Question

Read the excerpt from chapter 5 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, in which Huck describes his father. He was most fifty, and he looked it. His hair was long and tangled and greasy, and hung down, and you could see his eyes shining through like he was behind vines. It was all black, no gray; so was his long, mixed-up whiskers. There warn't no color in his face, where his face showed; it was white; not like another man's white, but a white to make a body sick, a white to make a body's flesh crawl—a tree-toad white, a fish-belly white. As for his clothes—just rags, that was all. He had one ankle resting on t'other knee; the boot on that foot was busted, and two of his toes stuck through, and he worked them now and then. His hat was laying on the floor—an old black slouch with the top caved in, like a lid. Which best describes the effect of the narration? It gives the reader an objective view of Huck’s father. It foreshadows Huck’s argument with his father. It helps the reader see Huck’s father through Huck’s eyes. It distances the reader from Huck and his father.

Answer 1

The correct option is number 3: it helps the reader see Huck's father through Huck's eyes.

What best describes the effect of the narration in this excerpt, is how Huck shows the reader the way he sees his father.

He describes his father with a negative connotation. For example, using words such as greasy, white to make a body sick and tangled and he even says that his clothes are just rags. So, the description of how Huck sees his father can give the reader the notion that his perception of his father was negative.

Answer 2

The correct answer is:

A. It gives the reader an objective view of Huck’s father.

This best describes the effect of the narration.

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