Friday, January 24, 2014

Huck Finn Episode 5 6 7 Summary

Episode 5 - Chapter 17 & 18
The Feud
a. The river boat smashes the raft occupied by Huck and Jim
b. They continue on down the stream to find a family caught up in a feud 
c. Huck creates the name Gorge Jaxon for himself, and attends church with the family
d. The family brings their guns to church and is constantly hunting each other
e. Huck decides he would be happier away from the feud, and decides to run
f. Huck and Jim Encounter two men who inexplicably are running from something

Episode 6 - Introduction to Duke & King Chapters 19 & 20
a. The men claim to be a king and duke, but cannot speak their foreign languages
b. They have been in America too long they say, but Huck quickly catches on that they are lying about their royalty
c. To avoid any discontent, Huck continues to treat them like royalty although he is aware of their fib
d. They begin acting out plays on the raft, even though they know nothing about them
e. The group talks  about a play, naked the whole time on the raft

Episode 7 - Boggs and Arkansas Chapters 21, 22, & 23
a. The group arrives in Arkansas and encounters a group that enjoys torturing animals
b. Boggs, a seemingly rude threat, asks Huck if he is ready to die, but is only kidding.
c. Boggs is intoxicated yelling profanity to the Colonel Shurburn
d. So the Colonel decides he has had enough and shoots Boggs.
e. The group talks about a lynch in broad daylight of the Colonel, who then shares that they only want to do it because they are so succeptible to other people's opinions.
f. Huck sneaks into the circus and watches, which inspires him to create their own play
g. The play says in the flyer that children and women are not admitted.
h. The men who watch the play laugh, but then realized they were sold, and decide to come back the next day.
i. The next day the men come with rotten food to throw, and the group continues on down the raft

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