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4 reasons why Huck Finn is the greatest american novel
1. story takes place at the right place and right time... several years after the emancipation proclamation and it began the conversation of "how free are African Americans?"
2.spoken in an american dialect
3.identifies a true american hero
4.captures the american theme of wanting to belong but also wanting to maintain individuality
4 biological facts about mark twain?
born in 1835
died in 1910
born in Hannibal Missouri
was traumatized by slavery
How did he get the name Mark Twain?
became a steam boat pilot and the pole they stuck in the water had a mark on it that measured 12ft or two fathoms and that was known as the mark twain so samuel decided to choose that as his pen name
why is chapter 16 important?
a significant moment is when the raft is smashed; it is significant because at this point Twain puts the novel down and stops writing for a year another significant moment is when huck apologizes the second significant moment is when they sail past cairo further south more in to the slave states
Why is Twain frustrated?
his well of inspiration ran dry