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Weather in Huck Finn
Rain in Chapter 9 (Marissa)
Purpose
How It's Achieved
Discussion Questions
Jim tells Huck that the little birds told him that it was going to rain. How does this contribute to Jim’s characterization?
- What purpose does the rain serve in their journey?
Storm in Chapter 12 (Kaya)
Purpose
How It's Achieved
Discussion Questions
So why does Mark Twain change the way of the story so often?
- Why when Twain mentions weather is it rainy?
Fog in Chapter 15 (Madison)
Purpose
How It's Achieved
Discussion Questions
- What other things can be considered “foggy” or hard to get to in this novel as well as in the era when it was written?
- How can this fog be representative of the deception that is laced thoroughly in this novel?
Storm in Chapter 29 (Kaya)
Purpose
How It's Achieved
Discussion Questions
What does the fact that Twain uses storms so often then say about Twain as a person?
- Each storm seems to have good and bad aspects associated with them. What differentiates between a storm that in the end is more associated with good and one that is more negatively connotated?
So What?????
Image Citations
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Twain, Mark. Among The Snags. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25
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Twain, Mark. Asleep on the Raft. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25
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Twain, Mark. The Doctor Leads Huck. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25
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Twain, Mark. The Duke Wrote. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25
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Twain, Mark. Gentlemen-Gentlemen!. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25
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Twain, Mark. In the Cave. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25
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Twain, Mark. It Ain't Good Morals. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25
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Twain, Mark. Jim Let Out. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25
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Twain, Mark. Oh! Lordy Lordy! Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25 Aug.
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Twain, Mark. Please Don't, Bill. Digital image. Huckleberry Finn. Great-Authors.org, 25 Aug.
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Twain, Mark. Seen A Light. Digital image. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Stuff You Should Read, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.
Twain, Mark. Taking A Rest. Digital image. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Stuff You Should Read, n.d. Web. 18 Nov. 2015.
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