Joseph Rogers Discussion Question

Do you think the women Huck meets is an important character? Why or why not? Explain?

Megan Robison's Discussion Question -- How important do you think the woman is that Huck meets when he's disguised as a girl? Is she just a background character, or is Mark Twain using her to make a point?

Gina Pedrotty's Disscussion Question

Why do you think Huck Finn got the watchmen to check out the crashed steamboat? Didn't he already figure the robbers were dead? Do you think he did this to clear his conscience because he and Jim stole their boat leaving them stranded? Explain.

Emily Rosenstein Discussion Question

We have now read 14 chapters. Is the book better, worse, or exactly what you thought it would be? Explain.

Libby's question!

What is your opinion of Jim and Huckleberry's relationship?  What about the relationship between Huckleberry and his father?

Chris Primo

At the end of chapter fourteen, after Huck and Jim argue about kings and rulers of higher rank, Huck says, "It warn't no use wasting words-you can't learn a nigger to argue. So I quit." Do you think that Mark Twain used this statement as a form of racism to say that Africans are unable to learn from anything? Why?

Kara Discussion Question

What do you think about the relationship between Huck and Jim?  From the way Huck talks to Jim, how to do you think Huck views him?  Do you think Jim realizes how Huck talks to him sometimes? Explain.

Annie Reuther's Disscussion Question!

Think about when Huck dressed up as a woman in chapter 11, when the women finds out that he is man she says things like he threw like a boy and didn’t react to the rat like a girl would. Do you think this is a bit sexist that Mark Twain was saying that’s how girls are or do you think it was an appropriate statement? Explain your answer.

Kelly O'Brien's Question

What do you think of the journal entries about the chapters? Do they help your understanding of racism, irony, or history? If so, how? If not, what can be done instead to help your understanding of these topics?

Joe Siegel

In response to Joe Lawrence's Question:

The best way for most people is probably to sit down with a good chunk of time and read it to themself as much as they can, saying parts out loud if they need to. It might have taken some people a couple minutes to understand Jim's first line, "Who dah?"
I don't think the n-word needs to be discussed. As Morgan Freeman said in an interview, the best way to get rid of racism is to "stop talking about it."

Joe Lawrence Discussion Question 2/21/12

What do you think the best way is to deal with the reading of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain? Should it be read out loud? Should it be read silently? Should the n-word be discussed? Should you get a book without the n-word in it and with slave? So what in your opinion do you believe is the best way to approach the teaching and reading of Huckleberry Finn in a school environment?

Andrew Manott's Discussion Question 2/21

Do you think that the removal of the N-word from Huck Finn would offend white people? It would make it seem like that other people care more about black people than they do white people.So should they remove the word at all and take out language that may seem offensive to white people from other books? Or should we leave all of the books alone? Explain.

Jennifer Kraemer Discussion Question

If you had the choice of reading some other novel, instead of Huck Finn, that is not considered to be racially controversial, would you choose to read that instead of studying Huck Finn? Why or why not? (Both books are equally difficult to read and study, the only difference is the racial controversy)

Emily Melz's Discussion Question

If Huck Finn is so controversial, why do you think schools bother to teach it at all?

Drew McAllister's Discussion Questions

Over the last couple of weeks we have talked a lot about ideas and controversies over the book, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain. What do you think about these ideas?

Sam Koltun- Duscussion Question 2/21/12

Do you think that you'll have an easy time interpreting Huck's "language?" Do you think that this book unit will be better or worse than the past units (ex. Scarlet Letter)? Do you think that you'll be able to keep up with the reading schedule?

Reading Huck Finn

Read this essay and respond to it.

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/cultureshock/teachers/huck/essay.html

Kate Antor Discussion Question

Do you think debating and learning about the controversey of Huck Finn before we read the book will help with your understanding of the novel? Why or why not?

Jake Gaal's discussion question

Do you think that removing the n word from the book Huckleberry Finn makes it lose some of it's emotion? Explain.

Blake Grojean Discusion Question 2

What is your opinion on the use of the n word in literature espeacially the one we are about to begin reading? Should it be taken out or left in? Why?

Blake Grojean Discussion Question

Do you believe blacks and white can peacefully use the n word around one another? Why or why not?

Carlye Chaney's Discussion Question

What do you think about having debates over the "n word"? How did you prepare? And would have prepared differenlty if you knew what the experience was going to be like beforehand?

Lauren Corley- Discussion Question

What is your opinion on the use of the "n-word" in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"? Do you think that the word should be kept in the story or do you think the word should be taken out of the story? Explain your answer.

Anne Donahue's Discussion Question

Do you think blacks and whites should be able to say the n-word? Why or why not? What are your views on the n-word or other racist, derogatory words?

Michael Klein's Discussion Question

Do you believe that censorship in general is acceptable? Whether it be in books, movies, or music, does censorship remove a part of the author's message, and/or limit his work? Explain your position.

Frankie Frisch's Discussion Question 2/14

Does racism in Literature really make that big a difference in the quality of a book? If so please give examples of why or why not it makes a difference. Even though Huck Finn was written during a time of great racism, argue whether or not the book is racially insensitive.

Katrina's Discussion Question-2/13

Why do you think debate is so popular in society today? Is it just because people like to argue, or is there something more civilized to it? Do you think debate will continue to be popular in the future, or will it disappear?

Joe Siegel's disskushin kwestchuns

1. What point about instinctive human nature do you think Jack London was trying to make in his short story To Build a Fire? Do you think the presence of the dog has anything to do with that?

2. Why do you think Kurt Vonnegut felt it necessary to write a story about the possible consequences of repression? Do you think something like that could ever actually happen?

Anthony Scalise's Question

Out of all of the stories, which had a character change the most throughout the short story? Was the change good or bad, and what message do you think the author was trying to convey by changing this character?

Kristen Scego discussion questions

Why  do you think Clark, from "A Wagner Matinee" took his aunt Georgiana to the opra? What is the point of this story?

Jeffrey Seib Discussion Question

In modern times, it seems as if there are always military veterans no matter what decade someone lives in.  Just a ton of peopel have fought in World War I, World War II, Korea, Vietnam, Iraq, Afganistan, etc.  Hemingway's story, "Soldier's Home", describes what it is like coming back from a war and adapting back to normal life.  What do you think Hemingway is trying to say about adapting back to normal life?  What do you pesronally think it would be like transisting from the battlefield to secure public life?

Tim Smith discussion question

What element in each story stood out to you the most? Why?

Madeline Russell

Which of these short stories are most relevant to society today? Which ones do you think to be completely chaotic for any normal society?

Emily Thorn's Question

Could you relate to any of the short stories this week? Did any of them reflect something that you have had to deal with in your own life?

Marc St. Amour

Which of the short stories we read were yor favorite?  What elements of the story grabbed your attention and how did you stay interested through the whole story?

Mrs. Gill's test prepping discussion question

William Faulkner accepted the Nobel Prize for literature in 1950 with a brief and truly moving speech. You can find it on p. 723 of your text, or easily on the web. (Try here.) What criteria does Faulkner propose for literature? What are the "universal truths" without which literature is "ephemeral and doomed"? Can you connect his criteria to any of the stories you have read for this unit? Feel free to post your insights here for the benefit of your classmates.

Disscussion Question: Kayla Swanson

What actions does Mrs. Sommers, in A Pair of Silk Stockings, take to break free?The results of these actions?

Discussion Question- Nick Scarfino

Which of the short stories that we have read in class has the most important element of setting and why?
What does the setting convey that sets it apart from the other stories?