When churchyards yawn in customary suits of solemn black...

Today we are still moving with Huck along the inscrutable and majestic river. T. S. Eliot says, "Huck Finn must come from nowhere and be bound for nowhere." Such is also is the essence of Huck's many adventures. The troubles Huck faces emerge and disappear almost as in a dream, and perhaps it is this quality of fantasy that gives the novel is buoyancy to transcend the boring Realist novels of its time. Twain might be a Realist and a Pessimist, but he knows how to tell a good story.  

Agenda:

1. Pater noster
2. Read Huck Finn
3. Lecture and discuss significant parts of Huck
4. Review HW: 
1. Do Vocab HW (due 2/5) for Unit 8: Pick any 5 words from Unit 8. Know each word's part of speech, etc. Write a short paragraph that correctly uses these 5 words, is grammatically correct, and addresses one of the following prompts:
1. Prompt 1: We have been reading about Huck's adventures. Explain a time when you made a decisive change your life or embarked on an adventure of your own.  
2. Prompt 2: Explain your ideal government and civilization and why.
2. Read Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn --
   DO THE READING!
1. Check out the Reading Schedule.
2. Study the Huck Finn Reading Questions
3. Get a free audio version: Lit2Go and LibriVox. Both are available as Podcast. Also, some audio versions are available on Youtube. Grover Gardener is a wonderful reader of Huck Finn. You need someone of the south. Regionalism depends on it.