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    Hannah Brewer  Hnrs. Amer. Lit­4th  Huck Finn essay      Mark Twain’s ​ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ​ has been controversial since it was  released in 1884. Huck Finn has been everything from the rise of American literature to a  racist novel. Huck Finn’s biggest controversy comes within high school classrooms and its  use of the “n­word”. The book’s use of the “n­word” leaves many people wondering exactly  what Twain’s intentions were for writing such a popular novel. To some people‚ the language 

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    Drawing Conclusions on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Introduction A. Have you ever thought about not having a strong family? Are you able to overcome racism with a friend? B. In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnHuck and Jim assemble a good‚ strong friendship. Many arguments are brought up about Huck’s innocent point of view and status without a strong family. All of this creates controversy

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    By: HJK Is Huck Finn A Racist Book? Ever since its publication over a hundred years ago‚ controversy has swarmed around one of Mark Twain’s most popular novels‚ Huck Finn. Even then‚ many educators supported its dismissal from school libraries. For post Civil-War Americans‚ the argument stemmed from Twain’s use of spelling errors‚ poor grammar‚ and curse words. In the politically correct 1990’s however‚ the point of argument has now shifted to one of the major themes of the book: Racism. John

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Ever since it was first published in 1885‚ Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been controversial. This book challenged society head on and was quite offensive to many Americans at that time. Today‚ this book still kindles a fire in everyone‚ some believe Huck Finn should be mandatory while other believe it should be optional reading. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn should remain as required reading in Junior English classes across country

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    The book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a controversial book. Some people will say that it is a racist book‚ while others will argue that it isn’t a racist book. People don’t like the book’s use of the word‚ “nigger”. The ‘n’ word appears 219 times in the novel (Phillip Rawls). Huck Finn is not a racist book because Twain made Jim a likable character‚ he used that word for a reason‚ and Twain is a realism writer. Mark Twain made Jim a likeable character. Jim was an honest‚ loyal

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    William Capistrano  Mr. Giknis  English 11  12/08/13    In  the  novel  Adventures  of  Huckleberry  Finn  by  Mark  Twain‚  Jim  and  Huck  would  not  have  been  able  to   build  their  friendship  on  shore‚  without  the  insulating  presence  of  the  Mississippi  River.  This  is  seen  through  Huck’s  prank  on  Jim‚  Jim  looking  out  for  Huck‚  and  Huck’s  guilty  conscious.  As  of  a result of this‚ Mark  Twain successfully depicts how two distant  personalities come together to form one unique friendship

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    Shunkwiler Mr. Hall American Literature 11 November 2011 Huck Finn Essay The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain was the first great American novel. Ernest Hemingway went as far as to say that "All modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn". Mark Twain used literature to express his beliefs about American life and society. Huck Finn is a story of a young boy named Huckleberry Finn finding himself while traveling down the Mississippi River.

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    Huckleberry Finn Essay “The most violent element in society is ignorance” -Emma Goldman. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ it is put in plain sight that ignorance is dominant in the lives of the characters. Through the irony used in Huck Finn‚ the reader becomes aware that ignorance is everywhere in society‚ Twain demonstrates this through Pap‚ Huck Finn‚ and the feud between the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons. Hucks deformed conscience informs the reader how ignorant Huck truly

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    Key)‚ are some of the most influential to this day. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ written by Tom Twain‚ the main character‚ Huck‚ idolizes this same freedom. The modern day Huck Finn is a symbol of freedom because he fights for it for himself‚ others and he goes as far as to risk being sent to hell to get to it. Huckleberry Finn is a story of the search for freedom and all of its lessons along the way. Huck‚ a young 14 year old boy‚ spends a great majority of his life being abused and craving

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    Censorship and the Importance of Accurate Historical Sources Mark Twain ’s classic novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been criticized since the day it was released. A library in Concord MA banned the book only a month after it was put into print and other libraries and schools have followed suit (Mark Twain ’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not the only story to be widely banned‚ but it is one of the most controversial and well known. Many people claim

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