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    In the American classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, a young boy named Huck and a slave named Jim are faced with danger while they travel down the Mississippi River. The pair, Huck and Jim, must overcome obstacles and challenges after Huck faked death and left town and Jim became a runaway slave. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the theme, even though many often try, with good intentions, the results tend to work against them, is developed with the motifs of…

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    things that you can find in the etiquette book kept on the tidy little book self. As Tom places his napkin on his lap, Huck swipes his dirty face with the back of his hand. Huckleberry Finn has never been taught these proper etiquette schemes. As Tom Sawyer says his prayers like he was properly taught, Huckleberry Finn couldn’t care less about them. Huck hates living by the rules and would rather live on his own terms. “The widow rung a bell for supper, and you had to come to time. When…

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    In Mark Twain's “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” A young white boy named “Huck”and a runaway slave take on an amazing and risky adventure down the mississippi River in search of freedom. But as we see later throughout the story “Huck” is constantly being trapped and controlled, not only physically but within himself. Huck and the runaway slave will learn that the human soul cannot be tamed or controlled; Freedom is more than Physical; It is mental-it is emotional. The conflict within Huck…

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    1. P1 The Widow Douglas attempts to civilize Huckleberry Finn which most likely including religion. Her calling him a lost lamb probably alludes to that theory. 2. P2 The way it’s written, it seems that slaves are a commonality in the South during this time period. 3. P3 With Mark Twain making fun of the South’s odd rituals and superstitions, the reader can tell that Huckleberry Finn is not too religious. 4. P4 Mark Twain mocks the fact that people in the South regard African American slaves and…

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    Many people love the story of Huckleberry Finn. It is a childhood favorite, loved by many. It is taught in schools across America, ranging from students from elementary to high school. Many students have read it over the years and a lot of the school boards have looked past it, until recent years. Many teachers and parents have brought issues involving Huckleberry Finn in focus. Even though The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin is very popular, it should not be taught in the school curriculum. Some…

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    Throughout history, many books had to be ban due to the controversy surrounding it or because of its content. Mark Twain’s “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” is one of the most banned books of all time throughout America due to the controversial contents and topics it touches upon. However, many people have took the book at face value and misinterpreted the book and what Twain was trying to accomplish entirely thus causing the book to gain mass controversy.The book in reality touches on serious…

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    Huckleberry Finn is a popular American classic written by Mark Twain. Although it is a popular classic, it is surrounded by many debates and questions over the book’s controversial issue of racism. The story is about a young boy named Huck Finn, who is running away from civilization with a runaway slave named Jim. The story covers Huck’s character development and realization of Jim’s caring personality, that leads to the two becoming good friends. Huckleberry Finn is not a racist book because of…

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    addiction, plays an important role as one of the themes throughout the entire novel titled, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was written by one of America’s greatest writers in all of its history, Mark Twain. As the novel acts as an extension of Mark Twain’s other publication, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, it goes on in the point-of -view of Huckleberry Finn and his adventures after trying to leave his “incarcerating” establishment and his drunk and abusive…

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    read original American novels more and more debate rises about the message the book is really sending to its audience. I believe that Huckleberry Finn should continue to be taught in public classrooms because when the novel is analyzed in correct environments it realistically expresses racial problems and corruption of society in the early 1800 's. While Huckleberry Finn can be offensive and misunderstood in many ways; a valuable message also lies deeper than just in the literary text. The novel…

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    Although he lived through the period where slavery still existed, he managed to look past the thought and saw them as more of workers than slaves. In his famous book “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, the character Huck is based on Mark himself and Jim as their slave. Huck recognized that Jim was a slave but was friends with him despite that. In the book as well as in Twains life, slavery and racism are both existent but he didn’t participate…

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