Thursday, March 29, 2007

Absent 3/29?

Period 4 has already taken the Huckleberry Finn assessment. Today, we looked at several abolitionist primary documents in preparation for our study of Uncle Tom's Cabin. We analyzed the documents for several arguments for abolition. Please see me to get the documents for review.

Period 6 presented their responses to the following questions. I have included the organizers made by a cross-section of my classes to help people who were absent prepare for their assessments. Also, please feel free to use the comments section of this posting as an online space for exam preparation- discussion is ok. As always, please DO NOT POST ANY PERSONALLY IDENTIFIABLE INFORMATION ON THIS PAGE.

1. What characters have the most influence over Huck? Does the influence of these characters change over time?

2. What aspect of 19th century southern society does Mark Twain satirize the most incisively?




3. How has Huck changed throughout the novel? What experiences helped to shape him this way?



4. What is the importance of symbol in Huckleberry Finn?



5. Is Huckleberry Finn an abolitionist work? Why or why not?




6. Some make the case that Jim is the protagonist of Huckleberry Finn? Support this claim.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

To people who have taken the exam--

What is the Top 10 like? I don't know what format I want to use yet, and I wanted to know what people thought about the Top 10.

I'd also be glad to hear about any other formats, and what you thought of it.

Thanks,
Austin