ENGL 2270 Chapter : 10-Sep
Document Summary
Ralph waldo emerson- wouldn"t like to be associated with a group: transcendentalism, american renaissance, characterizes nature- romantic literary movement, a place that can be full of information. In huck finn- he really connects to the outside world. Huck finn- human beings can be awful cruel to each other : controversial novel, t. s. Elliot- says it"s a better novel than twain thought it would be: satire- use of wit and sarcasm, bildungsroman- a coming of age story, watching the main character grow, picaresque- there is no growth experience in the story. Don coyote, this is meant for comedy, character keeps finding themselves in bad situations. Left where huck and jim gets separated and huck plays a trick: he feels bad, jim is a complex personality, huck is still considering telling on him, thinks its morally wrong from what he learned in the.
