Quotations:
1."You don't know about me, without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Saywer," but that ain't no matter." (Chapter 1 Page 3)
2. "Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on" (Chapter 1 Page 4)
3."Pap he hadn't been seen for more than a year, and that was comfortable for me; I didn't want to see him no more." (Chapter 3 Page 13)
4."He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines. It was all black, no grey; so was his long mixed up whiskers." (Chapter 5 Page 21)
5. "Most everyone I knew was on the boat. Pap, Judge Thatcher, and Bessie Thatcher, and Jo Harper, and Tom Sawyer, and his old aunt Polly, and Sid and Mary, and plenty more" (Chapter 8 Page 40)
6. "Oh yes'm, I did. Sarah Mary Williams. Sarah's my first name. Some calls me Sarah, some calls me Mary." (Chapter 11 Page 61)
7. "The rain poured down...We boomed along down the river" (Chapter 13 Page 75)
Comments & Questions:
1. This informs the reader that the book is being told in the first person point of view by Huck Finn, it also displays his carefree attitude.
2. This description of Miss Watson uses imagery to help you get an idea of what she looks like and Huck's feeling towards her.
3. This helps describe the relationship between Huck and his father. His tone towards the subject depicts that Huck is not fond of his father most likely due to his series of drunken rants and his lack of being a responsible parent.
4. This description of his father is an example of imagery and helps the reader understand that he does not put effort is to much of anything aside from his drinking habits.
5. It is ironic that Huck acted like he was murdered and fled town to get away from his father and he was one of the first people that he had seen once he had escaped.
6. This demonstrates Huck forgetful and childish personality. This is significant because it ruins Huck's opportunity to stay under the radar.
7. This use of detail shows that it was very difficult for Jim and Huck to travel down the river late at night in the harsh rain.
2. "Miss Watson, a tolerable slim old maid, with goggles on" (Chapter 1 Page 4)
3."Pap he hadn't been seen for more than a year, and that was comfortable for me; I didn't want to see him no more." (Chapter 3 Page 13)
4."He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines. It was all black, no grey; so was his long mixed up whiskers." (Chapter 5 Page 21)
5. "Most everyone I knew was on the boat. Pap, Judge Thatcher, and Bessie Thatcher, and Jo Harper, and Tom Sawyer, and his old aunt Polly, and Sid and Mary, and plenty more" (Chapter 8 Page 40)
6. "Oh yes'm, I did. Sarah Mary Williams. Sarah's my first name. Some calls me Sarah, some calls me Mary." (Chapter 11 Page 61)
7. "The rain poured down...We boomed along down the river" (Chapter 13 Page 75)
Comments & Questions:
1. This informs the reader that the book is being told in the first person point of view by Huck Finn, it also displays his carefree attitude.
2. This description of Miss Watson uses imagery to help you get an idea of what she looks like and Huck's feeling towards her.
3. This helps describe the relationship between Huck and his father. His tone towards the subject depicts that Huck is not fond of his father most likely due to his series of drunken rants and his lack of being a responsible parent.
4. This description of his father is an example of imagery and helps the reader understand that he does not put effort is to much of anything aside from his drinking habits.
5. It is ironic that Huck acted like he was murdered and fled town to get away from his father and he was one of the first people that he had seen once he had escaped.
6. This demonstrates Huck forgetful and childish personality. This is significant because it ruins Huck's opportunity to stay under the radar.
7. This use of detail shows that it was very difficult for Jim and Huck to travel down the river late at night in the harsh rain.
Scope out some peers' blogs and their dialectic journal posts and see how this compares. I really would like you to interact with the text more, ask questions. Throw thoughts out about why you think Twain does certain things in the book. Why use this type of diction? Why use this piece of imagery? Etc...
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