HUCKLEBERRY FINN

Reading strategies:

INDIRECT CHARACTERIZATION
Twain uses indirect characterization to
develop his characters. We learn about Huck
Finn through his words, actions, and responses
to others. We learn about the other characters
in the novel through Huck’s descriptions of
them.

Huck Finn
1. Examples of words, actions, or
response:
“it was rough to live in house all the time… and
so when I couldn’t stand it no longer I lit out. I
got into my old rags…”

2. Trait:
• Doesn’t like rules
• “Unsivilized”
• Independent

Pap
1. Examples of words, actions, or
response:
2. Trait:

Miss Watson
1. Examples of words, actions, or
response:
2. Trait: