3. Werkwijze

For the first task:

It is helpful to think of the following questions:

  1. What was Mark Twain's real name?
  2. When was he born?
  3. What does a certain space phenomenon have to do with Mark Twain?
  4. Where did he grow up?
  5. What kind of work did he do on the Mississippi river?
  6. What does Mark Twain mean?

Of course you may use Wikipedia and other sources to look up information. If you feel confident enough, check your knowledge with the following quizzes:

* Mark Twain's history> find out all there is to know about the author: link
* For this task and tasks 2 and 3 you might consider watching some short videos under the following link. You will find more information here about Mark Twain's life, race relations and satire: link

For the second task:

Look up what satirical and ironical devices are. Then look in the book for examples that link to these literary devices.

You can type: 'satire in Huck Finn' or 'irony in Huck Finn' in Google to see how it is used in the novel/play (Do you see satire in this picture? Illustration is from Dave Thomson)

For the third task:

Look up all relevant information regarding slavery and racism during Mark Twain's time. A hint to get you started on the article about the 'Ingean Territory'> it means Indian Territory.