Quotations And Essay Structure

Question 1

Thesis intro ingredients

Answer 1

1. Clear argument: respond to the question and make a point you will continuously come back to.
2. Root your argument in context: how does the context reflect the argument and key values.
3. Reference to the author’s intention/aim: what are they using the characters/ themes for ? What is the message conveyed
4. Tentative language (could be seen, possibly, vacan be argued)
5. Academic phrasing and vocabulary
6. Flair points: key quote to demonstrate a point

Question 2

Huck: honest and open

Answer 2

• ‘ i don’t take no stock in dead people’
• ## ‘Must we always kill the people?’

Question 3

Huck: lonely and outcast

Answer 3

• ‘ I felt so lonesome i almost wished i was dead… I did wish I had some company’
  -‘But I didn’t see no profit in it’
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Question 4

Huck: progressive

Answer 4

• ‘Must we always kill the people?’
• she put me in all them clothes… and I felt all cramped up’
• ‘all i wanted was change’
• ‘here she was bothering about Moses’
• ‘she took me in the closet and prayed, but nothing come of it.’
• ‘and had a long think about it’
• ‘Tom wanted to tie Jim to the tree for fun, but i said no’

Question 5

Huck: innocence

Answer 5

• by and by they fetched the niggers
• ## miss watson’s big nigger

Question 6

Context quotes / facts

Answer 6

• subordination is his place
• the architect, in the construction of buildings, lays the foundation with the proper material, the granite
• slavery was a ‘cornerstone of society’
• belief that white people were ‘biologically’ superior ( ‘positive good’)
• justified slavery as a responsibility to society
• honor was important (ironic)
• gender roles were very reinforced
• religion: saw slavery as part of the natural order

Question 7

Jim: stereotypes

Question 8

Jim: father figure and friendship with Huck

Question 9

Jim: empathetic, compassionate and moral

Question 10

Pap: ignorance and bigotry - representation of antebellum values

Question 11

Pap: abuse and parental failure

Question 12

Pap: decay of civilization

Question 13

Pap

Answer 13

• exploration of themes: racism, self destruction, freedom
• he is a symbol of antebellum America and decay
• Twain uses him to critique the hypocritical racist values of society as well as the decay of society
• pap’s idea of freedom is a form of self destruction - his freedom is ability to drink and decay further
• foil of Jim

Question 14

Antebellum, society : slavery and racial injustice

Question 15

Antebellum society: hypocrisy

Question 16

Antebellum society: oppression and pressure to conform to norms

Answer 16

• symbolised through huck: ‘she put me in all them clothes… and feel all cramped up’

Question 17

Antebellum society : corruption and gullibility

Question 18

Antebellum society: violence and romanticisation of violence

Question 19

Antebellum society

Answer 19

• rigid oppressive society and close minded
• Twain criticises the hypocritical and corrupt nature of the society he lives in
• criticises the absurdity of racism, slavery
  -by exposing society: encourages the reader to be like Huck, challenge these views and lead a critical life that questions what is taught

Question 20

Freedom: Huck’s quest

Question 21

Freedom: Jim’s quest

Question 22

Freedom: Jim’s quest for freedom

Question 23

Freedom: limits

Question 24

Freedom:

Answer 24

• despite the difficulties of the journey, fighting for freedom is always worth it
• critique of society: limits people’s freedom and their rights to free will (slavery and norms)

Question 25

Racism: stereotypes

Question 26

Racism: slavery and treatment

Question 27

Racism: internalised and institutionalised

Answer 27

• symbolised by Huck: ‘by and by they fetched the N’ , ‘Miss watson’s big N’

Question 28

Racism: Jim and Huck as challenges

Question 29

Racism

Answer 29

Presented as something that has to be challenged.
Huck and Jim’s friendship become a symbol of morality and hope for the future on equality
Twain shows racism as a destructive force and condemns it for it’s hypocrisy and absurdity

Question 30

Friendship and loyalty : unlikely friendships

Question 31

Friendships: importance of trust and loyalty

Question 32

Friendship. Challenges to society and racism

Question 33

Friendship: moral compass

Question 34

Friendships

Answer 34

: Twain explores the importance of loyalty and trust as well as challenging society
He uses it to critique hypocrisy
Highlight importance of empathy and kindness
Don’t judge a book by its cover

Question 35

Journeys : physical journey as a boundary between worlds

Question 36

Journeys: growth

Question 37

Journeys : Huck’s self discovery

Question 38

Journeys : Jim’s journey to freedom

Question 39

Journeys

Answer 39

Twain uses this motif to explore the themes of society, freedom and racism
Critiques society and how it corrupts people’s values

Question 40

Morality

Answer 40

Twain explores mortality as an ambiguous and conflicting concept
Critiques society’s claims to be morals and the irony of it
Huck and Jim as symbols of morality

Question 41

Morality: Huck’s moral journey

Question 42

Morality: critique

Question 43

Morality: ambiguous

Question 44

Antebellum society: dissatisfaction

Question 45

Huck: product of antebellum society

Answer 45

• ‘she would sivilize me’
• ‘ by and by they fetched the N’ - ‘Miss watson’s big N’