Jim

Skim through chapters 1-7 of Huckleberry Finn. How is Jim portrayed by Huck?


Jim is very superstitious.  He believes that witches came for him but it was really a prank.  The characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses the word "nigger" and it's demeaning to black people.  Mark Twain describes Jim in a racist way. 

Watch two examples of film versions of the novel. How is Jim portrayed in the dvd version and the VHS version? How do you account for the differences in the portrayal of Jim?

In the first  DVD version, Jim is some kind of voodoo man.  I thought he'd be in rags and dirty but he wasn't.

In the second DVD version, they show him more family-oriented.  He is sad because he is leaving his family and they show him actually leaving instead of just showing up on Jackson Island.  

In the VHS version,  

Shrek Satire.

Watch the clips from Skrek 2 and identify examples of the following characteristics:

Exaggeration- george bush in the mirror, E! News, pepper spray, catnip=drugs, there's a starbucks everywhere, skim milk to defeat Mongo, Pinocchio turns into a real boy then turns back,

Incongruity- the furniture come alive

Reversal- the fairy godmother is suppose to be good and caring but she's evil and conniving.

Parody- how the mice make the dress and how a princess of made, joan rivers, Cops, wheel of fortune, james bond, starbucks, ghostbusters, Far Far away Idol