Literature

Summary for Chapter 1-9 Chapter One In Chapter 1 of ?Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,? Mark Twain gives background on who Huck is and how one may have read about him in ?The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,? Twain?s other novel. Twain goes on to explain who Huck is, and how him and Tom Sawyer had previously found $12,000, making them both extremely rich. Tom and Huck both gave Judge. Thatcher their money for protecting. Huck lives with ?the widow? (aka Widow Douglas), and her sister Miss. Watson, who Huck does not like very much because she tries to enforce manners and school on him. Throughout Huck?s life ,with the widow and Miss. Watson, he is taught about religion and important religious figures such as Moses. However, after Huck realizes that Moses is dead, he

Chapter 6 1. After interpreting this comment, connect it to this quote from the introduction: ?What foul dust floated in the wake of his dream.? ?? I think the beginning of this question is missing. 2. Analyze the language in the paragraph beginning ?But his heart was in a constant, turbulent riot? and ending with ?fairy?s wing.? How does the language create a dreamlike world? Fitzgerald uses descriptive words such as ?moon soaked? and ?drowsiness? to add a lackadaisical effect to the writing. The reader observes every emotion of Gatsby?s character through these descriptions, making the language ?dreamlike? because it is so vivid. 3. Explain Gatsby?s attitude toward time.

Chapter 1 Questions? ? 1. Examine the connotative language Fitzgerald uses to contrast West Egg? and East Egg.? ? In chapter 1, Fitzgerald calls both the east and west eggs ?unusual formations? of land,? however does differentiate, by naming the West Egg ?the less? fashionable between the two.? When Fitzgerald describes the East Egg, he? uses terms such as ?glittered,? in order to make clear to the reader that the? east egg holds more expensive and sophisticated homes. The narrator seems? mesmerized by the fact that both eggs are ?enormous? and ?identical in? contour.??? ? 2. Look at the paragraph about Tom Buchanan beginning with, ?He had? changed since....? Find and list ten words that contribute to the impact of? the last sentence.??