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    There are many social restrictions that cause a person to behave or think a certain way‚ These restrictions lead a person to act a certain way‚ based on the influences present. There are many limitations from many different influences that result in these behaviors. In a community‚ a person is expected to be placed under the chains of social restrictions in order to fit the acceptable standards. In the voting process over time‚ the restrictions/expectations have changed. At first‚ in order to vote

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    Huck Finn River Symbolism

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    In �The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn�‚ the Mississippi River plays several roles and holds a prominent theme throughout much of the story as a whole. Huckleberry Finn and Jim are without a doubt the happiest and most a peace when floating down the river on their raft. However‚ the river has a much deeper meaning than just a compilation of water. It almost goes to an extent of having its own personality and character traits. The river offers a place for the two characters‚ Huck and Jim‚ to escape

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    The River: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 	In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain develops criticism of society by contrasting Huck and Jim’s life on the river to their dealings with people on land. Twain uses the adventures of Huck and Jim to expose the hypocrisy‚ racism‚ and injustices of society. 	Throughout the book hypocrisy of society is brought out by Huck’s dealings with people. Miss Watson‚ the first character‚ is displayed as a hypocrite by Huck "Pretty soon I wanted

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    All the changing experiences throughout Huck’s adventures offer insight into the overall theme of transitions in the novel. This theme of flux‚ changing‚ maturing‚ or most importantly‚ the transition from one opinion to another can be observed as the characters in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn encounter their individual experiences. The concept of transition aids in the analysis of the way people’s responses change through time. They are a result of people’s attempts to adapt to certain situations

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    Racism In Huckleberry Finn

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    novels‚ the authors depict their time periods and their ideas of how it impacts the people around them. During different time periods there have been multiple different terms used to show the multiple different racial slurs within literature‚ as Huckleberry Finn uses a severely racist and downgrading term through the novel to degrade black people over 200 times. Later the authors of literature use the term ‘people of color’ when referring to the blacks when the whites decided to treat blacks more as

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    Slavery In Huck Finn

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    The recurring theme of slavery is heavily present throughout the story. Just to begin with the 219 time the word “nigger” was used. Twain uses Huck Finn as a source to spread propaganda of Transcendentalism‚ stressing the inherent goodness of the individual human‚ emphasizing emotion over logic‚ and encouraging a deep connection with nature. These are all things that the schools and teachers that have the courage to teach what has become some a controversial book into a great learning experience

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    character by providing a contrast. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnHuck is travels with a variety of individuals‚ including his father Pap and Jim‚ a runaway slave. Jim is kind and friendly to Huck. Pap‚ a foil of Jim‚ is rude and abusive. Mark Twain portrays Pap Finn as a cruel and neglectful alcoholic in order to emphasize Jim’s role as a companion for Huckleberry Finn. Not long after Pap finds Huck in the house of the Widow Douglas‚ he begins to scold Huck for living a “sivilized”

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    Why Is Huck Finn Happy

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    In The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn the ending was not satisfying because finally Jim has the freedom‚ but Huck is not happy. Jim has freedom since Miss Watson is dead and no one is looking for him‚ but he did not have to run in the first place. In the novel Tom states “Turn him loose! He ain’t no slave; he’s as free as any cretur that walks this earth” (Twain 289)! This means that Tom is trying to persuade Jim on how he is free because he is not a slave anymore since Miss Watson died. A family

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    opinions from a large group of people which we called the ’society’. These people usually judge an individual from their behavior and ideology and if the individual does not conform themselves to fit in with others‚ they will not be accepted as part of the community. What the majority said is not always right‚ it maybe right in the point of view in most people. The conflict between the individual and society is a consistent theme throughout "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn". Huckleberry Finn was a

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    Catcher in the Rye and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn? The Catcher in the Rye by J.D Salinger‚ was published in 1951. It was written in post world war two in the modern day New York. In contrast‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1885 however it was set before the American Civil War. Rejection is explored in many ways in both of these novels. Both main protagonists reject the values of society but they do this in different ways. Huck from Huckleberry Finn‚ has trouble with rejecting

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