The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Literary Techniques notes

Chapters 1-5• Intro to characters

– Huck – protagonist, narrator (1st person limited)– Tom – representative of Romanticism– Jim – Huck’s future mentor– Widow Douglas – wants to “sivilize” Huck

•Miss Watson – owns Jim; Douglas’s sister

•Judge Thatcher – manages Huck’s money•Pap – alcoholic father

Ch 1-5: Plot diagram?

• Exposition – intro to characters and setting– Setting – 1830s, St. Petersburg, MO– Topics – education, religion, freedom,

superstition

Preview of Ch. 6-9

• More exposition• Narrative hook

– Why is Jim on the island?

• Other things to consider:– River is rising – time of year?– Make note of the frame house that washes up