Reader Response 2:Huck Finn (7-13)

Reader Response 2: Huck Finn (7 - 13)
DUE: END OF THE HOUR TODAYFor today's response, you are to write 4-6 paragraphs in which you answer the following questions: How is Huck influenced by the following people: Tom Sawyer, Widow Douglas, Pap, and Jim? Who do you think has the most positive influence on Huck? Negative? Why?You must write at least one paragraph about each person and include the quote, chapter, page, and paragraph number for each quote. (CHAPTER, PAGE #, PAR. #)
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Huck is influence by many people in this novel. He is influence by people like Tom Sawyer, Widow Douglas, Pap and also Jim. One person he was influence by is Tom Sawyer. He was influence by him because in chapter 1 paragraph 2 page 3. Huck said: “Then I slipped down to the ground and crawled in amongst the trees and sure enough there was Tom Sawyer waiting for me”. Huck Finn was influenced by this because he was told to stay in the house but he was influence to listen to Tom and leave the house.

Another person is Widow Douglas. He was influence by Widow Douglas in chapter 1 paragraph 3 on page 1. Huck Finn says she cried over me and called e a poor lost lamb and she called me a lot other names too but she never meant no harm by it she put me in them new clothes again and I couldn’t do nothing but sweat and sweat. Huck is influence by this because the widow calls him names and she makes him do stuff he doesn’t like. She makes him put on new clothes and that’s something that he really dislike. This cause him to want to leave and runaway.

Another person he is influenced by is Pap. He is influence by Pap because in Chapter 6 and paragraph 6 page 20 Pap said: “And that ain’t the wust they said he can vote.” He said that the slave can vote in stuff and he got mad and was drunk and was being so racist. This influenced Huck because He isn’t racist and isn’t ignorant like that and he doesn’t want to be with someone that acts like that which cause him to runaway.



My last one Is Jim. Huck is influence by Jim because in chapter 11 paragraph 2 and page 41 Jim says to Huck:”Then he studied it over and said couldn’t I put on some of them old things and dress up like a girl”. In this quote Jim ask Huck if he can dress up like and girl so he can go to town and see how everything is going and what everyone is saying. He is influence by how the way he went and did what Jim.

The most positive influence on Huck is that when Jim influence him because Jim helps him out and stuff. Jim helps him make good decision and makes him be a better person to me. An the negative influence is his dad all he do is drink and abandon Huck and it is wrong and that’s why Huck is always trying to runaway from his problems because Pap repeatedly drink, beat, his son.

This concludes my essay on how Huck is influence by other characters in the book.

Huck Finn reader response 1:(1-6)

Karl Boswell
Huck Finn Reader Response1: (1-6)
10/10/07


My topic that I choose will be racism. I choose racism because it’s something that is in the book that I can relate to. I have a quote in my book that can relate to my topic. “And to see the cool way of that n why, he wouldn’t a give me the road if I hadn’t shoved him out o the way. I says to the people why isn’t this n put up a auction and sold?” Chapter VI and paragraph 2. I would say in my own words that Huck’s dad said. Why is an black man voting he is an outcast and he is a low life why ain’t he put up for auction like an regular slave?

What he is saying in that quote is very ignorant and very stupid to say something like that. He is discriminating an race it is very racist what he said. It relates to my life because people are very discriminating and racist they call people out of there name just because the color of there skin. They hurt people not just black people but all people.

Mark Twain in this quote was trying to make Hucks dad look stupid and very ignorant. He wanted him to make people look at him like he is a bad guy. He would think that it is stupid and just plain racist. It relates to his life because he gets to deal with it everyday and it’s tiring and he wanted to address it.