Movements

Hannibal
St. Petersburg

Movement 1:
Being in and around Petersburg.
(Civilization)
[[[Chapters 1-12]]]

Movement 2:
On the River
River adventures/Jim + Huck Outside of society
[[[Chapters 13-30]]]

Movement 3:
Return to Society
Phelp's Farm
Captives in Society
[[[Chapters 31-43 === Chapter the last]]]

Episode 1: Chapters 1-4

Episode 2: Chapters 5-8

Episode 3: Chapters 9-11

Episode 4: Chapters 12-16

Episode 5: Chapters 17-18

Episode 6: Chapters 19-20

Episode 7: Chapters 21-23

Episode 8: Chapters 24-30

Episode 9: Chapters 31-43

Episode 1: (Getting Sivilized) Tom's gang, living with Widow Douglas and Ms. Watson, and stealing diamonds from Arabs with elephants! Discovers that Pap is around, but hasn't shown his face, so he goes to the Judge and hides his money so his father can't steal it.
~CHARACTERS~
- Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn, Jim, Ms. Watson, Widow Douglas, Judge Thatcher, Tommy Barnes, Ben Rogers, Joe Harper, Aunt Polly,
MAJOR THEME: Superstition vs. Religion, Gullibilty, Death vs. Rebirth, Romanticism vs. Realism.

Episode 2: (Pap Returns From The Dead!) Pap comes back upon hearing about his son's wealth and attempts to steal Huck away. He yells at Huck for being better than him and scolds him for having an education. He tries to gain custody, which is successful and he puts on a whole act on how he has done some thinking and has become a changed man. Pap quickly proceeds to get drunk and break his arm falling off the roof of the Judge's house. Soon after, he steals Huck away and ventures off deep into nowhere + drunken tirades in the cabin.
~CHARACTERS~
- Pap, New Judge, New Judge's Wife, Townspeople eager to see Pap was a changed man.
MAJOR THEME: Meaning of family, Death vs. Rebirth

Episode 3: (Escape From Father) Essentially starts when Huck lands on Jackson Island the first time. Huck fakes his death with the slaughter of a pig and some other various details. With this, he escapes his father's captivity and flees to Jackson Island where he meets Ms. Watson's runaway slave, Jim! Jim and Huck discuss with each other how they each ended up on the island. Meeting with Judith Loftus and Huck attempting to be a little girl. Judith Loftus gives Huck a lot of information about what had recently happened in town with the runaway slave and the dead boy.
~CHARACTERS~
- Slaughtered Pig, Judith Loftus, Mr. Loftus, Sarah Mary Williams (Huck's Persona), George Peters (another Huck Persona),
MAJOR THEME: Death vs. Rebirth

Episode 4: (Floatin' Down The River) Jim + Huck survive the storm and start to go down the river on a raft they found. They happen to run into a ship with murderers inside, escape evil slave-traders, get separated by a dense fog, and get ran over by a steamboat!
~CHARACTERS~
- Dead Pap in a House, Slave Hunters, Walter Scott (As a boat), Bill Whipple, Jake Packard, Jim Turner
MAJOR THEME: Meaning of Freedom, Tolerance vs. Prejudice, Romanticism vs. Reality,

Episode 5: (The Feud) Huck and Jim are separated and Huck finds refuge with a rich Grangerford family. The family is in a bitter feud with the rival Shepardsons and Huck attempts to stay in the background and not get involved with any of the violence and hatred. After some people die from both sides of the family in a few battles, Huck and Jim become reunited and set out to continue their journey on the raft.
~CHARACTERS~
- George Jackson (Huck's Persona), Bob Grangerford, Tom Grangerford, Betsy Grangerford (Slave), Buck Grangerford, Saul Grangerford, Rachel Grangerford, Mary Ann Jackson (fake sister), Emmeline Grangerford (The Dead One), Colonel Grangerford, Miss Charlotte, Miss Sophia, Harney Shepardson, Bud Grangerford, Baldy Shepardson, Joe Grangerford.
MAJOR THEME: Romanticism vs. Reality. Death vs. Rebirth, Meaning of Family.

Episode 6: (Naked On A Raft) Jim and Huck realize how free they are, out of the society where no one has the power to tell them what to do or where to go or how to live. They don't wear clothes because no one is around to judge them or say otherwise. They are at peace, yet they still use caution when they roam around closeby a town, since Jim is a runaway, he doesn't want him to get caught so they make their way by slowly until nightfall hides them. Soon after docking at one point, they run into two men who claim they are long-lost descendants of European royalty.
~CHARACTERS~
- King and Duke.
MAJOR THEME: Meaning of Freedom, Gullibility, Romanticism vs. Reality!

Episode 7: (A Bunch Of Scams) The two men, the King and the Duke, are obviously scammers/con-artists and Huck knows it, but doesn't state it out loud to Jim. He avoids any trouble and keeps to himself while him and Jim follow the two men around as they try to fool people out of their money. They start by playing a show at a circus that flops. Then they make a silly show that does amazingly well, but angers the townsfolk at the same time. Angry people start telling other angry people to go, just so the whole town can be fooled and share the rage everyone else has. The four guys get away before any real harm is done to them. They continue to float down the river, trying different schemes on each new town to see which one is the most successful.
~CHARACTERS~
- Old Boggs, Ringmaster, Colonel Sherburn, Buck Harkness, David Garrick, Edward Kean (both personas of the king and duke.),
MAJOR THEME: Gullibility, Human Cruelty, Appearance vs. Reality, Dehumanization.

Episode 8: (The Dead Peter Wilks) The two men catch a rumour on a steamboat about a wealthy man named Peter Wilks who has recently died and his brothers were supposed to come from England to see him before he passed. IDEA! The King and the Duke pose as the two brothers and try to trick the Wilks' family out of their money. This means leaving three poor, innocent young girls orphaned and without any possessions. This is when Huck starts to get defensive because he doesn't feel that the King and the Duke are really doing a good thing. They've taken it too far, so Huck tells the truth to Mary Jane Wilks, the oldest of the three girls as well as the one Huck develops feelings for, and has her run away while he tries to sort things out for the benefit of the family. Sadly, he cannot help that much and ends up almost getting killed when another pair of people claiming they are the Wilks brothers come into town. The whole town gets curious and Huck just barely escapes right before the dead brother is dug up. Huck runs to get away because he has finally gotten away from the King and the Duke, but they are close behind as they too got away from the townspeople because they told a really lucky lie. They proceed along the way until they reach another town where they wish to attempt their "Royal Nonesuch" play once again. However, this time, Jim is missing, and instead of helping the King and the Duke, he decides to run away and go save Jim because he has been his best friend all this time
~CHARACTERS~
- Men on Steamboat, Mary Jane Wilks, Susan Wilks, Joanna 'Hare-Lip' Wilks, Undertaker, King pretending to be Harvey Wilks, Duke pretending to be William Wilks, Lawyer Bill, Dr. Robinson, Abner Shackleford, Dog, Ab Turner.
MAJOR THEME: Meaning of Family, Role of the Outsider, Death vs. Rebirth, Appearance vs. Reality, Dehumanization.

Episode 9: (The Phelps Farm) Adamant on his decision of freeing Jim, Huck arrives at the farm where Jim is being held captive, but surprisingly he is happily greeted by the Phelps family who mistake him for Tom Sawyer. When the actual Tom Sawyer arrives in town, Huck and him meet so Tom can pretend to be Sid Sawyer, a long lost cousin. The two live in the house for a while, but Tom comes up with the plans to help Jim escape. Sadly, they are elaborate and certainly unnecessary, only giving him rat bites and nearly taking out all his teeth. (Don't ask!)
~CHARACTERS~
- Silas Phelps, Mrs. Phelps, Tom Sawyer (actually Huck.), Sid Sawyer (actually Tom Sawyer.), Jim, Other slaves, Townsfolk.
MAJOR THEME: Meaning of Family, Romanticism vs. Realism, Appearance vs. Reality

3 Scenarios about Death & Rebirth
-Huck faking his own death to escape Pap to become reborn on Jackson Island. Huck is essentially a slave in his confines in the cabin.
-Pap actually dying, meaning that Huck is actually free from the custody of his father and is able to freely explore the world on the raft with his new friend, Jim.
-Jim's owner, Ms. Watson, has died meaning that Jim isn't owned by anyone. Plus, he is given $40 because he has a hairy chest (superstition!?#?!@#)

4 People Huck pretends to be:
George Jaxon
George Peters
Sarah Mary Williams
Tom Sawyer
Adolphus (Servant to Duke and King)

Climax to the novel: When Huck says aloud, "Fine, I'll go to Hell." Stating his decision to go against society and everything that he has been taught as 'right' to go to hell for a friend and save him from slavery, which was technically his mission from the start.

Inciting Event: Discovering that Pap is back from the dead according to the notion that everyone thinks he died in a river a while back. When Pap is found in Huck's room, berating him for his education and his money, the conflict starts as Huck is soon kidnapped and has his money taken away. (But not really, Huck gets it all at the end.)


Duke and King: These two characters are important because they satirize the simple nature of human qualities. They take advantage of emotions, gullibility, and the fact that 


Jim Turner: The man tied up in the Walter Scott. Reinforces Romanticism vs. Reality because he is part of a real-life cutthroat gang who go against him and are in the midst of leaving him for dead in a sinking boat, which contrasts the happy gang of boys in Hookersville looting Arabs and fighting elephants.


Judith Loftus: New girl in town that Huck gathers information from when he disguises himself as a girl in the town. Huck finds out that she has spotted smoke coming from Jackson Island which triggers Huck to tell Jim that they both need to run away in order to stay free. Hypocrisy reinforced in this woman.


Doctor Robinson: The only person that outwardly speaks against the Duke and the King in the Peter Wilks scam. No one believes him because he is a symbol of realism and the romantic experience that the King and the Duke have created for this whole town is just too good for it NOT to be true. Twain satirizes the stupidity of the townspeople and how they believe such a man who banters about orgies and latin/hebrew etymology. 


William Wilks: Deaf brother of the Wilks that the Duke impersonates throughout their stay at the Wilks' town. The two conmen are so greedy that they have stooped to a whole new low, while still employing an elaborate plan to take advantage of poor little orphan girls.


Allusions:
Bible - Don Quixote - 1001 Arabian Nights - Shakespeare - Last of the Mohicans - Walter Scott - George Washington - Aladin - Alexander the Great coming over to America


A cow is not a cat, and a Frenchman is not a man because he doesn't talk like a man. 


Who is Miss Hooker?: She is somebody that Huck makes up in order to have the steamboat captain to help the murderers on the Walter Scott.

Vocabulary Words (:

Captivate - (v.) To attract and hold the interest of.
"Marlee said that the book didn't captivate her, so she set fire to her brother, who had recommended it to her." 

Rummage - (v.) To search, look through intensely.
"I was mad when I found Linda rummaging through my closet for my hidden stash of money."


Warble - (v.) To sing softly, normally associated with a bird.
"Cassandra tended to warble as she walked through the school, and everybody listened intently because they thought birds were invading the hallways."
 

Fluster - (v.) To confuse, overwhelm, or agitated.
"K.C. thought it would be funny to fluster Jake by holding his memory card hostage at gunpoint while demanding a $25,000,000,000 ransom.

Sluice - (n.) A device used in shifting the path of flowing water.
"The sluice was positioned in the water in the worst possible place, and I ended up crashing my canoe because of it."

Waylay - (v.) Stop and interrupt, deter attention in the midst of conversation.
"Adrian was walking down the stairs when Bailey waylaid him by talking about a lost labrador."

Azure - (adj.) Very bright and blue.
"In class, I asked Penelope if she knew a cool word for blue, and she responded with azure, and with that word, I got an A+ on my math test."

Plumb - (v.) To explore or fully experience
"The Matthews brothers were in town to plumb the caves in the nearby mountainside where treasure was rumoured to be held."

Contrive - (v.) Create, or bring about using skill or talent.
"Nick contrived a golden necklace that he had been working on for seven years."
 

Affront - (n.) An action or words that offends someone or causes disruption.
"Such an affront spoken by the Vice President caused a controversey leading to his assassination as well as his chain of fast food restaurants getting shut down."

Taper - (n.) A slender candle, or a narrowing of an object.
"Tony carried a taper along with him at night because he was too poor to afford electricity."
 

Notion - (n.) An idea or understanding of a certain situation.
"When I suggested naptime for high schoolers to the school board, the principal retorted, 'I second that notion!'"