Blog Post 5: Reflection on Conscience

1)
The quote says that it does not make a difference if you make a right or wrong choice. And that your conscience does not know what is right or wrong it just tells you what you want to do. I don’t agree with this because if does matter if you do the right thing or not. And your conscience does know what is right or wrong and it won’t just tell you what you want to do.

2)
One example of when Huck’s conscience influenced him is when he thought about steeling and then he thought of what the widow would do and he decided not to steel it. Another example of when Huck’s conscience influenced him is when he thought about letting the boat with the people on it go down the river he thought of what the widow would do and then he did not do it. A third example of when Huck’s conscience influenced him is when he was not going to help Jim. And then his conscience told him to do it because he would have a better life if he escaped.

3)
When my conscience stopped me from making a bad decision was when my friends wanted me to go somewhere with them even though my mom had said that I could not go. But I really wanted to go and my friends were pressuring me to go. But I thought about what would happen if I went and in the end I did not go because my conscience told me not to got against my moms words.

Blog Post 4: Huck Finn: Setting Description

As I open the big dark colored wooden door the smell of fresh baked cookies hits me in the face. I see the brown leather couch by the clean white wall across from the big screen television. There is the computer in the corner sitting on a wooden desk. As I walk down the hall I find my grandma in the kitchen baking some yummy chocolate chip cookies. I love to come to my grandma and grandpa’s house because it makes me feel so good and safe. I have been coming here since I was a baby and I feel like it’s my own home. I go to my grandma and grandpa’s house almost every day.
Then I walk down the three stairs open the white wooden door and go outside and the cool fall air hits me again. In the back yard there are a lot of toys that my three year old cousin plays with when she comes over. I also see my grandpas black Chevy Silverado truck in the driveway by the garage. So I walk into the garage to find my grandpa in the small white garage. In the garage there is a lot of craftsman tools and equipment to do many different things. My grandpa loves to do things with tools. He is sitting there working on the lawnmower. So I say “Need any help Grandpa?” and he says “no”. He does not like to ask for help so sometimes I just ask him if he needs any help.
So I walk back into the beautiful house and sit down on the black leather chair in front of the very expensive computer. I think about how much I love to come here. This place means a lot to me and when I was little I lived here for about three years. I’m so thankful to have the great family that I do.

Blog Post 3: Huck Finn Ch. 1 - Ch. 23 Test Review

Summary (8)
The mob goes after colonel sherburn. Page 109
They want to hang colonel sherburn. Page 110
No average man likes trouble and danger Page 111
The mob backs down and goes away because colonel sherburn has a gun. Page 110
There was a circus in the town and it had animals and women in it.
There was a man who wanted to ride the horse and the ring master would not let him and then the crowd got angry so the ring master let him ride the horse.
Later on the King and the Duke had their play and there were only 12 people there and they were laughing at them and the King and Duke got mad.




Vocab (8)
Tromped page 109- to stomp
Skaddle page 110- to take off
Rascal page 110- worthless person
Parasol page 111- shield against sun
Cavort page 112- Prance
Lunkheads page 113- idiot
Lynching page 110- to Hang



Key Quotes (5)
Colonel Sherburn says that the average man is a coward. Page 110
It was a real bully circus. Page 111
If that line don’t fetch them, I don’t know Arkansas. Page 113



Questions (5)
Are they going to hang colonel sherburn?
Why are all the people afraid of colonel sherburn?
What is the significance of the circus?