Author study packet
The Adventures of
Huckleberry FInn
By: Mark twain (Samuel Langhorne Clemens)
Brittany Youngblood
October 8, 2011
Language arts 3
table of contents
Biographical Information & Works Cited about Mark Twain
Page 1
Notes on Genre
Page 2
Summaries/Responses to Twain’s works
Page 3
Literary Analysis
Page 4
Major Works Data Sheet on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Page 5
Bibliography of Twains’s Works
Page 8
BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION
& WORKS CITED about mark twain
Biographical Information
Works Cited
Notes on genre
During module eight, I learned a lot about different writing genres. My
favorite out of the four I learned about, was fiction. If a piece of writing is
fictional, it means that none of the events actually happened, but can be
based on real life events. The opposite of fiction, is nonfiction. Nonfiction
means that the story is completely true, and based on known true facts.
Some of the other writing genres that are not as well known, are historical
fiction, and fantasy. Historical fiction, is fiction that is set in a particular
time in the past; which happens to be the genre The Adventures Of
Huckleberry Finn’s. Fantasy literature, contains elements that are non
realistic, such as fairies, talking animals, and wizards.
Summaries/Responses to
Twain’s works
Summary:
The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn’, is a book about a young boy who is tired of living with his
father, and runs away. As his adventures begins, he runs into Jim. They travel together for many
weeks, and meet a multifarious of people. Such as two men, who say they are Dukes and Kings; and
bring much unneeded hassle to Huckleberry’s journey. After getting rid of the two men, more trouble
comes their way. Jim gets held as a prisoner at Mrs. P1helps house, and Huckleberry gets caught in
a gargantuan chain of lies with Tom Sawyer. In the concluding chapters, Jim is freed, and Mrs.
Phelps (Tom’s Aunt), adopts Huckleberry.
Personal Response:
After reading the summary of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I thought the it was going to be quite
boring. Upon finishing the novel, I was proven otherwise. It was full of adventures, fun, lies, and close
calls. I immensely enjoyed reading the novel, and would defiantly recommend this book to all people ages
thirteen and above. I hope that whoever else receives the opportunity to read this book, enjoys it as much
as I did.
Literary Analysis
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a fantastic book about friendship, completely written
from the first person point of view. The story mostly took place throughout the Mississippi
River, in the 1840‘s. I believe that Twain must have had great knowledge and connection to
the setting, as he lived on the river for two years as a cub pilot. In addition to that, there where
so many uproarious, wild, munificent, and self-centered characters. In fact, some of the main
ones were based on real people. Huckleberry was based on Twain’s boyhood companion,
Tom Blankenship. Also, Huckleberry’s friend, Jim, was based on Uncle Daniel, a slave owned
by Twain’s Uncle, John Quarles. Even though some of the main characters were based on
real people, the writing genre of his book is historical fiction. A symbol in the novel that stood
out to me, was was green leaves; and, green leaves almost always signify new life and hope.
Amazingly, this remains true to the novel, due to the fact that the entire book is about
Huckleberry and Jim starting a new life, and never giving up hope.
Major works data sheet on the
adventures of huckleberry finn 1
Major works data sheet on the
adventures of huckleberry finn 2
Major works data sheet on the
adventures of huckleberry finn 3
bibliography of twain’s works
Twain, Mark. A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court. New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1876.
Twain, Mark. Life on the Mississippi. New York and London: James R. Osgood & Co., 1883.
Twain, Mark. Roughing It. New York and London: American Publishing Co., 1872.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Hartford, Connecticut, and Elmira, New York: Charles L. Webster & Co., 1884.
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Company, 1876.
Twain, Mark, and Charles Dudley Warner. The Gilded Age. New York and London: American Publishing Company, 1873.
Twain, Mark. The Innocents Abroad. Hartford, Connecticut: American Publishing Co., 1869.
Twain, Mark. The Prince and the Pauper. New York and London: James R. Osgood & Co., 1881.
Thank you, Mark Twain, for
writing many wonderful books.
Without you, none of this would
have been possible.
Thank you, Mrs. Watkins, for
giving me the tools I needed, to
be able to complete this packet.
Without you, none of this would
have been possible.