Thursday, February 10, 2011

In the book Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses his creativeness to successfuly create somewhat of a character through his vivid imagery used to describe the setting of the story. The setting placed by the river is Hucks get away spot. It is where he goes to do whatever he wants with out care. This is shown when Mark Twain wrote, "We catched fish and talked, and we took a swim mow and then to keep off sleepiness. It was kind of solemn, drifting down the big, still river, laying on our backs looking up at the stars, and we didn't ever feel like talking loud, and it warn't often that we laughed-only a little kind of low chuckle. We had mighty good weather as a general thing, and nothing ever happened to us all-that night, nor the next, nor the next" (64). This shows the clear discriptions of what it was like for huck being at the river, as an escape from the real world. This is why Mark Twains clear and vivid discriptions of the setting create some what of a character within the story.

2 comments:

  1. I completely agree. Mark Twain does use vivid imagery and complete detail to illuminate a character out of their environment. The character that is always there to help Huck or stand in his way through favorable or harsh conditions. Such as a storm that doesn't let up and makes a sleepless night for him.

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  2. Good job, both of you!
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