Kelsey Ferris

Study Guide, Chapters 21-23Read chapters 21-23 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and answer thefollowing questionsChapters 21-23: Local Color Fiction and Origins of Intolerance Part 3

1. Summarize the description of the town at the beginning of Chapter 21 ?Thesores and houses were old and looked to not been painted. The country people tied therhorses to the awnings out front of stores. There were loafers everywhere soe arguing overchewing tabaccoo. The streets were pure mud and there were pigs and dg wonderingaroud.

2. How is Colonel Sherburn described?He was standing in the street, perfectlystill, and had a pistol raised in his right hand, not aiming it, but holding it out withthe barrel titled up toward the sky

3. How do the townspeople react to the killing committed by ColonelSherburn?the whole town was squirming and shoving and pushing people asideto get a look through the window. But the people already in the good spotswouldn't give them up. The folks behind them kept saying, "Come on now, you'veseen enough, you guys-it isn't right or fair for you to stay there the whole time.Give someone else a chance to see. Other folks have the same right to look asyou have."

4.BriefJy summarize what Huck sees at the circusThe men were dressed innothing but underware and undrshirts and the women had on high dollar dimondoutfits

5.Brielfy describe what Huck feels about what he sees at the circus.it was themost amazing, lovley sight he had ever seen

6. How does the King's and Duke's show compare to the circus?they both madepeople laugh but at the end of the circus people were pleased and their moneywas well spent but at the end of the king and dukes show people were raged andhad been ripped off

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7. What happens on the third night of the Royal Nonesuch performances?Theking and duke didnt show up

8. What do Huck and Jim conclude about the Duke and King after the RoyalNonesuch performances?they were just like the rest of the kings, theywere cowards

9. Why is Jim sad about his daughter?he hit her when she was little and i thinkshe became deaf

Personal Reaction

In reading this section of the book I didn't really know how to feel. I was mostlyconfused just because I haven't read the entire book. Chapter 21 starts off with thempracticing Shakespeare but I had no idea why they were practicing it. When Huckdescribes the town and how the people in it acted it reminded me off an old westernmovie. Then someone was shot and I was shocked at how happy and excited the townwas about it at first. In this part of the book the people of the town always seemed to betogether as a group and that seemed a little weird to me. For example when ColonelSherburn was yelling at everyone when they wanted to lynch him and when the duke andking ripped people off they made everyone go see the show so that no one was harassedabout being ripped off and then they all came together the third night back to the show toget revenge. Things got around to people in the town like they do today with the peoplein high schools.

1. Present a summary of your assigned reading selection. Consider using No FearLiterature's version of the novel.

After a night of drinking, the duke and dauphin practice the balcony scene from Romeoand Juliet and the swordfight from Richard IlIon the raft. The people visit a town wherethe streets are filled with loiters and people arguing over chew. Huck witnessed Sherburnshoot a drunk man in front of his own daughter. The towns crowd gathered around and

then wanted to lynch Sherburn. Sherburn assures the town that no one will ever lynchhim in the day light. Huck goes off to watch the circus and enjoyed it very much. Theduck had a show the same night that twelve people attended. The king and duke put on

another show that filled the room. The first night the king cut it short and ripped everyoneoff. Everyone else came the second night of the show so that the whole town got rippedoff and then the third night they all came back with food to throw at the king and the

duke but they were no shows. They floated down the river in the raft.

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