Day 16
 Make-up work
 Journals, Quizzes, and CSAs
 Needs to be turned in by Friday to be included on Progress Report
 Read Ch 24 – 25
 Still the Duke and the King, but their antics are going to change.
 At the end of ch 24 Huck says, “It was enough to make a body
ashamed of the human race” (160). Think about why. How is what
the Duke and the King planning more shameful?
Day 17
True? What are people willing to do in pursuit of money?
Wilks Family
George
(Dead)
Mary Jane
(19)
Susan
(15)
Peter
Harvey
(Dead. $$$)
Joanna
(14)
(King)
William
(Duke)
 Why is Huck now commenting on the morals of the Duke
and the King?
 They took advantage of people all through Episode 4, why are these
people different?
 Why are the actions of the Duke and the King in Ch 24 &
25 shameful?
 Work with a partner to write an answer to this question
 Include a direct quote about the actions of the Duke and the King
 Include a direct quote about the people of the town, the Wilks
family, or their situation
 Read Ch 26 – 27
 Pay attention to:
 How Huck interacts with each of the orphaned sisters
 Mary Jane is the eldest and seems to be the leader. How is she
described? What is her character like? How does Huck feel
about her?
Day 18
 In general, the term “carpetbagger” refers to a traveler who arrives in a new
region with only a satchel (or carpetbag) of possessions, and who attempts to
profit from or gain control over his new surroundings, often against the will or
consent of the original inhabitants. After 1865, a number of northerners moved to
the South to purchase land, lease plantations or partner with down-and-out
planters in the hopes of making money from cotton. At first they were welcomed,
as southerners saw the need for northern capital and investment to get the
devastated region back on its feet. They later became an object of much scorn, as
many southerners saw them as low-class and opportunistic newcomers seeking
to get rich on their misfortune.
 In reality, most Reconstruction-era carpetbaggers were well-educated members of
the middle class; they worked as teachers, merchants, journalists or other types
of businessmen, or at the Freedman’s Bureau, an organization created by
Congress to provide aid for newly liberated black Americans. Many were former
Union soldiers. In addition to economic motives, a good number of carpetbaggers
saw themselves as reformers and wanted to shape the postwar South in the
image of the North, which they considered to be a more advanced society. Though
some carpetbaggers undoubtedly lived up to their reputation as corrupt
opportunists, many were motivated by a genuine desire for reform and concern
for the civil and political rights of freed blacks.
 The 13th Amendment, adopted late in 1865, officially abolished slavery, but freed
blacks’ status in the post-war South remained precarious, and significant
challenges awaited during the Reconstruction period (1865-77). Former slaves
received the rights of citizenship and the “equal protection” of the Constitution in
the 14th Amendment (1868) and the right to vote in the 15th (1870), but the
provisions of Constitution were often ignored or violated, and it was difficult for
former slaves to gain a foothold in the post-war economy thanks to restrictive
black codes and regressive contractual arrangements such as sharecropping.
 Despite seeing an unprecedented degree of black participation in American
political life, Reconstruction was ultimately frustrating for African Americans,
and the rebirth of white supremacy–including the rise of racist organizations
such as the Ku Klux Klan–had triumphed in the South by 1877. Almost a century
later, resistance to the lingering racism and discrimination in America that began
during the slavery era would lead to the civil rights movement of the 1960s,
which would achieve the greatest political and social gains for blacks since
Reconstruction
 Remember, Mark Twain wrote his book (published 1885) after the Civil War
and Reconstruction. So while he sets his story before the war, he makes
social commentary about a variety of issues going on in the South.
Remembering the Duke and the King are like Carpetbaggers, we should
notice how Twain describes them and their behavior to understand what
commentary he is making.
 Look at page 173, what does the King insist they should do with the Wilks’
property? What are his reasons?
 As part of this, on page 178, what do the Duke and the King do with the slave
family?
 How do the sisters react to this event?
 On page 180, how do the King and the Duke react when they realize the
money is gone? Find a quote that shows how Twain describes their body
language or attitude.
 How is this behavior different from how they have acted before? What do
these descriptions suggest about them as characters and human beings?
 How do the actions by the Duke and the King fit with how Southerners would
have seen Northern carpetbaggers and the treatment of black people in the
South? (Explain the connection to the History info.)
Day 19
 Who is causing harm in these chapters?
 Who is hurt by these actions?
 How does Huck try to help?
 Are these plans effective?
 What are his reasons for doing so?
 What is it about Mary Jane that makes Huck want to help her?
 What archetype does she fit?
 Pay attention to:
 Ch 30: The Duke and the King
 How are they acting as carpetbaggers?
 Ch 31: Huck’s emotional development
 How does he respond to what’s happening?
 What are his reasons for how he feels?
 IF NOTHING ELSE: Read pg 204-207