essay speculation

SHORT DISCUSSION AND ESSAY
heres a copy of a conversation i had with guy about the essay, the bottom line is:

I-pranks jim and then decides not to anymore- relates to childhood/cons/lying- huck is maturing as he realizes that pranks may be harmful to others
II-rather go to hell than betray a friend- relates to heart vs. conscience
III-the end- hurts his dev.- he knuckles under to tom and doesn’t stand up for what he knows is right- he lets tom make a game with jim’s life instead of pranking him into thinking he is a prisoner

as a layout for moral development

and:
I- romanticism of tom
II- realism of huck
III- how they clash
as a layout for realism v romanticism



Guy
hey can u give me some examples of hucks moral development throughout the book?
12:31amJohnny
yeah man
so
there is the part where he plays the trick on jim and pretends like nothing had happened
and then jim makes him feel relaly bad
so hes like oh ill never do that again
then
he develops at the wilk's house
when he decides to tell mary jane
then
12:34amGuy
tell her about the duke and the dauphin and the money rite?
12:34amJohnny
in chapter 31 when he realizes that you can't pray a lie
yeah^^^
and theres the way
he comes to realize that race has nothing to do with personality
or anything at all really
he resists the culture telling him black people are inferior
because of his relationship with jim
also
the part where he rips up the letter telling miss watson where jim was
and decides he will go to hell before he betrays a friend
and the part where he lies to the people and tells them his dad is on the raft with smallpox to save jim
that should be more than enough
then, the end messes it all up because he wont stand up to tom with what he knows to be right
12:37amGuy
ok how long do u think it should be? 5 paragraphs?
12:37amJohnny
e.g. he knows they should just free jim and get on with it
but he lets tom make it a game
yeah, something like 5
Guy
but how would i write one for realism vs romanticism?
i dont have enough info
12:39amJohnny
haha i havent really thought about it
but iunno
just say that tom is romantic
and get examples from the gang at the beginning of the book
and the game at the end of the book to free jim
and say that huck is realistic using examples throughout the book
like his faking his own death
and say that the two sides clash
but huck knuckles under
even though he should have stood up for what was right
or something
idk, just bs it
im pretty sure it will be moral dev. tho
like if its realism v romanticism
12:40amGuy
ok
12:41amJohnny
try this laout
I- romanticism of tom
II- realism of huck
III- how they clash
12:42amGuy
wat kind of layout would it be for development of huck
12:42amJohnny
hmm
hang on lemme think
thers a few ways
you could make it chronological
like say he starts in ignorance
then he learn how to do what is right
then he fails at hte end
or you could give two with examples of how he has developed
and then one with the problems at hte end
12:44amGuy
ok thanks
12:44amJohnny
or you could say
I moral dev.
II spiritual dev.
III problemsat the end
and work in how he has a change of heart about prayer
i mean theres a lot of ways
i will probably just go two examples of moral dev. and then talk about the last chapters
so
I- pranks jim and then decides not to anymore- relates to childhood/cons/lying- huck is maturing as he realizes that pranks may be harmful to others
II- rather go to hell than betray a friend- relates to heart vs. conscience
III- the end- hurts his dev.- he knuckles under to tom and doesn’t stand up for what he knows is right- he lets tom make a game with jim’s life instead of pranking him into thinking he is a prisoner
12:46amGuy
ok yea that seems the easiest