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    Therefore, in Huckleberry Finn and “The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County,” contain the use of figurative language, realistic syntax, and ridged diction significantly help Mark Twain be the successful writer that he was. First, is the use of figurative language in his writing. Mark Twain uses similes to bring in other ideas by connecting previous ideas with the new one. Like in chapter 12 of Huckleberry Finn, “A tow-head is a sand-bar that has cottonwood on it as thick as…

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    truly racist, Jim would not have grown at all, and would have remained static rather than dynamic. In the first few chapters, he is highly gullible and superstitious. He is portrayed as an unintelligent creature. As he and Huck travel down the Mississippi, however, he grows to be portrayed as a father, a husband, and an intelligent man, at least in Huck’s eyes. We learn that he had children, and loved them, when he speaks of his daughter, saying, “Oh, she was plumb deef and dumb… en I’d ben…

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    Amid the principal quarter of the nineteenth century the United States became definitely, in power and in topographical size. The Louisiana Purchase dramatically increased the country's size and opened up somewhat known locale to investigation and inevitable settlement. Before long, travelers were coming back from invasions into the wild with stories of extraordinary extends of magnificence and ripe land. A few Americans wandered westbound, however the country was to a great extent devoured by…

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    Clarias Batrachus also known as the" Walking Catfish" originated in South Asia. They are found in the many U.S States. However, Florida has the biggest population. Walking Catfish was introduced to Florida in the 1960's. According to Columbia Education, the Walking Catfish was imported to Florida from Thailand for the aquarium trade. The fish had escaped from Broward County Aquarium through transportation. Humans also intentionally released them into wild. Through the years the fish has spread…

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    The mississippi river is a dangerous place. Along the river Huck met the good and the evil in the river. This is about the huckleberry Finns hero journey. The adventures of huckleberry Finn is a book about a young boy and slave experiencing the hero’s journey. Hulk is trying to get away from his pap and Jim is running away from slavery. The call to hucks hero’s journey was he didn’t want to be around civilization and didn’t want to be in the custody of pap or mrs. Watson. The call to…

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    As many did not realize, there is much more to life than the civilized world and is bigger than any race or discrimination of others. Throughout the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain, Huck is always on the run from the ‘real world’ to live a free life with his black best friend, Jim. In the midst of this, Twain is continually evolving Huck as a character to expose the flawed thinking in the world around him. In the beginning of the story, Huck is very…

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    Supon Das October 5, 2015 Period 5 Georgia’s Flag Evolution Chronological Order Introduction There are seven Georgia’s flag including an unofficial flag. Georgia is in continent of North America and is in the southeast. The colonization began in 1732, founded by James Oglethorpe with the help of King George the Second. Oglethorpe wanted to help the poor and debt people in London. Since they needed to protect their colony from Spain, so they needed weapons, uniforms, and a flag to…

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    Dear editor, I think that the United States ,Thomas Jefferson, and Congress should buy the Louisiana territory because not only would we get New Orleans and we would get the Louisiana territory which has the Mississippi River. First of all if we buy the Louisiana Territory we would have way more land. It says that there is over half of the U.S. in this purchase. Why would Thomas Jefferson not buy it, who cares if it's not constitutional! I Shirley wouldn't. We would over double the size of…

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    Eudora Welty's A Worn Path

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    Most people today when things get tough in a certain situation they give up, but it is always inspiring and influential to hear that someone preserved. The story “A Worn Path” by Eudora Welty, is a fantastic example. An old woman named Phoenix Jackson makes her way along a treacherous path. She travels through this path with one goal in mind, that goal being to help her grandson get medicine for his sickness. This path was not easy for her and she came across many hardships. The theme of “A Worn…

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    His point fo viewof people is "there are lies,lies and statistices that is one of his quote.Mark Twian thinks that every human has good and bad people in the world.Mark knows people he see them doind bad and good stuff.Most of the time its good...but in some places bad things happends. Mark Twain see that every one has good in them no matter what.Kindness,greattfully,pace people are given that gift of being specail people in the world.Mark Twain wrote this quote " to belive yourself brave it…

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