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Huck lives with Widow Douglas, who adopted him after the events in the book Tom Sawyer

Huck lives a somewhat disgruntled sort of life, unhappy with how Widow Douglas attempts to “Sivilize” him.

“Miss Watson she keptPecking at me and it got

Tiresome and lonesome.”

“Miss Watson she keptPecking at me and it got

Tiresome and lonesome.”

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St. Petersburg is fictional, but was largely basedon Twain's Hometown of Hannibal, Missouri

The house Mark Twainlived in as a child

The house Mark Twainlived in as a child

Population: 17606Elevation: 502 Ft.City Since: 1845County: Marion and Ralls

Hannibal, MissouriVisit their Website:

(Or call 1-tomandhuck)

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Hannibal Convention and Visitor bureau

Huck's dad kidnaps him

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Eventually, Huck's father comes back into the picture. A drunk and rather demanding man, he steals Huck away from Widow Douglass and takes him to his cabin in the woods.

Huck escapes with a rather ingenious plan, making it seem as though he had been murdered.

Watch Huck's Escape (Middle):

“I did wish Tom Sawyer wasthere; I knowed he would take

and interest in this kind ofbusiness and throw in the

fancy touches.”

“I did wish Tom Sawyer wasthere; I knowed he would take

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Huck's daring escape worked back in the book, but today, there maybe some complications.

DNA tests would have shown that the blood was that of a pig, not Huck's.

Searching the river nearby would have been done faster with newer technology such as Sonar.

After finding out that Huck was missing, Networks of missing people search groups would give a wider range of search area.

Educational Information

Learn a bit about DNA:

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Huck's dad kidnaps him

Huck escapes

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Huck meets Jim on the Island, who is escaping from his master, Miss Watson.

Jim was running from fear of being sold down to New Orleans. Although Huck has a bit of a struggle with his morals, he decides to partner up with Jim.

The Beginning of the End

During their days on the Island, ahouse washes down past the river.Inside, Jim finds a dead man, who islater revealed to be Huck's father.The entire ordeal that Huck had to gothrough could and would have beenprevented if Jim had told the truth!

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It exists...Sorta.

Right off Hannibal, Jackson Island is also known as: Pete's Island Glascock's Island Pearl Island

Luckily, it was Twain's name that stuck.

Jackson Island Brochure

A neat brochure of the Island made by a fellow student:

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Huck dons a dress that he and Jim found in the floating house, and sets off to a nearby town to get any news that he can.

Huck learns that some of the people have guessed their hiding place and returns to Jim to leave Jackson's Island.

Blown CoverHuck plays his part pretty well,But eventually the woman becomessuspicious. She eventually tellshim that she knows he's a boy, andfor him to confess as to what he'sdoing. Believably, Huck spins anotheryarn, but one more believable thistime.

“I had got so uneasyI couldn't set still...so

I took up a needleoff of the table and

went to threading it.”

“I had got so uneasyI couldn't set still...so

I took up a needleoff of the table and

went to threading it.”

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Huck's dad kidnaps him

Huck escapes

Jim and Huck sail off

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Jim and Huck found the wreckage of a Steamship on their journey to Cario. Believing that they would find valuables, the pair climbed aboard.

Instead of finding Treasure, the two discover a band of thieves instead. Meet the Thieves

BillHolding the Gun

Jim TurnerGuy on the Floor

Jake PackardThe other guy

“Well, I catched my breathand most fainted. Shutup On a wreck with a

gang as that!”

“Well, I catched my breathand most fainted. Shutup On a wreck with a

gang as that!”

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The Wreck's name is “The Walter Scott”. Sounds normal to me.Or is it?

Born: 1771, ScotlandDied: 1832, ScotlandOccupation: Author, Poet, Lawyer

Insult and InjuryIt is not out of coincidence or respect that the wreck is named after this historical figure. Twain believed that Scott's work was outdated and fit for satirical usage. Not only does he poke fun at him in Huckleberry Finn, but also in “A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court” among other books

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Huck's dad kidnaps him

Huck escapes

Jim and Huck sail off

The two miss Cario

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Huck and Jim are temporarily seperated after their raft was accidentally destroyed. Huck wanders off on his own and is first threatened, then invited into the Grangerfords' home.

Huck lives with the Grangerfords for a few days, but once a bloody battle wages between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons

“Can you spell, Buck?”“Yes,” he says.

“I bet you can't spell myName,” says I.

“I bet you what you dareI can,” says he.

“All right,” says I, “go ahead”“G-O-R-G-E J-A-X-O-N-there

Now, he says.

“Can you spell, Buck?”“Yes,” he says.

“I bet you can't spell myName,” says I.

“I bet you what you dareI can,” says he.

“All right,” says I, “go ahead”“G-O-R-G-E J-A-X-O-N-there

Now, he says.

Watch the Battle (End):

Huck Movie Part 6

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Two feuding families and a forbidden love. Twain doth critique much methinks.

Notice any similarities between this section and a rather famous tragedy? Twain was in constant criticism of anything he could get a hold on, not excluding this well-known playwright.

Born: 156?, EnglandDied: 1616, EnglandOccupation: Playwright, Poet, Actor

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Meet the King and Duke

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After a little episode in a congregation of religious proportions, Huck goes into town to spend away the day in wait of their performance that night. A man named Broggs was shot and killed by a man named Sherburn, which incited a riot in the town.

During the evening, the King and Duke put on a show known as the “Royal Nonesuch”, earning little money, convincing the Duke to attempt a more successful show.

“Your mistake is thatyou didn't bring a

man with you; that'sone mistake.”

“Your mistake is thatyou didn't bring a

man with you; that'sone mistake.”

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The King and the Duke have had a long run of scams and schemes, first of which being known was the toothpaste and the preacher incident. Despite their claims to fame, both amount to little more than beggars and thieves.

Meet the Scams (Middle):

Huck Movie Part 7

Notice a few differences between the movie and the book, especially concerning these two;

The Royal Nonesuch was completely excluded from the movie

In the movie, the duo are introduced as working together, instead of being separate, then joining forces.

The Duke and King do not match the pictures and descriptions of the book at all

. The King's speech is more “proper” than indicated in the book.

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Meet the King and Duke

Hear about the Wilks

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The King and Duke pose as the brothers to the late Peter Wilks, in order for them to receive the vast sum of money left to them.

Huck begins to struggle with his conscience, eventually scheming to steal the money back from the Duke and King. Unfortunately, the real brothers arrive, and throw a wrench in the plan, but all works so all three can escape.

Huck Movie Part 8

The Wilks Incident:

“It was enough tomake a body

ashamed of thehuman race”

“It was enough tomake a body

ashamed of thehuman race”

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Meet the King and Duke

Hear about the Wilks

Try to find Jim,

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After finding out that the King had sold Jim, Huck starts out to find him. A local farmer bought Jim, who mistakes Huck, for Tom Sawyer!

Eventually the real Tom Sawyer arrives, but the two agree to keep Huck as Tom, and the real Tom becomes Sid Sawyer. The two conjure up a complicated plan to free Jim.

A faster option

Tom almost mentions it when Huck first mentions Jim; Jim was actually a free man. His master had died and he was willed to be free. Similar to how Huck would have been saved the trouble before, if Tom had announced this information, the events that followed would have never happened

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The plan that Tom creates to free Jim works perfectly until the end, where Jim shows himself to help the doctor help Tom.

Tom then reveals that Jim is a free man, Jim also reveals that Huck's father was dead. Aunt Polly straightens out the identities of everybody, and Tom gives Jim Forty dollars for being their prisoner

Everybody gets their happy ending, except for the Duke and the King, who were tarred and feathered.

Huck Movie The End

Watch the End:

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(Reference for the location of Events)“Map of Huckleberry Finn”. gradesaver.com. 12 January

2012 http://www.gradesaver.com/the-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn/study-guide/section11/

(The original print of the book, with the original Illustrations)Twain, Mark. "Huckleberry Finn". United States: Chatto & Windus,1885. Print (hardcover).

(Original Illustrations. All Black and White Drawings are from this collection)E. W. Kemble. "Huckleberry Finn" Illustration. "The Adventures of Huckleberry

Finn", Virginia E-Text, 13 January 2012.

(The map used in the Progress sections of the slideshow)Jon Platek. "Mississippi Watershed" Illustration. Wikipedia, Mississippi

Watershed,8 February 2010. Web 13 January 2012

(The picture of Mark Twain's old house in Hannibal, Missouri Slide 6)Andrew Balet. "Mark Twain's boyhood home" Photograph. Wikipedia, Hannibal,

Missouri, 9 September 2006. Web 16 January 2012

(The links to the Huckleberry Finn Movie)The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Dir. J. Lee. Thompson. APJAC

Productions, 1974. Film

(The DNA video link on Slide 7)DiscoveryID "Real CSI - Inside DNA". 2009. Digital Video.

(The Sonar Boat picture on Slide 7)NOAA. "NOAA Sonar System" Illustration. Hawaiian Attols, Painting the

Seafloor: Why and How we Map,June 2006. Web 16 January 2012

(The picture of Jackson Island on Slide 10)Craig Wetzel. "Jackson Island" Illustration. Craig Wetzel Art. Jackson's Island.

Unknown. Web 16 January 2012

(The portrait of Walter Scott on Slide 14)Henry Raeburn. "Portrait of Walter Scott". Oil on Canvas. National Galleries of

Scotland, Scotland. 1822. Web 16 January 2012

(The statue of Walter Scott on Slide 14)John Steell. "Statue of Sir Walter Scott" Statue. Scott Monument, Edinburgh.

Unknown. Web January 16 2012

(The portrait of Shakespeare on Slide 17)John Taylor. "Portrait of William Shakespeare". Oil on Canvas. National Portrait

Gallery, London. 1610. Web 16 January 2012

(The original cover for Romeo and Juliet on Slide 17)John Danter. "Romeo and Juliet Cover Page". Print. London. 1597. Web 16

January 2012

(The Hannibal Missouri site)Unknown. Hannibal Convention and Visitor bureau. Hannibal, Missouri. 2012.

Web 16 Jan 2012

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