Monday, March 12, 2012

Huck Finn Questions - Chapters 1-5

After finishing chapter 5, answer two of the questions listed below in your post. Please write a well-organized response (3-5 sentence paragraph) for EACH question. You may use the Huck Finn section of Shmoop for help.

1. How and why does Twain establish Huck's voice as a storyteller?

2. What do we learn about Huck from what he reveals of other characters' assessments of him?

3. What are Huck's feelings about his adoption by the Widow Douglas and her sister, Miss Watson?

4. As a motherless boy, does he need the Widow Douglas's and Miss Watson's influence?

5. Huck's upbringing is at issue in the book. What has he been taught that forms his core self?

6. What do other characters want to teach him and how do they wish to change him?