ENGL 2P10 Lecture 9: Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
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Audience knows something that the character does not. May create suspense, humour, or contribute to satire. Huck and jim on the river (12-16) Huck and tom at the phelps" farm (31-end) Does not end up geographically in the same place, but begins and ends in civilization with female figures willing to take care of him, protect him. People with whom huck can be expected to stay. Middle section has a variety of locations but the variety is mainly the river, the river joins the locations. Conventional society represented by the judge, the widow, aunt sally, the. Cultural tradition representation through tom"s reading (often doctor and so on misunderstood) Long tradition of white society considering themselves who have a god given duty to civilize north america, south america, africa, etc. somehow a tradition that this was a duty that had to be done.
