2. What did the Bonus Army want the government to do?
They wanted them to give them their money now, instead of in 1945.
3. What was the New Deal?
The laws that congress passed during the hundred days. It affected banking, stock market, industry, agriculture, public works, relief for the poor, and conservation of resources.
4. How did the CCC benefit the unemployed as well as the naiton?
It employed 3million young men to work on projects that benefited the public, plating trees to reforest areas, building levees for flood control, and improving national parks.
5. In what region was the dust bowl centered?
The Great Plains.
6. Summarize the advances made by African Americans and women during the Great Depression.
African Americans had no more jobs, they were taken by white people that needed them. A lot of women went into the work force. Many families survived on the women's income, even though they earned less then men.
7. What was the purpose of the social security act?
It created tac on workers and employers. The money provided monthly pensions for retired people.
8. Describe two laws passes during the Second New Deal that helped workers and unions.
National Labor Relations Act- It guaranteed workers the right to form unions to bargain collectively with employers.
Fair Labor Standards Act- Which banned child labor and set a minimum wage of 40 cents and hour.
9. How did the trend of buying on credit in the 1920s affect banks during the Depression?
If the people failed to pay off their loans, the big banks suffered when they had bought stocks as an investment, and suffered hug loses in the stock market crash.
10. How did new technology help cause the Dust Bowl disaster?
Tractors, and dic plows cleared millions of acres of sod for wheat farming. But they didn't realize that the foots of the grass held the soil in place. So when a sever drought came it dried out the soil.
11. List two ways the federal government changed during Roosevelt's administration.
Tuesday, May 8, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Oklahoma and California Time Line
Oklahoma
·
1931
o Sever drought hits the Midwestern and
southern plains. Dust from the land began to create storms.
·
1932
o The amount of storms starts to increase,
14 storms were reported.
·
1933
o President Roosevelt comes up with the
Banking Act of 1933, which stabilized the baking industry and restores people’s
faith in the banking system by putting the federal government behind it.
o The Emergency Farm act gives $200 Million
for refinancing mortgages. It helped farmers who are facing foreclosure. The
Farm Credit Act of 1933 established a local bank and sets up local credit
associations.
o In California's San Joaqin Valley, where many farmers from the
plains have gone to seek farm work, the largest agricultural strike in
America's history begins. More than 18,000 cotton workers with the
Cannery and Agricultural Workers Industrial Union went on strike for 24
days. During the strike, two men and one woman were killed and a hundred
others were injured. In one settlement, the union was recognized by growers,
and workers were given a 25 percent raise.
·
1934
o The dust storms started to spread out from Oklahoma and covered
more than 75% of the country, and severely affected 27 states.
o The Frazier-Lemke Farm Bankruptcy Act is approved. This
act restricted the ability of the banks to dispossess farmers in times of
distress.
o The "Yearbook of Agriculture" for the year 1934
announces that 35 million acres of formerly cultivated land has essentially
been destroyed for crop production. 100 million acres now in crops have lost
all or most of their topsoil. 125 million acres of land now in crops are
rapidly losing topsoil.
·
1935
o The government bought cattle from farmers, so the farmers would
avoid bankruptcy.
o Roosevelt approves the Emergency Relief Appropriation
Act. This act provides $525 million for drought relief and authorizes
creation of the Works Progress Administration, which will employ 8.5 million
people.
o April 14th, Black Sunday,
Worst blizzard.
·
1936
o Los Angele Police Chief James E. Davis
sends 125 policemen to patrol the borders of Arizona and Oregon to keep
“undesirables out.”
§
The
American Civil Liberties Union sues the city.
·
1937
o FDR's Shelterbelt Project begins this year. It calls for
the large-scale planting of trees across the Great Plains, stretching in a
100-mile wide zone from Canada to northern Texas. FDR believes this his
project will help protect the land from erosion.
·
1938
o There is extensive work re-plowing the land into furrows.
Trees are planted in shelterbelts and other conservation methods result in a 65
percent reduction in the amount of soil that is blown from the land.
However, the drought still continues.
·
1939
o In the fall, the rain comes and brings an end to the drought
that has engulfed the plains for so long. During the next few years, with
the coming of World War II, the country is pulled out of the Depression and the
plains are once again golden with wheat.
California
·
1930
o
Historians have
differed over how to explain the influence of New Deal social policies at the
local, state and national levels. Some have argued that Roosevelt's New Deal
programs, by expanding the role of government, created opportunities for
political entrepreneurs to use federal programs to build a base of support for
themselves and the Democratic Party in their communities. The lives of Florence
Wyckoff and Helen Hosmer indicate that a more complex and organic process
occurred in San Francisco. Both women came of age in the early-1930s and were
profoundly influenced by the human suffering and injustice they witnessed
during the Depression.
·
1933
o
Long Beach
Earthquake.
o
Alcatraz made a
prison.
·
1934
o
San Francisco's
maritme strike, which began May 9, 1934, tumbled out of control when the
Industrial Association, made up of employers and business interests who wished
to break the strike, and the power of San Francisco unions, began to move goods
from the piers to warehouses. The first running battles between unionists and
police began Tuesday, July 3, 1934. There was a lull during the July 4 holiday
when no freight was moved, but disturbances picked up again Thursday, July 5,
1934 - known as "Bloody Thursday." This is the San Francisco News'
coverage of the first day of the rioting -- July 3, 1934. --Bloody
Thursday."
o
About to begin the
sixth year of the depression.
·
1935
o
The San
Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge opened on November 12, 1936.
·
1937
o
The Golden Gate
Bridge was completed and opened to pedestrian traffic on May 27, 1937. The
following day it was opened to vehicular traffic.
·
1928
o - Completion of Parker Dam
and the creation of Lake Havasu.
Thursday, April 5, 2012
Discussion Questions 2
Who are the "owners of the land"? What are their main characteristics? How do the owners use terms such as "the bank" and "the company"? Why do owners speak "as though the bank or company were a monster"? Why is it said that "When the monster stops growing, its dies. It can't stay one size"? Why is it said that "The bank is something more than men. I tell you. It's the monster. Men made it, but they can't control it"?
The owners are the banks and the big companies.
Some of them hated what they had to do. They didn't like to be cruel. Some of them made themselves be cold, because it was their job.
What does the cotton do to the land? Why do they farmers plant it?
The cotton sucks up all the nutrients.
They plant it for money. They continue to plant it until it fails.
3. What is the role and effect of technology in the mode of production depicted in the novel? What are the effects of increased productivity (due to technology) on the lives of farmers and labourers? How are tractors characterized? How about their drivers? What is their relationship to the land they work? What is happening to the land? What economic trend do the hired tractor drivers represent? What forms of production seem no longer possible? What seems to be the only alternative?
4. What are the tenants thoughts on large amounts of property (five, ten thousand acres)? How does the size of the land affect the relations between the owner and the land he owns? How is the size of the land related to economic imperatives and emerging modes of production?
5. What arguments do the tenants use against the repossession of their lands by the owners? Why do they repeatedly point out that "Grampa took up the land, and he had to kill the Indians and drive them away... and he killed weeds and snakes"? Is this Ironic? Why?
They feel that the repossession isn't at all fair since the land is their livelihood and their way of sustaining themselves, supporting their family. They do so much with it, and they figure they should own because they're physically, mentally, and to some extent emotionally attached to it, rather than holding a piece of paper which is the only notification of the banks' ownership. Comparing snakes and weeds to the Indians, symbolizing them as things that are not wanted on the land that need to get out. However, the irony is that the farmers are mad that they are getting kicked off their land, when in fact Grampa kicked the Indians off their land and they feel this is justified. Snakes are more than likely a biblical reference here.
6. What is the significance of the unhung gate and the story of the Jacobs's baby devoured by a pig because a door was left open? What does the unhung gate indicate? What do the gates symbolize? What is their purpose, both literal and symbolic? How do such images relate to the concerns of the novel?
The gate was never kept open after the incident with the Baby getting eaten by a pig! :) The fact the gate is left open indicated to Tom that no one is around. His family, or more specifically, his mother is dead or they've moved somewhere else.
7. Why is there a picture of an Indian girl ("Red Wing") on the wall of the house? What about the sofa pillow (with a picture of an Indian on it) Grampa stole from Albert Rance? What about Albert's claim that "Grampa got Injun blood"?
Perhaps there is a connection between the manifest destiny and the overtaking of Indian land and the banks repossession of the land from the farmers. The house is desolate, ripped apart, with all the things taken out. Tom Joad has nothing left here, which is how the Native Americans felt once they got their land taken from them while being relocated to reservations or getting killed off.
8. What is the significance of the figure of Muley Graves who refuses to leave the land? What does his name suggest? Why is he "like a damn ol' graveyard ghos'"? Why does he say, "If they throw me off, I'll come back, an' if they figger I'll be quiet underground, why. I'll take couple-three of the sons-a-bitches along for company"? Is this the only ghost that walks the land? What are ghosts anyway? Is this land haunted?
Muley means hornless when referring to a cow, or just a cow without horns. Stubborn as a mule is also an expression which fits the stubborn quality of Graves' wanting to stay on the land to rebel against the owners. Graves equates to death, lack of life, depression, all of which seem to suit the surrounding farmlands. He is described like a graveyard ghost due in part to his name, and perhaps the idea of a ghost town is a town that had all its inhabitants relocated with just empty buildings sitting alone. The farmlands seem to fit this description.
9. Why do the owners claim (in Muley's words) that "We can't afford to keep no tenants... the share a tenant gets is jus' the margin, a profit we can't afford to lose."
10. Why does Muley share his food with Tom and Casy? What is his argument justifying his obligation to share?
The owners are the banks and the big companies.
Some of them hated what they had to do. They didn't like to be cruel. Some of them made themselves be cold, because it was their job.
What does the cotton do to the land? Why do they farmers plant it?
The cotton sucks up all the nutrients.
They plant it for money. They continue to plant it until it fails.
3. What is the role and effect of technology in the mode of production depicted in the novel? What are the effects of increased productivity (due to technology) on the lives of farmers and labourers? How are tractors characterized? How about their drivers? What is their relationship to the land they work? What is happening to the land? What economic trend do the hired tractor drivers represent? What forms of production seem no longer possible? What seems to be the only alternative?
4. What are the tenants thoughts on large amounts of property (five, ten thousand acres)? How does the size of the land affect the relations between the owner and the land he owns? How is the size of the land related to economic imperatives and emerging modes of production?
5. What arguments do the tenants use against the repossession of their lands by the owners? Why do they repeatedly point out that "Grampa took up the land, and he had to kill the Indians and drive them away... and he killed weeds and snakes"? Is this Ironic? Why?
They feel that the repossession isn't at all fair since the land is their livelihood and their way of sustaining themselves, supporting their family. They do so much with it, and they figure they should own because they're physically, mentally, and to some extent emotionally attached to it, rather than holding a piece of paper which is the only notification of the banks' ownership. Comparing snakes and weeds to the Indians, symbolizing them as things that are not wanted on the land that need to get out. However, the irony is that the farmers are mad that they are getting kicked off their land, when in fact Grampa kicked the Indians off their land and they feel this is justified. Snakes are more than likely a biblical reference here.
6. What is the significance of the unhung gate and the story of the Jacobs's baby devoured by a pig because a door was left open? What does the unhung gate indicate? What do the gates symbolize? What is their purpose, both literal and symbolic? How do such images relate to the concerns of the novel?
The gate was never kept open after the incident with the Baby getting eaten by a pig! :) The fact the gate is left open indicated to Tom that no one is around. His family, or more specifically, his mother is dead or they've moved somewhere else.
7. Why is there a picture of an Indian girl ("Red Wing") on the wall of the house? What about the sofa pillow (with a picture of an Indian on it) Grampa stole from Albert Rance? What about Albert's claim that "Grampa got Injun blood"?
Perhaps there is a connection between the manifest destiny and the overtaking of Indian land and the banks repossession of the land from the farmers. The house is desolate, ripped apart, with all the things taken out. Tom Joad has nothing left here, which is how the Native Americans felt once they got their land taken from them while being relocated to reservations or getting killed off.
8. What is the significance of the figure of Muley Graves who refuses to leave the land? What does his name suggest? Why is he "like a damn ol' graveyard ghos'"? Why does he say, "If they throw me off, I'll come back, an' if they figger I'll be quiet underground, why. I'll take couple-three of the sons-a-bitches along for company"? Is this the only ghost that walks the land? What are ghosts anyway? Is this land haunted?
Muley means hornless when referring to a cow, or just a cow without horns. Stubborn as a mule is also an expression which fits the stubborn quality of Graves' wanting to stay on the land to rebel against the owners. Graves equates to death, lack of life, depression, all of which seem to suit the surrounding farmlands. He is described like a graveyard ghost due in part to his name, and perhaps the idea of a ghost town is a town that had all its inhabitants relocated with just empty buildings sitting alone. The farmlands seem to fit this description.
9. Why do the owners claim (in Muley's words) that "We can't afford to keep no tenants... the share a tenant gets is jus' the margin, a profit we can't afford to lose."
10. Why does Muley share his food with Tom and Casy? What is his argument justifying his obligation to share?
Monday, April 2, 2012
Discussion Questions 1
1. Look closely at the opening paragraphs. Steinbeck notes details as well as the wide angle shot. He was influenced by film - and his description of place is cinematic here. The Fourth structure of these paragraphs mirrors the structure of the book, as it moves back and fourth from the detailed Joad chapters to the inter chapters that cover a wider perspective.
2. The end of this opening chapter focuses on the people on the land, men vs. women. Note the ways that the book contrasts men's "figuring" to women's methods of coping.
Men just stand their with a blank face, appear strong, but don't know what to do.
The women act on what the men feel. As long as the men don't give up, the women know everything is going to be ok, but if the men give up, the women know some thing is wrong.
3. Why does Seinbeck first introduce Tom Joad leaving jail? What thematic concerns are thus introduced?
Leaves people with questions, but shows what he has been through, and what he is like/his background.
4. In Ch. 2 these is a mention of flies and bugs, why do you think this will be important?
They want to get inside the dinner, but there's a screen door blocking them. Desperate to get in, but there is something in their way.
5. What's the description of Tom Joad in ch. 2? What does this description tell us about him? Where did he come from (specifically) and why was he there?
His clothes were cheap and new, they didn't fit him. He is just wearing the standard clothes that the jail gave him.
He came from jail, because he killed a guy.
6. What impression do you get of the Truck Driver in ch. 2? Why does he want to be a "Good Guy"? What theme does this reinforce?
He was being manipulated by John. He wants to be a good guy, and go against what his bosses say.
We vs. I
7. What's the significant about the following quote: "Sure they stop, but it ain't to eat. They ain't hardly ever hungary. They're just goddamn sick of goin'- get sick of it. Joints is the only place you can pul up, an' you stop you got to buy somepin so you can sling the bull with the broad behind the counter. So you get a cup of coffee and a piece of pie. Kind of gives a guy a little rest."
They want to stop to have some interaction. They want some company, doesn't want to be a bad guy. Wants to be a regular person. They want to be part of every one else.
8. The turtle chapter is justly famous. Early reviewers often focused only on the historical accuracy of the novel, whereas Steinbeck insisted that he was not writing merely social history. His vision was also highly suggestive, symbolic, mythic. The book, he said, had four layers - readers could take out of the novel what they could, based on their sensitivity and sophistication as readers. The turtle symbolizes the migrants in several ways. Discuss.
The turtle symbolizes the migrant workers because the turtle works hard even through the tough times. The farmers in the first chapter are going to have to work through the drought and rough events even though things seem dire, things will work out in the end, just like the women know.
9. What opinion does Casy, the former preacher, have about sin and using "bad words"?
He doesn't mind using them. they are just words folks use, and they mean nothing bad with them.
10. Why is it important that Casy was a "Burning Busher"?Because the Burning Bush alludes to the Bible. The Burning Bush is where Moses was told to lead the Israelites. Suppose it symbolizes dedication to God, as Moses did what God told him by leading them there, given Casy's past experiences as a preacher, he must have obeyed God similarly until he couldn't make sense of it anymore..
11. What's significant about the Jesus Quote? What themes does it reinforce?
The preacher doesn't seem to understand why people have to rely on God and Jesus so much. He says perhaps that maybe the strength of people and the Holy Sperit is within everyone. This correlates to the corporations and all the businesses buying up all the farmland leaving the people out. You can't have one person in power, rather have respect for everyone around. Themes: People vs. Molloch & Importance of Family
2. The end of this opening chapter focuses on the people on the land, men vs. women. Note the ways that the book contrasts men's "figuring" to women's methods of coping.
Men just stand their with a blank face, appear strong, but don't know what to do.
The women act on what the men feel. As long as the men don't give up, the women know everything is going to be ok, but if the men give up, the women know some thing is wrong.
3. Why does Seinbeck first introduce Tom Joad leaving jail? What thematic concerns are thus introduced?
Leaves people with questions, but shows what he has been through, and what he is like/his background.
4. In Ch. 2 these is a mention of flies and bugs, why do you think this will be important?
They want to get inside the dinner, but there's a screen door blocking them. Desperate to get in, but there is something in their way.
5. What's the description of Tom Joad in ch. 2? What does this description tell us about him? Where did he come from (specifically) and why was he there?
His clothes were cheap and new, they didn't fit him. He is just wearing the standard clothes that the jail gave him.
He came from jail, because he killed a guy.
6. What impression do you get of the Truck Driver in ch. 2? Why does he want to be a "Good Guy"? What theme does this reinforce?
He was being manipulated by John. He wants to be a good guy, and go against what his bosses say.
We vs. I
7. What's the significant about the following quote: "Sure they stop, but it ain't to eat. They ain't hardly ever hungary. They're just goddamn sick of goin'- get sick of it. Joints is the only place you can pul up, an' you stop you got to buy somepin so you can sling the bull with the broad behind the counter. So you get a cup of coffee and a piece of pie. Kind of gives a guy a little rest."
They want to stop to have some interaction. They want some company, doesn't want to be a bad guy. Wants to be a regular person. They want to be part of every one else.
8. The turtle chapter is justly famous. Early reviewers often focused only on the historical accuracy of the novel, whereas Steinbeck insisted that he was not writing merely social history. His vision was also highly suggestive, symbolic, mythic. The book, he said, had four layers - readers could take out of the novel what they could, based on their sensitivity and sophistication as readers. The turtle symbolizes the migrants in several ways. Discuss.
The turtle symbolizes the migrant workers because the turtle works hard even through the tough times. The farmers in the first chapter are going to have to work through the drought and rough events even though things seem dire, things will work out in the end, just like the women know.
9. What opinion does Casy, the former preacher, have about sin and using "bad words"?
He doesn't mind using them. they are just words folks use, and they mean nothing bad with them.
10. Why is it important that Casy was a "Burning Busher"?Because the Burning Bush alludes to the Bible. The Burning Bush is where Moses was told to lead the Israelites. Suppose it symbolizes dedication to God, as Moses did what God told him by leading them there, given Casy's past experiences as a preacher, he must have obeyed God similarly until he couldn't make sense of it anymore..
11. What's significant about the Jesus Quote? What themes does it reinforce?
The preacher doesn't seem to understand why people have to rely on God and Jesus so much. He says perhaps that maybe the strength of people and the Holy Sperit is within everyone. This correlates to the corporations and all the businesses buying up all the farmland leaving the people out. You can't have one person in power, rather have respect for everyone around. Themes: People vs. Molloch & Importance of Family
Friday, February 3, 2012
Study Questions, last 4 chapters.
1. What do we learn about Jim in these chapters?
He believes in superstition. He still has to get to the north.
He makes sure huck goes back to get a doctor. He crawls out of where he is hiding, he gives up his freedom to help tom.
He believes in superstition. He still has to get to the north.
He makes sure huck goes back to get a doctor. He crawls out of where he is hiding, he gives up his freedom to help tom.
2. What effect does the Doctor's speech in support of Jim have? How do you feel about that?
The doctor said, he saved toms life, so they shouldn't hang him. They still treat him as a slave, but he is a "good" slave.
3. What is the significance of the bullet?
It's an award/souvenir for his adventure.
3. What is the significance of the bullet?
It's an award/souvenir for his adventure.
Romanticism.
4. Where is Huck going at the end of the novel? What does this imply about his view of the world in which he lives?
The west, indian country. Doesn't like that everyone is racist. He doesn't want to be "civilized." Wear nice clothes, be polite. He doesn't want to follow their laws.
5. Comment on the style of the novel. Do you feel it represents the Realist tradition as we have discussed it? What aspects of Huck's character make him a good narrator? What problems did you encounter (if any) due to Huck's narration? Speculate on how a different narrator or a third person omniscient narrator would impact the story
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Vocabulary Words- 6
Captivate, Verb, to attract and hold the attention or interest of, as by beautyor excellence
To captivate the king, you had to be dressed in a giant blue, sparkly dress.
Rummage, Verb, to search thoroughly or actively through
I had to rummage through my clothes to get to my door.
Warble, Verb, to sing or whistle with trills
The little bird likes to warble all day long to the tune of, Mary had a little land.
Fluster, Verb, to put into a state of agitated confusion
K.C. likes to fluster anyone he sees.
Sluice,
Waylay,Verb, to intercept or attack from ambush,
Azure, Adj, of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of aclear and unclouded sky.
Plumb,
Contrive, Verb, to plan with ingenuity; devise;
Affront, Noun, deliberate act or displayof disrespect;
Taper, Verb, to make gradually smaller toward one end.
Notion, Noun, a general understanding
To captivate the king, you had to be dressed in a giant blue, sparkly dress.
Rummage, Verb, to search thoroughly or actively through
I had to rummage through my clothes to get to my door.
Warble, Verb, to sing or whistle with trills
The little bird likes to warble all day long to the tune of, Mary had a little land.
Fluster, Verb, to put into a state of agitated confusion
K.C. likes to fluster anyone he sees.
Sluice,
Waylay,Verb, to intercept or attack from ambush,
Azure, Adj, of or having a light, purplish shade of blue, like that of aclear and unclouded sky.
Contrive, Verb, to plan with ingenuity; devise;
Affront, Noun, deliberate act or displayof disrespect;
Taper, Verb, to make gradually smaller toward one end.
Notion, Noun, a general understanding
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Test Notes
-Episodic = 9episodes
-Plot
-3 Movements
-Movement 1
-In and around St. Petersburg (civilization)
- Ch. 1-12
- Movement 2
- On the river
- River adventures, outside of society
- Ch. 13-30
- Movement 3
- Return to society
- Phelp's Farm
- Captives in society
- Ch. 31-
-Plot
-3 Movements
-Movement 1
-In and around St. Petersburg (civilization)
- Ch. 1-12
- Movement 2
- On the river
- River adventures, outside of society
- Ch. 13-30
- Movement 3
- Return to society
- Phelp's Farm
- Captives in society
- Ch. 31-
Romanticism vs. Realism
Mark Twain uses romanticism vs. realism to make fun of how other authors write their books. He doesn’t agree with the way they portray the “realistic” ways people act, or how they think an adventure story should be.
In Huckleberry Finn, Twain uses many allusions to different romantic and adventure novels. In one chapter, Twain is making fun of Romeo and Juliet. Huck is caught in between a feud between to fighting families. In the end of the chapter, a girl from one side, and a boy from another side fall in love. One major part when the theme romanticism vs. realism comes up, is in chapters 35-39. Huck asks Tom to help him free Jim. Tom, says yes, but just because he wants to make an adventure out of it. He doesn't really care if they get Jim out or not. They have to dig a whole to Jim, with case-knives. Once they get to him, Tom makes up things that they have to do in order for him to come out. Jim has to write in blood, on a t-shirt, his journal. Has to take care of snakes, and other insects. He also has to water a plant with his tears. They had to break Jim out to help them carry a stone so they could write their coat of arm in it. Jim was already broken out, but Tom wanted it to be more of an adventure.
Romanticism does not show realistic events or show true adventures. It gives people a false sense that things like this can happen. Twain is trying to show that romanticism gets you know where, other than and interesting and amusing story.
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Huckleberry Finn- Episodes 1-9
Episode 1
Tom's Gang
Important Themes: Superstition vs. Religion (Supernatural) - Killing the spider and getting bad luck.
Gullibility - Believing all of Toms stories. (Elephants with jewels)
Death and Rebirth - Pap coming back, Huck living with Widow Douglas
Allusions: Don Quixote, 1001 Arabian Nights, Bible, Moses,
Characters: Huck, Jim, Tom, Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, Judge Thatcher, Joe Harper, Ben Rogers, Tommy Barnes, Pa, Aunt Polly
Part of Plot: Exposition
Summary :In this episode Widow Douglas adopts Huck and she tries to teach Huck about manners and how to be polite. She tries to tame him. She also teaches him about the bible and how praying will help him. Huck doesn't understand how praying will help him. He prays for a fishing pole and hooks and gets the pole but not the hooks and gets mad. Then Huck meets up with Tom Sawyer and the two start a gang with Tommy, Joe Harper, and Ben Rogers. They decide they are going to go rob a group of a-rabs that have elephants and camels that are stocked with diamonds. Huck decides to go because he wants to see an elephant, but when they get there, there is no one there but Sunday school kids. So they decide to rob the Sunday school kids, and then the teachers yell them at. Then Huck asks Tom where the elephants and the A-rabs were, and Tom said they were there but they were cloaked by wizards. Which just means that Tom was using his imagination where Huck was not as educated as him and didn't know what imagination was. After that robbery the gang decided not to be a gang anymore. Then Huck a few days later goes outside and finds footsteps that are his father's footsteps, and then Huck runs down and tells Judge Thatcher that he wants him to have all his money. And he gives Judge Thatcher $6,000, but Judge Thatcher doesn't truly take the money but tells Huck he does. Huck goes to Jim and asks Jim to have the hairball tell Jim Huck's future. The hairball tells Huck complete nonsense, except he tells Huck to stay away from water. Which is a foreshadow to a later chapter when Huck gets on the raft and sails the Mississippi River. Then Huck finds out his papa isn't dead, and he is sitting in Huck's room.
Episode 2
Pa's Return
Important Themes: Death and Rebirth
Allusions:
List of new characters: Pa
Summary: Huck arrives back at his room and sees his Pap sitting in a chair. Huck is no longer scared of Pap, and instead notes how old his father is. Pap harasses Huck and then, accuses Huck of acting better than his own father. Pap threatens to beat Huck if he ever catches him near the school again. He makes Huck hand over the dollar that Judge Thatcher "paid" him and then climbs out the window to go drinking in the town. The next day, Pap goes to Judge Thatcher and tries to make the Judge give him Huck's money. The Judge refuses, and he and the widow take a case to court in an effort to get Huck legally placed with one of them. The judge unfortunately refuses to separate Huck from his father. Judge Thatcher, realizing he cannot win, gives Huck some money, which Huck immediately turns over to Pap. Pap gets drunk and is placed in jail. Pap begins hanging out around the town and demands Huck give him money every few days. When the widow tells Pap to get away from her property, he kidnaps Huck and takes him to a log cabin. Huck enjoys being free from school but soon gets upset that he is being beaten so much. Searching for a way to escape, Huck discovers part of a saw that is missing its handle and starts to saw off a log in the rear corner of the cabin, but is forced to stop when Pap returns. Huck hopes to escape after Pap falls asleep, but Pap has a fitful night, and Huck is afraid he might wake up and catch him trying to get out of the cabin. Pap and Huck go out into the woods to hunt for game. While there, Huck sees an abandoned canoe on the river and jumps in to get it. Next, Huck fetches a wooden raft from the river with timber that is worth about ten dollars. Pap locks Huck into the cabin and takes the raft to town in order to sell it. Huck quickly finishes his sawing and climbs out of the cabin, taking everything worth any money to his canoe. He axes down the front door and goes hunting for game. Huck shoots a wild pig, butchers it inside the cabin, and spreads the blood on his shirt and the floor. He also carefully lays some of his hairs on the now bloody ax to make it appear as if he has been killed. Huck cuts open a sack of flour and marks a trail indicating that the killer left via a lake that does not connect to the river. Immediately, Huck jumps into the canoe and pushes off. He floats downstream until he reaches Jackson's Island. Huck wakes up on Jackson's Island late the next day and hears a cannon being fired. A ferryboat filled with his friends comes down the river firing a cannon in hopes of bringing his dead body to the surface. The search parties have also set loaves of bread filled with mercury afloat; believing the mercury and bread will be attracted to his body. After a few days, Huck begins exploring the island. He accidentally stumbles into a clearing with a still smoking campfire. Out of fear, he retreats to his campsite and paddles over to the Illinois side of the river. However, he soon returns for the night and sleeps poorly as he is overwhelmed with fear for who else might be on the island.
Part of Plot: Inciting Event
Episode 3
Jackson Island
Episode 4
The River
Important Themes: Tolerance Vs. prejudice – Huck apologizes to Jim which is un heard of in this time.
Tom's Gang
Important Themes: Superstition vs. Religion (Supernatural) - Killing the spider and getting bad luck.
Gullibility - Believing all of Toms stories. (Elephants with jewels)
Death and Rebirth - Pap coming back, Huck living with Widow Douglas
Allusions: Don Quixote, 1001 Arabian Nights, Bible, Moses,
Characters: Huck, Jim, Tom, Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, Judge Thatcher, Joe Harper, Ben Rogers, Tommy Barnes, Pa, Aunt Polly
Part of Plot: Exposition
Summary :In this episode Widow Douglas adopts Huck and she tries to teach Huck about manners and how to be polite. She tries to tame him. She also teaches him about the bible and how praying will help him. Huck doesn't understand how praying will help him. He prays for a fishing pole and hooks and gets the pole but not the hooks and gets mad. Then Huck meets up with Tom Sawyer and the two start a gang with Tommy, Joe Harper, and Ben Rogers. They decide they are going to go rob a group of a-rabs that have elephants and camels that are stocked with diamonds. Huck decides to go because he wants to see an elephant, but when they get there, there is no one there but Sunday school kids. So they decide to rob the Sunday school kids, and then the teachers yell them at. Then Huck asks Tom where the elephants and the A-rabs were, and Tom said they were there but they were cloaked by wizards. Which just means that Tom was using his imagination where Huck was not as educated as him and didn't know what imagination was. After that robbery the gang decided not to be a gang anymore. Then Huck a few days later goes outside and finds footsteps that are his father's footsteps, and then Huck runs down and tells Judge Thatcher that he wants him to have all his money. And he gives Judge Thatcher $6,000, but Judge Thatcher doesn't truly take the money but tells Huck he does. Huck goes to Jim and asks Jim to have the hairball tell Jim Huck's future. The hairball tells Huck complete nonsense, except he tells Huck to stay away from water. Which is a foreshadow to a later chapter when Huck gets on the raft and sails the Mississippi River. Then Huck finds out his papa isn't dead, and he is sitting in Huck's room.
Episode 2
Pa's Return
Important Themes: Death and Rebirth
Allusions:
List of new characters: Pa
Summary: Huck arrives back at his room and sees his Pap sitting in a chair. Huck is no longer scared of Pap, and instead notes how old his father is. Pap harasses Huck and then, accuses Huck of acting better than his own father. Pap threatens to beat Huck if he ever catches him near the school again. He makes Huck hand over the dollar that Judge Thatcher "paid" him and then climbs out the window to go drinking in the town. The next day, Pap goes to Judge Thatcher and tries to make the Judge give him Huck's money. The Judge refuses, and he and the widow take a case to court in an effort to get Huck legally placed with one of them. The judge unfortunately refuses to separate Huck from his father. Judge Thatcher, realizing he cannot win, gives Huck some money, which Huck immediately turns over to Pap. Pap gets drunk and is placed in jail. Pap begins hanging out around the town and demands Huck give him money every few days. When the widow tells Pap to get away from her property, he kidnaps Huck and takes him to a log cabin. Huck enjoys being free from school but soon gets upset that he is being beaten so much. Searching for a way to escape, Huck discovers part of a saw that is missing its handle and starts to saw off a log in the rear corner of the cabin, but is forced to stop when Pap returns. Huck hopes to escape after Pap falls asleep, but Pap has a fitful night, and Huck is afraid he might wake up and catch him trying to get out of the cabin. Pap and Huck go out into the woods to hunt for game. While there, Huck sees an abandoned canoe on the river and jumps in to get it. Next, Huck fetches a wooden raft from the river with timber that is worth about ten dollars. Pap locks Huck into the cabin and takes the raft to town in order to sell it. Huck quickly finishes his sawing and climbs out of the cabin, taking everything worth any money to his canoe. He axes down the front door and goes hunting for game. Huck shoots a wild pig, butchers it inside the cabin, and spreads the blood on his shirt and the floor. He also carefully lays some of his hairs on the now bloody ax to make it appear as if he has been killed. Huck cuts open a sack of flour and marks a trail indicating that the killer left via a lake that does not connect to the river. Immediately, Huck jumps into the canoe and pushes off. He floats downstream until he reaches Jackson's Island. Huck wakes up on Jackson's Island late the next day and hears a cannon being fired. A ferryboat filled with his friends comes down the river firing a cannon in hopes of bringing his dead body to the surface. The search parties have also set loaves of bread filled with mercury afloat; believing the mercury and bread will be attracted to his body. After a few days, Huck begins exploring the island. He accidentally stumbles into a clearing with a still smoking campfire. Out of fear, he retreats to his campsite and paddles over to the Illinois side of the river. However, he soon returns for the night and sleeps poorly as he is overwhelmed with fear for who else might be on the island.
The next morning Huck decides to find out who else is on the island with him. He paddles his canoe down to the other campsite and hides in the brush. Soon he sees Jim. Out of joy for finding a friend on the island, Huck rushes out and greets him. Jim nearly dies when he sees Huck, whom he believes to be dead. Huck tells him the story about how he faked his murder. Jim relates that he overhead Miss Watson telling the widow that she was going to sell him down the river for a good sum of money. To avoid being sold, Jim ran away, and has been hiding out on Jackson's island. Jim starts to tell Huck about various superstitious signs which the slaves watch out for. When some birds go hopping along the ground, stopping every few feet, Jim comments that means it will rain soon.
Episode 3
Jackson Island
Important Themes: Rebirth - Jim escapes slavery and starts a new like as a free man. Huck escapes his father and becomes free. Appearance vs. reality - Huck pretender to be two different people. Jim thinks Huck is a ghost when he is really alive.
Allusions:
List of new characters: Huck (Marry Sarah Williams & George Peters are aliases of Huck's own invention), Jim, Tom, Widow Douglas, Miss Watson, Judge Thatcher, Pap, and Mrs. Judith Loftus.
Summary: The entire chapter is mostly spent on Jackson Island. It starts when Huck wakes up on the island after he had ran away from his father and faked his death. That morning a ferryboat passes the Island that has Pap, Judge Thatcher, Tom Sawyer, Tom’s aunt Polly, some of Huck’s young friends, and more on board, all discussing Huck’s murder. They shoot cannonballs over the water and float loaves of bread with quicksilver inside, in hopes of finding Huck’s corpse. Huck catches one of the loaves and eats it, but he feels guilty that he has upset those who care about him. Huck spends three days on the island, living on berries and fish. He spends his nights counting ferryboats and stars. On the fourth day, while exploring the island, Huck finds Jim, who at first thinks Huck is a ghost. Huck is happy he will not be alone on the island but shocked when Jim explains that he has run away. Jim says that he overheard Miss Watson discussing selling him for $800 to a slave trader who would take him to New Orleans. Jim and Huck talk about superstition, and Jim’s failed investments, most of which have been scams. Jim is not too disappointed by his failures, since he still has his hairy arms and chest, which, according to his superstitions, is a sign of future wealth. In order to make a hiding place should visitors arrive on the island, Jim and Huck take the canoe into a large cave in the on the island. The two safely wait it out a storm inside the cave. The river floods, and washes out a house down the river past the island. Inside, Jim and Huck find the body of a man who has been shot. Jim and Huck make off with some odds and ends from the house. Huck has Jim hide in the bottom of the canoe so that he won’t be seen, and they make it back to the island safely. Huck wonders about the dead man, but Jim warns that it’s bad luck. Huck already has bad luck by finding and handling a snake’s shed skin. Sure enough when Huck plays a joke by putting a dead rattlesnake in Jim's bed, its mate comes and bites Jim. Jim’s leg swells but gets better after several days of rest and whisky drinking. A while later, Huck decides to go ashore to get information about what has happened. Jim agrees, but has Huck disguise himself as a girl (Mary Sarah Williams), using one of the dresses they took from the house. Huck practices his girl impersonation and then goes for the Illinois shore. In a shack, he finds a woman who appears to be a newcomer to the town. Huck is relieved because she will not be able to recognize him. The woman lets Huck and he introduces himself as “Sarah Williams”. She reveals that Pap was a suspect in Huck's murder and that some townspeople nearly killed him. Then, people began to suspect Jim because he ran away the same day Huck was killed. This was because he spent the money the judge gave him to find Huck, on whiskey. Now there is a $200 reward for him. Meanwhile, there is a $300 bounty out for Jim. The woman has noticed smoke over Jackson’s Island and has told her husband to look for Jim there. He planed to go there tonight with another man and a gun. The woman looks at Huck suspiciously and asks his name. He says, “Marry Williams.” When the woman asks about the change, he tries saying his full name is “Marry Sarah Williams.” Finally, she asks him to reveal his real male identity, saying she understands that he is a runaway and she will not turn him in. Huck says his name is George Peters. She tells Huck to send for her, Mrs. Judith Loftus, if he has trouble. Back at the island, Huck builds a decoy campfire far from the cave and then returns to the cave to tell Jim they must leave. And so they did.
Summary: The entire chapter is mostly spent on Jackson Island. It starts when Huck wakes up on the island after he had ran away from his father and faked his death. That morning a ferryboat passes the Island that has Pap, Judge Thatcher, Tom Sawyer, Tom’s aunt Polly, some of Huck’s young friends, and more on board, all discussing Huck’s murder. They shoot cannonballs over the water and float loaves of bread with quicksilver inside, in hopes of finding Huck’s corpse. Huck catches one of the loaves and eats it, but he feels guilty that he has upset those who care about him. Huck spends three days on the island, living on berries and fish. He spends his nights counting ferryboats and stars. On the fourth day, while exploring the island, Huck finds Jim, who at first thinks Huck is a ghost. Huck is happy he will not be alone on the island but shocked when Jim explains that he has run away. Jim says that he overheard Miss Watson discussing selling him for $800 to a slave trader who would take him to New Orleans. Jim and Huck talk about superstition, and Jim’s failed investments, most of which have been scams. Jim is not too disappointed by his failures, since he still has his hairy arms and chest, which, according to his superstitions, is a sign of future wealth. In order to make a hiding place should visitors arrive on the island, Jim and Huck take the canoe into a large cave in the on the island. The two safely wait it out a storm inside the cave. The river floods, and washes out a house down the river past the island. Inside, Jim and Huck find the body of a man who has been shot. Jim and Huck make off with some odds and ends from the house. Huck has Jim hide in the bottom of the canoe so that he won’t be seen, and they make it back to the island safely. Huck wonders about the dead man, but Jim warns that it’s bad luck. Huck already has bad luck by finding and handling a snake’s shed skin. Sure enough when Huck plays a joke by putting a dead rattlesnake in Jim's bed, its mate comes and bites Jim. Jim’s leg swells but gets better after several days of rest and whisky drinking. A while later, Huck decides to go ashore to get information about what has happened. Jim agrees, but has Huck disguise himself as a girl (Mary Sarah Williams), using one of the dresses they took from the house. Huck practices his girl impersonation and then goes for the Illinois shore. In a shack, he finds a woman who appears to be a newcomer to the town. Huck is relieved because she will not be able to recognize him. The woman lets Huck and he introduces himself as “Sarah Williams”. She reveals that Pap was a suspect in Huck's murder and that some townspeople nearly killed him. Then, people began to suspect Jim because he ran away the same day Huck was killed. This was because he spent the money the judge gave him to find Huck, on whiskey. Now there is a $200 reward for him. Meanwhile, there is a $300 bounty out for Jim. The woman has noticed smoke over Jackson’s Island and has told her husband to look for Jim there. He planed to go there tonight with another man and a gun. The woman looks at Huck suspiciously and asks his name. He says, “Marry Williams.” When the woman asks about the change, he tries saying his full name is “Marry Sarah Williams.” Finally, she asks him to reveal his real male identity, saying she understands that he is a runaway and she will not turn him in. Huck says his name is George Peters. She tells Huck to send for her, Mrs. Judith Loftus, if he has trouble. Back at the island, Huck builds a decoy campfire far from the cave and then returns to the cave to tell Jim they must leave. And so they did.
Part of Plot: Rising Action
Episode 4
The River
Important Themes: Tolerance Vs. prejudice – Huck apologizes to Jim which is un heard of in this time.
Allusions:
List of new characters: Robbers- , Steamboat Captain,
Summary: Jim and Huck spend the next few days traveling down the river. They only travel at night to avoid being seen and questioned. One night, they see a wrecked steamboat ahead of them. Huck convinces Jim to tie the raft to the boat and climb on board. They are surprised to hear voices, which Huck goes to investigate. There are three robbers on board, two of whom have tied up the third man. The two men finally decide to kill their partner by leaving him on the boat and waiting until it sinks. At this news, Huck scrambles back to rejoin Jim. They then discover that their raft has come untied and floated away. Having lost their raft, Huck and Jim search along the crashed ferryboat for the robbers' skiff. Just as they find it, the two robbers emerge and place the goods they have looted into the skiff. Huck and Jim jump into the skiff, cut the rope, and speed away downstream. Before morning, they manage to find their raft again and recapture it. Jim is hoping to reach Cairo, at the bottom of Illinois where the Ohio River merges with the Mississippi. From there, both he and Huck will be able to take a steamboat upriver and into the free states where Jim will finally be a free man. As they approaching that section of the river, a dense fog arrives and blankets everything in a murky white. They land on the shore, but before Huck is able to tie up the raft, the raft pulls loose and starts floating downstream with Jim aboard. Huck jumps into the canoe and follows it, but soon loses sight of it in the fog. He and Jim spend several hours tracking each other by calling out, but a large island finally separates them and Huck is left all alone. The next morning, Huck awakens and luckily manages to catch up with the raft. He finds Jim asleep and wakes him up. Jim is glad to see him, but Huck tries to play a trick on Jim by telling him that the events of the night before were just a dream. After some convincing, Jim starts to interpret the "dream." After some time, Huck finally points out the leaves and debris left from the night before, at which point Jim gets mad at Huck for playing such a mean trick on him. Huck feels terrible about what he did and apologizes to Jim. As Jim and Huck float downriver, Jim restlessly searches the riverbank for the town of Cairo. Heading to shore to determine what town they are near and with the intention of reporting Jim. They continue watching for Cairo, but are unable to locate it. After several days, both Huck and Jim begin to suspect that they passed Cairo in the fog several nights prior. While drifting downstream, they encounter an oncoming steamboat. Instead of getting out of their way as the steamboats usually do, the boat ploughs directly over the raft. Both Huck and Jim are forced to dive overboard. Huck emerges and grabs a piece of wood with which he paddles to the shore. Jim is nowhere to be seen.
Part of Plot: Rising Action
Episode 5
Feud
Important Themes:
Allusions:
List of new characters
Summary:
Part of Plot: Rising Action
Episode 6
Duke and King
Important Themes:
Allusions:
List of new characters
Summary:
Part of Plot: Rising Action
Episode 7
Royal-none-such
Important Themes: Gullibility, Appearance vs. Reality, Human Cruelty
Allusions:
List of new characters: Ring master, drunk people, Colonel Sherburn.
Summary:
Part of Plot: Rising Action
Episode 8
Peter Wilks
Summary
The King and the Duke, are in the next town and start their next scheme. They pretend to be the brothers from Europe, of a man who has just died. He has three daughters, and left them a lot of money. The King and Duke rob the girls of their money. Huck then starts to feel bad, and wants to help the girls out. He confessed to Mary Jane about the plans of the King and Duke. He tells her to run away, so he can figure something out. Then the real brothers come to town. The towns people start to ask the two sets of brothers questions to see who are the fakes. They decide to dig up the brother to settle who the real brothers are. Then, huck is able to escape, becuase everyone is looking in the coffin. Then the King and Duke follow after Huck to the raft.
Personas
King- Harvey Wilks
Jim: An Arab
Huck- Harveys Servant.
Duke- William Wilks
List of new characters
Lawyer
Doctor Robinson
Mary Jane Willks
Joanna Willks
Sarah Willks
Undertaker
Hines
Tim Collins
Levi Bell
Major Themes
Coming of age
Realism vs. Romanticism
Allusion, Symbols, Ironies
King Lear
1001 Arabian Nights
Discuss Huck's change in this episode
Huck chooses to help out the girls instead of go along with the king and Dukes schemes. He is choosing the right thing over the wrong. He is now choosing to help get Jim, even though it is wrong in the society, it is right to him.
Part of Plot: Rising Action
Episode 9
Phelps
Important Themes:
Allusions:
List of new characters
Summary:
Part of Plot: Climax-Resolution
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