Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ap Long Form Essay Example
TITLE: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn GENRE: Adventure
AUTHOR: Mark Twain PERIOD/SCHOOL: 3/Quartz Hill
AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES:
-born in Florida, Missouri on November 30th, 1835
-died on April 21st, 1910
-moved to a port city near the Mississippi banks when he was four steam boats traveled through here between New Orleans and St. Louis general area where the Adventures of Huck Finn takes place
-had ailments when he was young was kept indoors at 206 Hill Street desired for the outdoors, like his characters recovered when he was nine attended Hannibal private school
-father passed of pneumonia when he was twelve like Huck, whose father died before he grew up
-became a printer's apprentice where he found his love for writing left school at thirteen to do so became editorial assistant at Orion's newspaper two years later left hometown for another's printer's job in St. Louis at seventeen
-became river pilot's apprentice changed name "Mark Twain" = safe to navigate; a river term became licensed river pilot at twenty-three Finn traveled by raft a majority of the book knowledge of river pilot was essential
-published Adventures of Huck Finn to the public by Charles L. Webster & Co. at the time, a hapless publishing company created controversy between critics because of contents of the book and reputation of its publisher
FORM, STRUCTURE, AND PLOT:
-Organized in 43 chapters; 263 pages
-There are no flashbacks or dream sequences There is the telling of what happened from others' but no real flashbacks
-Stream of consciousness: all of Huck's thoughts What happened from his point of view Other people's quotes No one else's thoughts
-Order of events: chronological
-Foreshadowing: Huck is superstitious, so when he does simple things like flick a spider into a candle or touch a rattlesnake by his bare hands, he knows something bad is soon to come.
-Parallel events: There is no event. However, Huck
AUTHOR: Mark Twain PERIOD/SCHOOL: 3/Quartz Hill
AUTHOR AND HIS TIMES:
-born in Florida, Missouri on November 30th, 1835
-died on April 21st, 1910
-moved to a port city near the Mississippi banks when he was four steam boats traveled through here between New Orleans and St. Louis general area where the Adventures of Huck Finn takes place
-had ailments when he was young was kept indoors at 206 Hill Street desired for the outdoors, like his characters recovered when he was nine attended Hannibal private school
-father passed of pneumonia when he was twelve like Huck, whose father died before he grew up
-became a printer's apprentice where he found his love for writing left school at thirteen to do so became editorial assistant at Orion's newspaper two years later left hometown for another's printer's job in St. Louis at seventeen
-became river pilot's apprentice changed name "Mark Twain" = safe to navigate; a river term became licensed river pilot at twenty-three Finn traveled by raft a majority of the book knowledge of river pilot was essential
-published Adventures of Huck Finn to the public by Charles L. Webster & Co. at the time, a hapless publishing company created controversy between critics because of contents of the book and reputation of its publisher
FORM, STRUCTURE, AND PLOT:
-Organized in 43 chapters; 263 pages
-There are no flashbacks or dream sequences There is the telling of what happened from others' but no real flashbacks
-Stream of consciousness: all of Huck's thoughts What happened from his point of view Other people's quotes No one else's thoughts
-Order of events: chronological
-Foreshadowing: Huck is superstitious, so when he does simple things like flick a spider into a candle or touch a rattlesnake by his bare hands, he knows something bad is soon to come.
-Parallel events: There is no event. However, Huck