Huck Finn Reader Response #3 (Ch.14- Ch.18)
What impresses Huck about the Grangerford’s house was that the house looked wealthy for a house on a farm. Huck once said, “I hadn’t seen no house out in the country before that was so nice and had so much style.” (Ch.17, Pg.75, Para.4) This says that Huck is happy and he successfully found a family that cared for him and that treated him better than Pap did.
The books in the house were mostly poetry written by Emmeline Grangerford. Huck thought that, “If Emmeline could write poetry like that at the age of fourteen, aint no telling what she could a done by-and-by.”(Ch.17, Pg.78, Para.6) Huck liked to read the books in the house. He thought they were interesting because since Emmeline was so young he thought it was cool for her to have so much wisdom. This says that Huck is very smart for his age that he understands Emmeline’s writings. This also says that Mark Twain was very educated.
What was unique about all the drawings, poems, and the scrapbook was that they were all mostly religious. Emmeline seemed to be obsessed with death. Huck said, “Every time a man died, or a woman died, or a child died, she would be on hand with her tribute before they were cold.” (Ch.17, Pg.78, Para.6) I think the significance of the painting of the girl on the edge of the bridge is to show that she has two choices either to kill herself or stay and live. The other set of arms, I think, was to show her praise to god. I think Twain describes this so specifically to stretch the meaning of the photo. I think he views death as something that just has to happen, and that he is not scared to die. I think he views suicide as not a good thing but still not a bad thing either, that it’s a choice that some people make. Twain has a very good sense of art. I can picture the photo in my mind and the picture just looks absolutely stunning, I think it’s beautiful. Huck is touched by Emmeline’s life and art because to be so young she has a grown up piece of mind and he admires that for her. Even though he hasn’t met her.
What impresses Huck about the Grangerford’s house was that the house looked wealthy for a house on a farm. Huck once said, “I hadn’t seen no house out in the country before that was so nice and had so much style.” (Ch.17, Pg.75, Para.4) This says that Huck is happy and he successfully found a family that cared for him and that treated him better than Pap did.
The books in the house were mostly poetry written by Emmeline Grangerford. Huck thought that, “If Emmeline could write poetry like that at the age of fourteen, aint no telling what she could a done by-and-by.”(Ch.17, Pg.78, Para.6) Huck liked to read the books in the house. He thought they were interesting because since Emmeline was so young he thought it was cool for her to have so much wisdom. This says that Huck is very smart for his age that he understands Emmeline’s writings. This also says that Mark Twain was very educated.
What was unique about all the drawings, poems, and the scrapbook was that they were all mostly religious. Emmeline seemed to be obsessed with death. Huck said, “Every time a man died, or a woman died, or a child died, she would be on hand with her tribute before they were cold.” (Ch.17, Pg.78, Para.6) I think the significance of the painting of the girl on the edge of the bridge is to show that she has two choices either to kill herself or stay and live. The other set of arms, I think, was to show her praise to god. I think Twain describes this so specifically to stretch the meaning of the photo. I think he views death as something that just has to happen, and that he is not scared to die. I think he views suicide as not a good thing but still not a bad thing either, that it’s a choice that some people make. Twain has a very good sense of art. I can picture the photo in my mind and the picture just looks absolutely stunning, I think it’s beautiful. Huck is touched by Emmeline’s life and art because to be so young she has a grown up piece of mind and he admires that for her. Even though he hasn’t met her.
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