Monday, June 8, 2009
Huck Finn, Honors
3. Characterize one of the following: Pap Finn, Colonel Sherburn, or Colonel Grangerford. Put the description of the character that you have chosen into Wordle (www.wordle.net). Eliminate the common words, and then from the configuration that you have gotten, tell about the main traits of the character. Is this how you visualized the character as you read?
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Pap Finn is very self-centered. The only reason he went to find Huck in the first place was because he heard that Huck had money. Pap only wanted what was best for himself; even over the well-being of his son.
I think that Pap is very jealous, and shows that towards Huck in a lot of places. For example, when Pap tells Huck everthing he's doing wrong, such as going to school and what not, I think that He's actually jealous because Huck knows more than him and he doesn't like that. He's obviously bitter towards Huck as well because of everything he's done in his fathers absence.
Pap is also very demanding. He makes Huck give him money so he can go get drunk, and he also demands respect and obediance from Huck through threats to beat him.
This is really how I pictured Pap. I saw him a self-centered, jealous, demanding, drunkard.
I saw Colonel Grangerford as a hypocritical paranoid gentlemen. I didn't understand how Colonel Granerford could attend church every sunday and listen to sermans about "brotherly love" and everything while sitting in the same room as his enemy... well I wouldn't say enemy but the family who has an on-going feud with them. I found that very hypocritical.
ReplyDeleteColonel Granerford, it seemed was very paranoid. When Huck first appeared at his home he was greeted by dogs and was intensly questioned before he was even allowed to enter the house that was locked by 3 different locks. When Huck finally was granted to enter he had guns pointed at this head. I think the feud the went paranoid Col. Granerford to the extent to not trust anyone. He carried a gun with him everywhere, even to church. He became intimidating to people who didn't know him and was very stubborn when it came to the Sheperdson's. Despite this Col. Granerford was a warm hearted gentlemen that allowed Huck to stay in his home as if it where his on. I saw Col. Granerford as a good man with a few faults, but then again everyone has a few.
http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/992580/Col._G
http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/992797/Good_ol%27_Pap_Finn
ReplyDeletePap Finn was one of my least favorite characters. He was so controlling of Huck, he can only lock him up in a shack to satisfy his need for control. Then, he wants to steal all of Huck's money to use to buy more alcohol. He already is a horrible alcoholic and only wants to use Huck to get to more of it. He doesn't let Huck go to school or church just because he doesn't want him to have those opportunities.
http://www.wordle.net/gallery/wrdl/993018/col_sherburn
ReplyDeleteI envisioned Col. Sherburn as a man that was hardened by his experiences through life in the military. The type of man that didn't speak much, but what he did say was meaningful and never pointless. I saw a man still strong even in his later age. During his speech to the mob he references the KKK, the army, and he basically calls the mob ignorant followers. To me, all in all, he seems to be a strong man, in and out.
Pap Finn was also one of my least favorites. He actually reminds me of one of my uncles. He is very controlling, wants to keep his kid locked up so he feels his power. He is a very bad alcoholic who steals money, even from his own son, so he can get more alcohol. This also makes him a theif. He even denies Huck of reading, going to school, and even going to church because he is afraid Huck will get smarter and somehow escape the grips of Pap Finn.
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