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    love for his family changes Huck’s perspective of him. Huck goes to sleep and waits for his turn to keep watch on the raft. He wakes up from his sleep and sees Jim crying. Huck pretends that he is still asleep to find out why Jim was crying. Huck knowing why Jim is mourning thinks‚ “He was thinking about his wife and his children‚ away up yonder‚ and he was low and homesick; because he hadn’t ever been away from home before in his life;” (Twain 155) Jim misses his family and wants to see them again

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    parental guidance or support. Because of this‚ Huck leaves his father and finds Jim‚ Miss Watson’s household slave. Even though in the beginning of the novel‚ Huck sees Jim as nothing more than just a runaway slave who is accompanying him to embark on their journey down the Mississippi River to the town of Cairo together. As they travel‚ Jim becomes more apparent as a fatherly figure and a mentor to Huck in many ways throughout their journey. When Jim and Huck are still on Jackson’s island‚ they see a

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Superstition Superstistion‚ a word that is often used to explain bad luck‚ misfortune‚ the super natural‚ and the world that is not known. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ superstion playe an important role that resurfaces several times throughout the book. A belief that a hair ball can tell the future‚ a loaf of bread containing quicksilver can point out a dead carcass‚ and touching a snake skin with bare hands will give you

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    their writing. Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain satirizes many societal elements. Three of these issues include the institution of slavery‚ organized religion‚ and education. By satirizing slavery and the prejudice placed against blacks in Huck’s society‚ Twain takes a stance against these institutions. There are many situations throughout the novel that mock slavery in different ways. Miss Watson’s telling Huck to "pray every day‚" (10) yet she owned a slave "named Jim" (4)

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    Explain the ways in which you would establish ground rules with your learners‚ which underpin appropriate behaviour and respect for others. When introducing yourself to a new class of students it is very important to identify the objectives for the course and use this first meeting to lay down a set of ground rules. Ground rules set the boundaries within which the students must work; they enable everyone to have an equal opportunity to carry out their study whilst in the classroom. An ideal

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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn be taught in school? Daniel Perez Period 1 10/30/14 The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a novel based on the journey Huck‚ a young boy with an abusive father‚ and Jim‚ a runaway slave‚ have down the Mississippi River to Free states for an end goal of freedom. Freedom means different things to both of them‚ to Huck freedom means to be able to do what he wants and not be “sivilized”‚ while Jim’s definition of freedom is being able to live in peace with his wife and

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    How does Jurassic Park use cinematic devices in the early scenes to establish narrative‚ character and theme? The early scenes of Jurassic Park - Stephen Spielberg (1993) are key to getting a hint about what the movie is about if you had no idea what it was. It uses many cinematic devices to help the audience get an understanding of what is going on and what could possibly happen later in the movie. The first things you see when the movie starts is the Universal Studios logo. This is accompanied

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    example of this occurred when Huck wanted to fit into Tom Sawyer’s gang so badly that he was willing to let the gang kill Miss Watson (Twain 21). Huck cared for Miss Watson‚ but he was willing to potentially trade her life for the ability to be part of the group. Mr. Eliot tried to prove that the novel had a satisfactory ending‚ but did not use any real evidence (Marx 424). Eliot just kept saying

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    new people‚ attending conferences and seminars in your area of interest‚ speaking at an event‚ attending trainings‚ etc. Networking doesn’t just have to be face to face‚ it can be using Facebook‚ LinkedIn‚ or your own web or blogging site. b. How can it benefit your business? * Bring you a regular supply of new business * Improve your self-confidence and self-esteem * Learn new ideas‚ industry tips‚ trends and information * Meet new friends and/or gain a support system/network

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    hypocrisy. Twain speaks to the audience of religious southerners‚ like Miss Watson‚ who feel they know the Bible yet remain blind. Twain uses the archetype goggles‚ “Her sister‚ Miss Watson‚ a tolerable slim old maid‚ with goggles on” in the characterization of Miss Watson. This was to say she cannot see clearly and is oblivious to reality. With the irony of Miss Watson seemingly knowing all when it comes to religion‚ even though she is very blind to reality and her hypocritical actions‚ Twain seems

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