Huckleberry Finn Chapter 18 Analysis

By: Karen Rocha

Explanation of Symbols Grangerfords and Sheperdsons -Ignorance Land-War and horror Buck-Innocence Jim-Safety Mississippi River-Peace and comfort

Conciets Conceits - noun: Excessive pride in

oneself.

Col. Grangerford-Full of Pride

Grangerfords and Sheperdsons Overall

Objetive Correlatives

Questions 2 Comprehension

2 Literary Analysis

2 Inference

Comprehension Questions

What time does Miss Sophia leave, and with who?

When is Huck’s innocence portrayed through the Grangerford and Sheperdson Feud the most?

Literary Analysis “ . . . and then they bowed and said,

"Our duty to you, sir, and madam;" and they bowed the least bit in the world and said thank you, and so they drank, . . .”

-How is the Grangerford family being portrayed here?

“So I slid out and slipped off up the road, and there warn't anybody at the church, except maybe a hog or two, for there warn't any lock on the door, and hogs likes a puncheon floor in summer-time because it's cool. If you notice, most folks don't go to church only when they've got to; but a hog is different.”

-Why does Twain use the reference of a hog?

Inference What would Huck want as a

Christmas present?-He would to be on the river. Since, the

land is full of danger and horrors.

Would Huck be a world leader?-No, he would want to stay in solitude.

He would not want to see what problems the world has because it would haunt him.