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    possibly a trait twain wanted to pass off as a Christian trait. Huck said it best when he said “of course that was all right‚ because she done it herself” (Twain 2). One of the most overt examples of religious hypocrisy was presented through the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons. The two feuding families who killed each other went to church together. Next Sunday we all went to church‚ about three mile‚ everybody a-horseback. The men took their guns along‚ so did

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    people often do that to people depending on their race‚ as in racial profiling. For example if he had seen Huck first he may not have sent his dogs onto them. Example 2: The second example of satire is from chapter 17‚ when Huck stays with the Grangerfords in this chapter they mention how much they hate the Shepherdson’s; this may be a satire about how much society hates God’s children‚ because Jesus is our shepherd and Christians are His children therefore making all Christians the Shepherd’s children

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    CHAPTERS 1-3 Identifying Facts 1. He doesn’t like how mothering she is of him‚ since all he wants is to be free and he thinks he can take care of himself. 2. Jim was sleeping when they snuck out‚ so Tom played a trick by placing his hat on the branch above his head; when Jim woke up‚ he told everyone that a witch flew him all over town and then placed his hat up there. 3. Huck says that a man would float on his back‚ and not on his face‚ unlike that drowned person. Interpreting Meanings 6.

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    Adolescent Archetype An archetype is defined as a universally understood pattern of behavior or a prototype upon which others are copied or patterned. Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was and still is the basis for which authors use for their characters in their writing. Huck Finn’s adolescent archetype is based off his characteristics. In Huck Finn‚ his independence‚ rebelliousness‚ and his loquaciousness with people are used for the foundation that authors base characters similar to Huck Finn on

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    Huck witnesses the Grangerfords and the Shepherdson’s fued in the short time that he is there. This small war had been going on for years prior to Huck’s arrival. Huck’s realizes that this is a vile act on humanity because he has morals. (115) After finding his friend dead Huck

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn "Though the novel is entitled The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and the story is told by Huck‚ the key character in the novel is Jim" The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has two key characters‚ one is the slave Jim‚ the other; the protagonist Huck. Jim and Huck could each be considered the key characters for different reasons‚ Jim as he is the main representative of the typical slave (slavery being the most important theme of this novel) and Huck for he is

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    The First World War was a time of rapid change in many regards. The way war was waged changed just as much as societies did‚ and the conflict uprooted order on more than just the battlefield. The home front faced new challenges‚ such as food shortages by embargoes‚ or more direct attacks from soldiers. Issues there were particularly exacerbated by the difficulties faced by women as they filled in both men’s and women’s roles. Though the war forced many movements‚ such as the women’s movement‚ to

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    This foreshadows that during his adventures Huck with have good times and bad times. “You gwyne have considerable trouble in yo life en considerable joy.” 2) Another example of foreshadowing in Huckleberry Finn is while Huck is staying at the Grangerfords Sophia asks Huck to go to the church and get her testament and on the paper it said “Half past two.” This foreshadows that something is going to happen to Sophia at that time. “ So I give it a shake and out drops a little piece of paper with “half

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    Harriet Beecher Stowe wrote Uncle Tom’s Cabin in order to help bring the plight of southern slave workers into the spotlight in the north‚ aiding in its abolitionist movement. Harriet Beecher Stowe‚ in her work Uncle Tom’s Cabin‚ portrayed slaves as being the most morally correct beings‚ often times un-humanistically so‚ while also portraying many whites and slave-owners to be morally wrong in most situations. Stowe created a definite distinction between the morality of slaves and

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    Topics 1. In the novel‚ the Mississippi River acts as the center of the novel‚ it plays an important symbolic figure. To the main characters‚ Jim and Huck‚ the river is their place for freedom and adventure. Both of these characters were stuck in a society that they did not want to be a part of (Huck‚ tired of ‘sivilized’ folks; Jim‚ of being a slave). Jim views the river as freedom and poverty from his former slavery and Huck finds the river to be somewhere he can be himself. By making an escape

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