In the 1989 movie, Dead Poets Society, students at an academy are deeply impacted by an English teacher. The English teacher, John Keating, teaches the boys important lessons about living a just life, seizing each day, and standing up for what is right. Similarly, Huckleberry Finn learns to reject society’s corrupt morals and defend those who are disadvantaged. While it takes both Huck and the students in Dead Poets Society time to learn these key lessons, both benefit from their journey and apply their newfound knowledge to everyday life. Mark Twain, in his American Realistic novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, utilizes Bildungsroman in order to describe, through an innocent child’s eyes, the “dynamic… between the moral responsibility of
…show more content…
In “Huck’s Ironic Circle,” Hoffman explains that Tom has a fixed pattern of behavior: his actions always follow a model that either society or a novel has set. Society impresses certain laws, making it difficult for a person to act on their own set of morals. These laws reduce spontaneous actions, which always carry unforeseeable consequences. Huck exhibits this spontaneous behavior, behavior that society (including Tom Sawyer) condemns. For example, when Huck tries to propose practical ways to rescue Jim, Tom views Huck as abnormal, as a person who does not want to do things the usual way. Huck assumes that Tom must be right, for Tom is more civil and has been raised better than him (Hoffman 310). At the end of the novel, Huck begins to question Tom’s fantastical ideas. Huck knows there are easy, effective, efficient ways to save Jim. However, Tom is unwilling to take the safer route. Huck realizes that Tom is stuck in a world of his own, a world where anything can happen and people will not be harmed. With the seriousness of the situation, Huck recognizes that there is no time for Tom’s schemes. The most striking evidence of Huck’s character is seen in the way that he goes along with Tom although he knows it is wrong. Tom is Huck’s confidant, his trusted, loyal friend. Huck still loves his best friend, and he does not wish to grow apart from Tom. Therefore, Huck manages to mature …show more content…
After Jim is captured and driven back into slavery, Huck must decide what to do next. Huck convinces himself that Jim has only brought trouble. He sits down on the raft and writes a letter to Miss Watson, explaining Jim’s location. Huck believes his sin will disappear after he sends the letter, for he chose the right path. However, the more Huck considers the situation, the more he reminisces about his adventures with Jim. He knows that Jim has always cared for him, and he comes to the realization that he cares for Jim as well. Huck knows that he is Jim’s only hope of salvation, and he refuses to betray his friend. He rips up the letter to Miss Watson, believing that he will be condemned to a life in hell for his decision. He decides to formulate a plan to rescue Jim from slavery (Twain 223). The literary critic Michael Hoffman has analyzed Huck’s decision to rescue Jim. In “Huck’s Ironic Circle,” Hoffman describes Huck’s well-known crisis of conscience. He
In “Huck’s Ironic Circle,” Hoffman explains that Tom has a fixed pattern of behavior: his actions always follow a model that either society or a novel has set. Society impresses certain laws, making it difficult for a person to act on their own set of morals. These laws reduce spontaneous actions, which always carry unforeseeable consequences. Huck exhibits this spontaneous behavior, behavior that society (including Tom Sawyer) condemns. For example, when Huck tries to propose practical ways to rescue Jim, Tom views Huck as abnormal, as a person who does not want to do things the usual way. Huck assumes that Tom must be right, for Tom is more civil and has been raised better than him (Hoffman 310). At the end of the novel, Huck begins to question Tom’s fantastical ideas. Huck knows there are easy, effective, efficient ways to save Jim. However, Tom is unwilling to take the safer route. Huck realizes that Tom is stuck in a world of his own, a world where anything can happen and people will not be harmed. With the seriousness of the situation, Huck recognizes that there is no time for Tom’s schemes. The most striking evidence of Huck’s character is seen in the way that he goes along with Tom although he knows it is wrong. Tom is Huck’s confidant, his trusted, loyal friend. Huck still loves his best friend, and he does not wish to grow apart from Tom. Therefore, Huck manages to mature …show more content…
After Jim is captured and driven back into slavery, Huck must decide what to do next. Huck convinces himself that Jim has only brought trouble. He sits down on the raft and writes a letter to Miss Watson, explaining Jim’s location. Huck believes his sin will disappear after he sends the letter, for he chose the right path. However, the more Huck considers the situation, the more he reminisces about his adventures with Jim. He knows that Jim has always cared for him, and he comes to the realization that he cares for Jim as well. Huck knows that he is Jim’s only hope of salvation, and he refuses to betray his friend. He rips up the letter to Miss Watson, believing that he will be condemned to a life in hell for his decision. He decides to formulate a plan to rescue Jim from slavery (Twain 223). The literary critic Michael Hoffman has analyzed Huck’s decision to rescue Jim. In “Huck’s Ironic Circle,” Hoffman describes Huck’s well-known crisis of conscience. He