The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
By Mark Twain/ Project By Patrick M.
Summary of the Novel
The Setting
Book Reviews
~Common Sense Media
"Could be called a masterpiece."
~Barnes & Noble
"One of the most celebrated novels in american literature"
~About Education
About the Author
Vocab
Fess
A small horizontal board across the middle of a shield or a coat of arms.
Sentence:
Jim started to paint his fess on his coat of arms with blood to show a symbol of him escaping.
Betwixt
To either be neutral or be in the middle of a problem.
Sentence:
Huck was betwixt a family feud between the Grangerfords and the Shepherdsons and did not help fight. Despite this he still sided with the Graderfords.
Smouch
Old southern slang for stealing something.
Sentence:
Huck was always taught as a kid that stealing was borrowing. So when Huck smouched some watermelons because he needed food, he only thought of it as borrowing something.