Daily Log

Friday, March 6

The students received quotations/comments sheet #3, and were directed to the layout of essay handouts on the back table.

We examined Chapters 15 & 16 as a turning point in the novel on at least two levels.

(1)Huck & Jim's discovering that they have passed Cairo means that the original path of their journey has been diverted, and they are headed not to freedom for Jim but deeper into slave territory. This presented Twain with a dilemma, and he suspended work on the book for a considerable time.

(2) Huck's apology to Jim marks a transformation of their relationship which thrusts Huck into a dilemma of his own -- whether to do the right thing and turn Jim in, or to submit to the pull of friendship.

Extra Credit Opportunity:
Up to 10 pts. extra credit for answering the following questions about Tolo.
(1) What does the word mean?
(2) What language is it from?
(3) When and where was the first Tolo dance?

HW due Monday:
Read Chapters 17-19 and be working on quotations and commentary.
Class Monday will begin with CD's from the assigned chapters.