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Pudd'nhead Wilson

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Analysis Learning Goals:
Identify and Define Satire and Satirical Strategies
Analyze how Satire proves theme
Evaluate the use of Satire to prove theme

Identify and Define Realism and Regionalism
Analyze the characteristics of Realism and Regionalism to prove theme
Evaluate the use of Realism and Regionalism to prove theme
Synthesize the characteristics of Realism and Reconstruction patterns and issues to determine how Realism and Regionalism were responding to the Reconstruction Era

Listen to the audio of Pudd'nhead Wilson from Libri Vox:

Remember to read along with the audio.  Your long-term complex-text reading skills don't improve unless you read along.  Eyes on the page.

Chapters 1-2:  What is the Point of View of this novel?  What's Twain purpose in using that POV?  Why start the novel with all this stuff about Pudd'nhead Wilson and the setting? What's the point of the Whisper to the Reader?

Chapter 0 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (4 min)
Chapter 1 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (12 min)
Chapter 2 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (15 min)

Chapters 3-4:  What motivates Roxy's actions in these chapters?  What is Twain's opinion about the value of those things as motivators?

Chapter 3 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (12 min)
Chapter 4 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (17 min)

Chapters 5-7:  Juxtapose the Italian twins to Tom and Chambers, Pudd'nhead Wilson to the Twins, and Pudd'nhead Wilson to the Judge.  Huh?  What's with all the comparisons?

Chapter 5 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (11 min)
Chapter 6 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (11 min)
Chapter 7 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (7 min)

Chapters 8-9: Does Tom subvert or uphold racial stereotypes?  Does Twain?

Chapter 8 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (19 min)
Chapter 9 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (10 min)

Chapters 10-11: Look for Irony.  How does Twain twist what the reader expects?  What effect does that have?

Chapter 10 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (10 min)
Chapter 11 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (27 min)

Chapters 12-13:  Based on these chapters, make some predictions.  How will this story conclude?  What is Twain setting up for the reader?

Chapter 12 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (12 min)
Chapter 13 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (13 min)

Chapters 14-15:  Has the Point of View of the novel changed since the beginning?  Has the tone of the novel changed since the beginning?

Chapter 14 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (20 min)
Chapter 15 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (17 min)

Chapters 16-17:  How permanent are "identities"?  What makes someone's "identity"?

Chapter 16 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (8 min)
Chapter 17 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (5 min)

Chapters 18-19:  Is anybody a round character?  Is anybody a dynamic character?

Chapter 18 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (22 min)
Chapter 19 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (18 min)

Chapters 20-End: What is Twain's opinion of society?  What is Twain's opinion of humanity?

Chapter 20 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (16 min)
Chapter 21 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (25 min)
Chapter 22 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (5 min)
Chapter 23 - Pudd'nhead Wilson (10  min)
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