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    of which are true; Huck Finn is a classic novel about the struggle to escape slavery, and the friendship that blossoms between a young southern boy and a runaway slave. Mark Twain, author of the novel, makes fun of the flaws of society, such as racism, with his sarcastic and humorous tone. While he does this, he also creates one of the greatest pieces American literature has ever seen. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a…

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    controversial book in American history is Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The main reason the book is controversial is because of Twain’s use of racism throughout the book. Also, the use of the “n” word to describe black people, makes the book controversial. This book has been in discussion of being banned in American high schools for many years. Many people want to and have banned the book in American high schools. Others encourage the teaching of the book in American…

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    Portnoy 's Complaint and Mama day are one of the greatest American novels of the twentieth century, focusing on family values and traditions passed from one generation to another generation. Even though written in two completely different styles, magical realism and satire, both novels masterfully illustrate a same central subject, a family unit and its heritage. Mama day is a perfect example of a work of magical realism. The author created a work which is at once a tale of the supernatural, a…

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    The Criticisms of Huckleberry Finn The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel that has been almost equally celebrated and protested for its widely controversial content. Its novel is well known as a self-described plotless, meaningless retelling of the story of Huckleberry Finn, yet read only one chapter and you’ll instantly see how inaccurate that description is. It’s a coming of age story, one satirizing the rampant racism of the time and the culture of that time in general.…

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    According to American Literature, a hero can be defined as someone who is selfless, and courageous. In One who flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest selflessness is shown by McMurphy when he stands up for the other men in the ward.Courageousness is shown in the story The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn because Huck had helped a runaway slave to freedom. These examples are seen throughout the stories read this semester. Selflessness; you think less about yourself, and more about others. One of the…

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    Fenimore Cooper's, The Last of the Mohicans, is one of the first great works of American literature solidifying Cooper as the first truly American author. ¨As a pioneer of literature, James Fenimore Cooper did not use a European background to attract readers as Washington Irving did; instead he created his own purely American style of literature. In his novel,[readers]can find real American figures, an American environment and an American subject which form ‘Cooper’s style’” ( Du 25). The…

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    The question of what makes American literature American can be simply answered as any piece of writing that was written by someone who is American. While that is just one part, American literature has to reflect American culture as well as what America has been through. To answer this question, there must be a common idea that recurs in many books written by American authors.One of these common ideas that have shown up in many books is the character style of being an anti-hero. An anti-hero is…

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    Wealth and its Demise The Great Gatsby is a classic novel in which money is the center of focus in the characters lives, but after all money can’t buy happiness. This specific novel is often referred to as “The Great American Novel”; it gained its title because it portrays the prosperity and success of achieved goals. The book also interprets these following characteristics: immorality, obsession, and dissatisfaction of unfulfilled dreams for upward social mobility. This novel is set in 1922 and…

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    this too will be swept away.” This holds true because in the novel, The Great Gatsby, time is rapidly moving from event to event meaning that time does not stop. Throughout the novel the main protagonist ,Gatsby, does not seem to be able to catch up to the present time of the novel. F.Scott Fitzgerald, a twentieth century American writer, published the novel, The Great Gatsby, in 1925. The novel is best known as the Great American novel. After America had just come out of World War 1, young…

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    While The Great Gatsby is a fictional story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald in many ways the book mirrors Fitzgerald's real life. The Great Gatsby in its entirety represents the internal battle Fitzgerald faces between his chase of fame and fortune and his loathe of the unachievable “American Dream”. Understanding Fitzgerald's real life is key to better understanding the novel. In many instances both characters Nick and Jay represent a part of his internal conflict. The tragic love story, The…

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