Diane Sawyer

Is Huckleberry Finn is a shrewd character in the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain? Huck Finn is a very shrewd character because he is clever, cunning, and also street-smart. First of all, Huck is shrewd because he is very clever for a fourteen-year-old boy. He frames his death by killing a wild pig and making a trail of its blood, “I fetched the pig in, and took him back nearly to the table and hacked into his throat with the axe; and laid him down on the ground to bleed.…

The story “The jumping Frog of Calaveras County is somewhat different from the play form presented to us at ISU. One way they are similar is that they both had the story about Jim Smiley and his jumping frog. Although, the story form went into greater detail with Andrew Jackson and the racing horse, they both had the main idea. One way they differ from each other is that the play form did not start with the narrator wanting to gain knowledge of Leo Smiley. The story form did start with it. The…

Through the characterization of the Ewells, one can find evidence that the family is rather coarse, and do not particularly care what others think of them. The first clearly pronounced trait depicted by the Ewells is their general coarseness. This trait is evidenced first by the manner of the character Burris Ewell. He has lice crawling through his hair, and is utterly unperturbed by this fact. He is covered in dirt; he is in fact the “filthiest human” Scout has ever seen (Lee 31). He does not…

Transcending Biology Jim Casy’s growing understanding of humanity throughout The Grapes of Wrath illustrated the novel’s greater theme that kindness is a very powerful force. After initially mourning the fact that he grew more distant from tradition, Casy became firm in his new beliefs. He believed that people should act for the betterment of humanity, a family much older and greater than any single person. Later on, Casy put his beliefs to practice by sacrificing himself for the sake of others…

Have you, or someone you know, ever been a victim of ableism? Ableism is the discrimination in favor of able-bodied people. Paul Fisher suffers through ableism. Paul along with his brother, Erik, mother and father moves to Tangerine, Florida. It this little town many odd occurrences happened, some of them unbelievable. Lightning striking the same place twice, impossible. An underground fire burning for years, just a myth. Or are they? Paul FIsher leads us through his adventures of middle school,…

Another theme that this book demonstrated was a writing style. They way Mark Twain wrote this book he gave more life to the characters. He did this by giving each character their own voice. So whenever Jim was talking the reader could tell due to the fact that Jim wasn’t educated so the way he talked wasn’t the same as Huck’s. Also when Huck talked Twain had us read it the way Huck was saying it for explain when he said “hick’ry” we know that Huck did not pronounce the “e”. Mark Twain, real…

This story is about a kid name Huckleberry Finn. Hims and his friend Tom Sawyer found money that robbers in the cave. It was six thousand a piece all gold. Judge Thatcher took it and put it at interest. It gave him a dollar a piece. Widow Douglas took Huckleberry as her son and Huckleberry disobeyed her. He left the house to feel free again, the out of nowhere he saw his friend Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer told Huckleberry if he were to go back to the Widows house and respect her, then he will…

Huck struggles with his feelings about slavery and the overall moral norms of society compared to his own beliefs. His ability to decide for himself what is right as compared to what society tells him is right evolves throughout the story. Huck’s search for freedom from what society wants him to be is very similar to the struggle of Chris Chandless, the real-life main character in the book Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. Although the books were written one-hundred and eleven years apart, the…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, is a very unique novel, but seem to have flaws. Many students are uncomfortable with the language use and dialects. Other students do not agree with Tom Sawyer’s return in the movie. A number of students also, can not agree with the way Mark Twain’s ends the novel. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a valuable novel but should not be included in the high school curriculum because of the dialect and language, Tom Sawyer’s return and…

lessons. The con men he meets up with teach him that lying can only hurt those being lied to. When Huck finds himself in the middle of a family feud, he becomes aware of how much hurt comes from violence. Huck always seems to try and be just like Tom Sawyer, and it isn’t until he goes on an adventure into a wrecked steamship that he realizes he needs to be himself and do things his own way. When given the opportunity to learn a lesson, take it. You never know how important it is or when you…