and then says to myself: “All right then, I’ll go to hell”—and tore it up. It was awful thoughts and awful words, but they was said. And I let them stay said; and never thought no more about...
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...biblical Moses” (Anspaugh 219-220). Moses’s characteristics and his journeys in the bible reflect Huckleberry Finn’s characteristics and journeys in multiple different ways. Even in the story of Huckleberry Finn, the Widow Douglass reads the story of Moses out of the bible to Huckleberry Finn. First, Moses makes an extremely long and difficult journey to freedom with his Hebrew people, just like Huck Finn. Another example includes the fact that someone is raising Huck Finn who is not biologically related to him similar to Moses. From the beginning, when Moses is born, he is put in a basket by his mother and sent down a river, to save his life, where later, the Pharaoh’s wife finds and raises him. The Window Douglass, who is not one of Huck’s parents, has to raise Huck Finn as her own similar to Moses’s “adoptive” mother. Furthermore, in Egypt, the Hebrew people are treated much like the African-Americans in the south by enslaving them and treating them as unequal. Moses takes a long journey in this story to escape with his Hebrew people to freedom from the Pharisees for this reason. Jim escapes the south to gain freedom from persecution, just like Moses and his people. Huckleberry Finn also escapes from hardships and for freedom from the restraints of his father and society’s expectations for him. Coincidentally, Huck and Jim’s ending destination for this journey is Cairo, Ohio. Cairo also happens to be a city in Egypt. Another example is, Moses is royalty now and is...
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...6 Build Your Vocabulary ■ ■ ■ ■ The SAT High-Frequency Word List The SAT Hot Prospects Word List The 3,500 Basic Word List Basic Word Parts be facing on the test. First, look over the words on our SAT High-Frequency Word List, which you’ll find on the following pages. Each of these words has appeared (as answer choices or as question words) from eight to forty times on SATs published in the past two decades. Next, look over the words on our Hot Prospects List, which appears immediately after the High-Frequency List. Though these words don’t appear as often as the high-frequency words do, when they do appear, the odds are that they’re key words in questions. As such, they deserve your special attention. Now you’re ready to master the words on the High-Frequency and Hot Prospects Word Lists. First, check off those words you think you know. Then, look up all the words and their definitions in our 3,500 Basic Word List. Pay particular attention to the words you thought you knew. See whether any of them are defined in an unexpected way. If they are, make a special note of them. As you know from the preceding chapters, SAT often stumps students with questions based on unfamiliar meanings of familiar-looking words. Use the flash cards in the back of this book and create others for the words you want to master. Work up memory tricks to help yourself remember them. Try using them on your parents and friends. Not only will going over these high-frequency words reassure you that you...
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