Narrative Voices in Huck Finn-

A detailed Summary of Narrative Voices in Huck Finn-

Huckleberry Finn provides the narrative voice of Mark Twain's

novel, and his honest voice combined with his personal vulnerabilities

reveal the different levels of the Grangerfords' world. Huck is

without a family: neither the drunken attention of Pap nor the pious

ministrations of Widow Douglas were desirable allegiance. He stumbles

upon the Grangerfords in darkness, lost from Jim and the raft. The

family, after some initial cross-examination, welcomes, feeds and

rooms Huck with an amiable boy his age. With the light of the next

morning, Huck estimates "it was a mighty nice family, and a mighty

nice house, too"(110). This is the first of many compliments Huck

bestows on the Grangerfords and their possessions. Huck is impressed

by all of the Grangerfords' belongings and liberally offers

compliments. The books are piled on the table "perfectly exact"(111),

the table had a cover made from "beautiful oilcloth"(111), and a book

was filled with "beautiful stuff and poetry"(111). He even appraises

the chairs, noting they are "nice split-bottom chairs, and perfectly

sound, too--not bagged down in the middle and busted, like an old

basket"(111). It is apparent Huck is more

particular, she could write about anything you choose to give her to

needless, pointless violence. From the dignified Colonel with "a few

write about, just so it was sadful"(114). Yet Twain allows the images

murdered, never questions the ways of his family. For the rest of the

and notes "most folks don't go to church only when they've got to; but

high-ceilinged area in the middle of their double house. "Nothing

prefaced by: "I don't want to talk much about the next day"(124). For

send him to the church on an errand. By this point the cynical,

Jim, almost exactly mirrors the end of chapter eighteen. Both chapter

not the past decisions of a father or grandfather. This is clearly

destruction of Huck's adopted family. The mantel clock was admired by

(116). Huck admired how the Colonel gently ruled his family with

hints of a submerged temper. The same temper exists in one of his

almost hear Mark Twain laughing over the parrot-flanked clock and the

Approximate Word count = 1603
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: English

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