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    In the book Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ who tells a story about a boy who helps a runaway slave. Twain’s main character‚ Huck‚ goes against society by helping his friend Jim. satirizes the idea of hypocrisy in society by using the satirical devices of verbal irony‚ incongruity‚ and hyperbole. Twain uses the idea of hypocrisy in society by using verbal irony because it gives a better idea of hypocrisy in society. When Jim buys a cow from the stock (45). A black slave is not supposed

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    In “the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” society exemplifies religious 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

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    Critical Lens Research Huck Finn’s much-discussed "moral crises" in chapters 16 and 31 of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn are conventionally regarded as climactic moments in the ongoing drama of his moral growth. Underwriting such readings is the notion that they reveal Huck’s dynamic character‚ his dawning recognition of Jim’s humanity and his gradual rejection of his society’s racism. But running beneath and opposing this narrative of Huck’s moral growth is a counter narrative of moral backsliding

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    Nobility at the Bottom of Society Someone who is noble is defined as a distinguished person noted for feats of courage and heroism. The character of Jim in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain certainly fits that description. He risked his life in order to free himself from slavery‚ and in doing so‚ helps Huck to realize that he has worth. Huck becomes aware of Jim’s sense of love and humanity‚ his basic goodness‚ and his desire to help others. Jim faces discrimination based on the color of his skin and is

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    The most interesting question asked in our discussion to me‚ is: Why does Huck play tricks on Jim? Doesn’t he think it will affect their relationship? I find this question very interesting as it gives us an entry into Huck’s mind and his thoughts on Jim. At the same time he is dependent on Jim: “Well‚ I warn’t long making him understand I warn’t dead. I was ever so glad to see Jim. I warn’t lonesome now. I told him I warn’t afraid of HIM telling the people where I was. I talked along‚ but he only

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    crucial themes in the novel as it exploits the physical and mentally abuse black people receive from white slaveholders. At the beginning of the novel‚ Huck buys himself into racial stereotypes when he says‚ “Jim was most ruined‚ for a servant‚ because he got so stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches”(Twain 5). Huck points out Jim’s stupidity and makes fun of him for having‚ “seen the devil and been rode by witches‚” as a way to poke fun at Jim’s stupidity. As the novel

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    owner talking about swelling him again‚ so out of fear‚ he runs away in opes to find freedom. Huckleberry Finn‚ on the other hand‚ runs away partly because he doesn’t like his home situation and partly because he is looking for an adventure. During the novel‚ Huck and Jim eventually meet up and go on the adventure to find a new home together and to escape slavery together. When Jim and Huck talk about being free‚ “it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well‚ i can

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    Mark Twain chose Huck Finn to be the narrator to make the story more realistic and so that Mark Twain could get the reader to examine their own attitudes and beliefs by comparing themselves to Huck‚ a simple uneducated character. Twain was limited in expressing his thoughts by the fact that Huck Finn is a living‚ breathing person who is telling the story. Since the book is written in first person‚ Twain had to put himself in the place of a thirteen-year-old son of the town drunkard. He had to see

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    Huck Finn Moral Analysis

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    Huck is a boy of adventure and sporadic outbursts. Always deciding what is right for himself‚ ignoring the advice of his elders. Throughout the entire story he has moral dilemmas‚ He has to decide to what and whom he feels loyal: follow religion‚ or follow his gut instincts? Obey his father‚ or obey the Widow? Listen to Jim‚ even though he’s a runaway slave? He can almost never assign himself to one group or one belief‚ constantly hopping from place to place‚ never truly deciding where his loyalties

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    and Huck towards each other’s actions‚ Twain effectively stretches the lines between white and black. The passage right away starts with Jim looking at trash and then looking at Huck‚ and then back again. Silently comparing Huck to trash. Jim then states that "dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ’em ashamed." In modern terms‚ Jim is saying that Huck is trash. Trash at that time‚ was whites who had no job‚ food‚ or money. Huck’ father

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