Monday 22 November 2010

Notes:

How to break apart Huck Finn:

Three Movements:

Movement 1 - Chapters 1-11: St. Petersburg (land)
The introduction to society and the escape from it.


Episodic Structure:
Episode 1: Tom's Gang (chapters 1-4)

Episode 2: Huck and Pap (chapters 5-7)

Episode 3: Jackson Islands (chapters 8-11)

Traditional Plot:

Inciting Event: Huck fakes his death (or could you argue that it's when Huck's Pap returns?)


Huck Finn Personas: Sarah Mary Williams, George Peters.

Huck's stories (his family is dead or sick and he is seeking help)

Motifs: Death, Snakes.

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