Huck & Gatsby

Question 1

Picaresque Novel

Answer 1

Consists of Huck and Jim’s adventures down the river, but also acts as a social criticism, through satirising various aspects of society and also Huck’s first person narrative. Exposes the corruption of society.

Question 2

First Person Narrative

Answer 2

To expose society’s corruption: Nick is not judgemental “I am one of the few honest people I have ever known” “inclined to reserve judgements”.
Huck is innocent. “I’ll go to hell” “he’s white inside”.
Link to realist/modernist authors.

Question 3

Modernist Novel

Answer 3

Mix of realism and romance.

Question 4

Satire

Answer 4

Novel is written as a critique of society, where characters’ behaviour is held up to the audience for ridicule.

Question 5

Diction

Answer 5

Colloquial lexical choices- Huck Finn. Regional dialect.
Formal lexical choices- reflective of Nick's high class and education.

Question 6

Archaic Lexical Choices

Answer 6

Old fashioned language.

Question 7

Assonance

Answer 7

Repeated vowel sounds

Question 8

Diction

Answer 8

Language

Question 9

Monosyllabic lexis

Answer 9

Words of one syllable.