The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Mark Twain
1 You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly. There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth. That is nothing. I never seen anybody but lied one time or another, without it was Aunt Polly, or the widow, or maybe Mary. Aunt Polly--Tom's Aunt Polly, she is--and Mary, and the Widow Douglas is all told about in that book, which is mostly a true book, with some stretchers, as I said before. 2 Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich. We got six thousand dollars apiece--all gold. It was an awful sight of money when it was piled up. Well, Judge Thatcher he took it and put it out at interest, and it fetched us a dollar a day apiece all the year round --more than a body could tell what to do with. The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out. I got into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back.
The author's choice to have Huckleberry Finn narrate his own story
A lends the work a dark and serious tone. .
B lends the work a captivating, tense tone
C lends the work a surprisingly hostile tone.
D lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone.
Of the five choices below, indicate the two lines from the passage which show that Huck thinks of himself, as well as most of his acquaintances, as "bad."
A I never seen anybody but lied one time or another...
B There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth.
C You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter.
D Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich.
E The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
A I never seen anybody but lied one time or another...
E The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out.
The author's choice to have Huckleberry Finn narrate his own story lends the work an informal, lighthearted tone (D).
The two lines from the passage that show that Huck thinks of himself, as well as most of his acquaintances, as "bad" are:
A) "I never seen anybody but lied one time or another..."
E) "The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out."
To determine the two lines that show Huck's view of himself and his acquaintances as "bad," let's analyze the options:
A) "I never seen anybody but lied one time or another..."
B) "There was things which he stretched, but mainly he told the truth."
C) "You don't know about me without you have read a book by the name of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer; but that ain't no matter."
D) "Now the way that the book winds up is this: Tom and me found the money that the robbers hid in the cave, and it made us rich."
E) "The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out."
A) The line suggests that everyone, including Huck, has lied at some point, implying imperfection but not necessarily self-perception as "bad."
B) This line refers to the author stretching the truth, not Huck's view of himself or others.
C) This line merely introduces the narrative without directly addressing Huck's self-perception.
D) This line describes the adventure Huck had with Tom but does not indicate his self-perception.
E) This line portrays Huck's discontent with living a regular life. It suggests that he feels out of place or incompatible with a decent lifestyle, indicating his view of himself as "bad."
Therefore, the two lines that show Huck's view of himself and his acquaintances as "bad" are options A and E:
A) "I never seen anybody but lied one time or another..."
E) "The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer I lit out."
Thus, the correct answer is that Huck thinks of himself, as well as most of his acquaintances, as "bad" in lines A and E.