Huck Finn Expert Theme Groups (Pd. 5) by Laura Naber https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt Period 5 en-us 2019-04-20 16:22:40 UTC 2026-01-17 21:21:25 UTC hello@padlet.com Group 4 https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353130690 Evelyn, Annika, Riley, & Maddie

OVERVIEW
Huck matures throughout the novel by undergoing a forced situation where he has to rely on himself, and where though Jim, he learns that jokes can cause more harm than foul. By realizing the flaws in society, he reflects on himself and grows, knowing how not to act.

QUOTES 
"It made me feel so mean I could almost kissed his foot to get him to take it back. It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger" (Twain 96). 

"What was the use to tell Jim that these waren't real kings and dukes? It wouldn't a done no good; and, besides it was just as I said: you could't tell them from the real world" (Twain 158).    

"I don't care whether 'twas little or whether 'twas big; he's here in our house and a stranger, and it wasn't good of you to say it. If you was in his place it would make you feel ashamed; and so you ought-n't to say a thing to another person that will make them feel ashamed." ]]> 2019-04-22 17:42:37 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353130690 Cain, Cassie, Katie, Nathan https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353131451 2019-04-22 17:44:53 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353131451 Quotes https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353131676 "But it was a new judge that had just come, and he didn't know the old man so he said courts mustn't interfere and separate families if they could help it; said he'd druther not take a child away from its father." (Twain 30)

"It was pretty ornery preaching—all about brotherly love, and such-like tiresomeness; but everybody said it was a good sermon, and they all talked it over going home, and had such a powerful lot to say about faith and good works and free grace and preforeordestination." (Twain 112)

"Because you’re brave
enough to tar and feather poor friendless cast-out women that come along here, did that make you think you had grit enough to lay your hands on a man? Why, a man’s safe in the hands of ten thousand of your kind—as long as it’s daytime and you’re not behind him." (Twain 149)]]> 2019-04-22 17:45:33 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353131676 Quotes https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353131905 1. "She put me in them new clothes again, and I couldn’t do nothing
but sweat and sweat, and feel all cramped up" (Twain 2).
2. "I's a free man, en I couldn't ever ben free ef it hadn" ben for Huck" (Twain 92).
3.  " He was saying how the first thing he would do when he got to a free state, he would go to saving up money and never spend a single cent, and when he got enough he would buy his wife" (Twain 91).
4. "There warn't nothing to do now but to look out sharp for the town, and not pass it without seeing it. He said he'd be mighty sure to see it, because he'd be a free man the minute he seen it, but if he missed it he'd be in a slave country again and no more show for freedom" (Twain 91).]]> 2019-04-22 17:46:10 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353131905 Modern Day Examples https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353132891 - On social media kids will hide behind a screen and bully other students. They will attack their peers by texting or posting something that is hurtful to them. 
-Terror Attacks are another example. Being even more specific, 9/11 was a group of individuals showing inhuman actions towards another group. 
-When an officer shoots, (not for defense) they are being inhuman. They don't evaluate the situation and shoot before realizing the big mistake that they are about to make. ]]> 2019-04-22 17:48:43 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353132891 Quotes https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353132976 1.  “O Lord, don’t shoot!” Bang! 
goes the first shot, and he staggers back, clawing at the air—bang! 
goes the second one, and he tumbles backwards on to the ground, heavy and solid, with his arms spread out. (Twain 146) 
2. "I took up a book and begun something about General Washington and the wars. When I’d read about a half a minute, he fetched the book a whack with his hand and knocked it across the house." (Twain 21) 
3. “Well, I should reckon! It started thirty year ago, or som’ers along
there. There was trouble ‘bout something, and then a lawsuit to settle it; and the suit went agin one of the men, and so he up and shot
the man that won the suit—which he would naturally do, of course.
Anybody would.” (Twain 111)
]]> 2019-04-22 17:48:57 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353132976 https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353134506 REAL LIFE EXAMPLES

- Often through religion specifically meditation, people can reflect on themselves and their morals by taking themselves out of society and putting emphasis on individual growth.

-Fake news helps the individual realize what's true on social media, which shows maturity and critical thinking with a more advanced perception of society]]> 2019-04-22 17:53:30 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353134506 https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353134737 VISUALS

]]> 2019-04-22 17:54:19 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353134737 Modern #1 kristen_m_noel https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353463675 1. Fake News - In today's world, there is a lot of fake news going around and it has become the reader's responsibility to decide if the news they are reading is reliable. Therefore, gullible people are partially responsible for their own deception if they don't take the time to evaluate the news they are reading and decide if it is true or not.

2. Conspiracy Theories - Also in today's world, conspiracy theories are everywhere, especially popular on YouTube channels like Shane Dawson, for example, the Chuck-E Cheese pizza fiasco. It is everyone's responsibility to not be gullible and decide whether or not things are true before believing and spreading them.]]> 2019-04-23 17:20:24 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353463675 https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465321           ]]> 2019-04-23 17:24:05 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465321 Delaney, Izzy, and Kristen https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465492 Quotes
  1. "Sold!” and rose up mad, and was a-going for that stage and
    them tragedians. But a big, fine looking man jumps up on a bench and shouts: “Hold on! Just a word, gentlemen.” They stopped to listen. “We are sold—mighty badly sold. But we don’t want to be the laughing
    stock of this whole town." (Twain 152)
  2. "He said the first towhead stood for a man that would try to do us some good, but the current was another man that would get us away from him." (Twain 88)
  3. "I says to myself, they'll follow the track of the sack full of rocks to the shore and then drag the river for me." (Twain 41-42)
]]> 2019-04-23 17:24:23 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465492 Emma, Lexi, Harley, Maria https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465578 2019-04-23 17:24:36 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465578 https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465859 VISUALS ]]> 2019-04-23 17:25:14 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465859 Modern Examples https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465901 1. Reality T.V. shows like Survivor where people have to live outside of society and rely on each other in order to survive. They are free from society and social standards. They must instead rely on nature and the rest of the tribe.


2.  Our cell phones are an example of our lack of freedom. Our phones confine us to society, and keep us trapped.]]> 2019-04-23 17:25:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353465901 Modern examples https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353466277 "Everything we see, read or hear is somewhat a lie, formulated for us in consumer services, radio, TV, shops, commercials, advertisements, films and dramas. Mostly our politicians, lawyers, businessmen and advertising executives have hypocrisy in their lives, pretending and paying lip services is so easy for them" (Daily Times)]]> 2019-04-23 17:25:59 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353466277 Taylor, Anna, Z., and Riley O. https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353467184 2019-04-23 17:27:38 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353467184 https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353467848 2019-04-23 17:29:01 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353467848 Visual https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353467966   ]]> 2019-04-23 17:29:16 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353467966 Visual https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353467987 Pot calling the kettle black]]> 2019-04-23 17:29:20 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353467987 Overview https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353469231 Throughout the novel Huck and other constantly fool other characters, ranging from Huck's father to people they just meet along the river. This leads to wondering whether the deception is only the manipulators fault or if some blame falls on the victim.]]> 2019-04-23 17:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353469231 https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353471607 2019-04-23 17:36:47 UTC https://padlet.com/lauraliz139/43uncmjtynqt/wish/353471607