Writer's Notebook, 3rd Quarter

For a writer's notebook: watch the videos below, and answer the questions:

1. Characterize the difference between Mark Twain and Samuel Clemens(min 1-3min)
2. According to historian Harlin Hill, how did Twain "begin American literature?"(4:40)
3. According to Jocelyn Chadwick and Gregory Hill, how did Twain's Jim "demythologize" slavery?(6-8)
4. William Styron calls the book a "metaphor for the tragiccomedy of life." (9 min of pt I to part II). What did he mean?



5. According to the commentators, what climactic line of the novel signals Huck's transformation? (4-6)