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1. Geography a) The coordinates of Louisiana is 31.0413° north and 91.8360° west which is a state located in the United States of America. The state shares its northern border with Arkansas, eastern border with Mississippi, southern border with the Gulf of Mexico and western b9order with Texas. http://www.worldatlas.com/na/us/la/a-where-is-louisiana.html b) My family and I live in Ajax, Ontario and if we decided to drive and take a road trip to New Orleans, Louisiana, United States it would…

successful explores in American history. Our expedition started as President Jefferson purchased the Louisiana Territory and asked us to explore and make friends with the Indians. President Jefferson gave us instructions to travel along the Missouri River and find a waterway to the Pacific. Our expedition started out on the 4th of July in 1804. As we explored, we came across villages of the Mandan and Hidatsas Indians. This is where we met Sacagawea, she was a very helpful guide as she joined us…

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn represents the novel in which “all modern American literature comes from” as stated by the renowned Ernest Hemingway. Its author, Mark Twain, uses the experiences that the protagonists, Huckleberry Finn and Jim, encounter to criticize the Southern way of life. Pap, who is Huck’s father, is utilized by the author to symbolize the typical Southern man. In the excerpt of the novel “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Mark Twain uses satire to highlight the inherent…

Some books and novels should be banned because of their language and information that offends and some books should not be banned because of their use of wrong words at the wrong time.For example, books like “The Ongoing Saga of Huckleberry Finn was banned because of its offensive vernacular- language and offensive language” (Riggs 3). Some books shouldn't be banned for their offensive language and sexual content.Books that have sexual content and offensive language and racism should be…

Fake Personalities Reveal the Foolishness in Society In Mark Twain’s famous novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, society is constantly fooled by certain characters. Two characters that display the foolishness of society are the king and the duke. Characters such as Jim, Huck, and the Wilks sisters are victims of the king and the duke’s deceiving tactics. Their purpose in the novel is mainly to demonstrate the foolishness of society. The king and the duke are able to con members of society…

Mark Twain, originally known as Sam Clemens, is widely recognized as the author of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel written in the early 1880’s, yet set during the late 1830’s to early 1840’s. Sam Clemens, better known as Mark Twain, wrote many books while especially utilizing satire in his work. Along with satire, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is also infused with many instances of hypocrisy. Mark Twain reflects his knowledge of the…

Daniel Morton Mrs. Kottra American Literature and Composition Honors 28 January 2015 Teacher and scriptwriter Leo Rosten once proclaimed, “Satire is focused bitterness.” In Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Twain focuses his bitterness on groups and individuals who show weaknesses, doing so by exploiting them and exaggerating their faults to extreme measures. By pointing out people’s defects, Twain hopes that people will recognize the problem and fix that particular…

and housing. When he was fifteen, Twain started working at the Hannibal Western Union, where he was a jack of all trades as a writer, editor, and printer. Then, in 1859, at the age of twenty-three, Twain became a steamboat captain on the Mississippi River, but with the outbreak of the Civil War, this career path was short-lived. History.com states, “Twain joined the Confederate Army, but their unit…

The Battle of Vicksburg is a very important battle of the civil war because it not only gave us control over the Mississippi River, but also split the Confederacy in two. Also, it is a little known fact that both Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis thought that Vicksburg was the key to the Confederacy. And we were successful with taking it over. I would say that that is very important. On May 18, our army prepared for war. The next day Ulysses S. Grant sent Sherman’s corps, which included me,…

Out of the many required reading bookings in high school, only a handful have enough controversial content to spark a debate that has lasted decades. The satirical novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain should be retained in the FUHSD reading list due to the historical relevance and important moral lessons taught in the novel, two important traits to have in a novel taught in standard high school curriculums. The historical relevance in the controversial content…