Huck Finn And Lit Apologetics Flashcards
Episodic Novel
Which means it is a collection of episodes—events or series of connected events which forms a coherent story in itself
Epic
Is a literary composition that celebrates the feats of a legendary or traditional hero
Picaresque
Is a genre of fiction that originated in Spain and depicts in realistic detail the adventures of a roguish hero, often with satiric or humorous effects
Huck Finn written by
Mark Twain
5 Biblical Principles
Creation Fall Incarnation Redemption Consummation
Mark Twains real name is…
Samuel Longhorne Clemens
Where did Twain grow up?
On the Mississippi River in the town of Hannibal Missouri.
Despite great success Twains last years were full of what?
Debt, depression, and sadness.
T/F Mark Twain never left his hometown.
False
Where do Huck Jim and tom live at the beginning?
St. Petersburg
To keep his father from getting his money Tom does what?
Gives it to Judge Thatcher
At the beginning of the novel why does Tom quit the gang?
Gangs adventures are only imaginary
To make people believe he had been killed Huck.
Spread blood from a pig everywhere
What trinket does Jim consult?
Magic Hairball
When Jim sees Huck on Island he thinks Huck is…
A ghost
Why didn’t Jim and Huck get to Cairo?
Passed it in the fog
What is Jims initial destination?
Ohio River
Why does Jim run away from Ms. Watson?
Planning to sell him father south(separation family)
Jim blamed blamed bad luck on what?
Huck touching the snakeskin
Why does Hick dress up like a girl and head to shore?
To get information about him and Jim
During travels Jim and Huck do not talk about…
Women
What are the grangerford and shepherdsons feuding about?
Nobody remembers
What event sets off the final gunfight Btwn. S and G?
Sophia G. elopement with a S.
Where does Huck go after Sherburn disperses the lynch mob?
To the circus
Who was bitten by a rattlesnake?
Jim
When their raft was rammed Huck…
Thought Jim had been killed
In the fog Huck and Jim…
Where separated
Who are duke and dauphin?
Con Artist
Jim was dressed like a sick Arab to…
Keep people away from him
Did Huck really think the duke and dauphin where really what they said (royalty)?
Did Jim?(at first)
No(H)
Yes(J)
Peter Wilkes left ________ for his brothers?
$6000 in a bag of gold in a cellar
What happens to the duke and King when Huck leaves to search for Jim?
Tarred and feathered.
Where does Huck hide the gold?
Coffin(Peter Wilks)
Dauphin and Duke were found frauds when…
Peter Wilks real brother arrived
On whom does Huck have a crush?
Mary Jane Wilks
What brings Huck to the phelps farm?
Wants to save Jim
Why must escape be so elaborate? (Tom)
That the way it’s done in romance novels
While escaping tom was…
Shot in the leg
People in pikesville knew what the Royal nonsuch was because…
Jim told them
What secret did Tom keep from Huck and Jim?
That Jim was already free
Aunt Sally though Huck was…
Tom Sawyer
To keep aunt Daley from learning the boys real ID tom…
Intercepted letter from aunt Molly
The boys drove aunt Sally crazy by…
Stealing spoons and other small items
Who tells Huck that Pap is dead?
Jim
Jim was recaptured in pikesville because…
He helped tom
Central conflict of the novel is…
Hucks internal struggle w/ himself and society
Jim was granted freedom when…
Ms. Watson set him free in her will
Where does Huck intend to go at the end of the novel?
Western Territories
The river is a symbol of what?
Freedom
The river does not provide…
A permanent home
Huck pretend to be…
George Jackson
Tom Sawyer
Sarah Williams
What is the primary influence on Tom Sawyer?
Adventure Novels
What is Jims life plan?
Buy his family out of slavery
Jim is not…
Foolish
Mark Twain never…
Ran for political office
T/F Mark Twain initially joined the confederate army but then took off to the west for the civil war.
True
Grotesque
Is an American genre of fiction that describes special types of writing, characters, subjects which are characterized by distortions of the natural and by merging of the comic and the tragic. The purposes of the grotesque may be humorous, but they are always as a social commentary
T/F Mark Twain joined the persecution of chin ease immigrants in San Fransisco.
False
T/F Mark Twain is highly educated.
False
What is Rykens thesis?
What is the relation between art and a believers faith
Exegete:
To bring forth, to express.
All _______ is God’s _________
Truth; Truth
Just know something about these 2 things… Ryken
Prechristain & post-biblica
“What is indisputable is that biblical example supports the integration of literature and the Christian faith, for scripture is _________________.”
Literature
God is concerned only with functional practicality.
False
Pleasure in and of itself is wrong and sinful.
False
According to C.S Lewis, the ability to simply to enjoy literature is something tosh separates the believer from a nonbeliever.
True
Restoring that which is ugly to a state of beauty is not rally a Christian concern.
False
What 2 things should we exegete?
Culture/world and scripture
As Christians approaching a literary work we can ask questions concerning creativity, truthfulness, and ________________.
Gracefulness
“The gospel is not a message about escaping from our humanity or from culture, but of __________________ our humanity and _______________________ culture.”
Recovering; reconsecrating
