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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn  by Mark Twain‚ 1884  Reading Guide Questions    Chapters 1­3  Identifying Facts  1.     What doesn’t Huck like about the Widow Douglas?     The fact that she makes him wear new clothes that are tight and she won’t let him smoke  and he had to pray before he ate his food.     2.     What does Jim think has happened to him as a result of the trick that Tom plays on him?    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

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    has been increasing discussion of the seemingly racist ideas expressed by Mark Twain in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In some cases‚ the novel has been banned by public school systems and even censored by public libraries. Along with the excessive use of the word‚ "nigger‚" the basis for this blatant censorship has been the portrayal of one of the main characters in Huck Finn‚ Jim‚ a black slave who runs away from his owner‚ Miss Watson. At several points in the novel‚ Jim’s character is described

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    such truth stretching is hyperbole. 2. PG6 Miss Watson was characterized as a tolerable slim old maid. 3. PG7 When the wind was trying to whisper something to Huck personification was coming into play. 4. PG8 The stirring in the dark creating a "me-yow!" sound is onomatopoeia. 5. PG9 Informal style is being used throughout as Huck describes the stories told. 6. PG 10 The superstitions brought forth have imagery when describing the witches. 7. PG11 A humorous tone was set by the author throughout

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    Although his attitude towards his father is more effectively characterized as resentment and hatred rather than fear‚ Huck still acknowledges his father’s ability to wreak havoc on his life; this is evidenced through the precautions he takes before his father’s arrival to transfer his fortune into Judge Thatcher’s ownership. Evidently‚ this animosity is not one-sided‚

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    TEACHER’S Guide TO THE SIGNET CLASSICS EDITION OF M A R K T WA I N ’ s ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN by JANE SHLENSKY UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA AT GREENSBORO S e r i e s E d i t o r s : Jeanne M. McGlinn and James E. McGlinn both at University of North Carolina AT ASHEVILLE  A Teacher’s Guide to the Signet Classics Edition of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction. ............................................................

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    In the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn the author Mark Twain critiques the 19th century society. He does this by making multiple comments about racism. To help develop Twian’s comment on racism he uses Irony‚ Satire‚ and Conflict. In the novel the idea is given that blacks are less superior than the white man. If a black was to have certain actions‚ such as being smart or kind‚ everyone is surprised because blacks are viewed almost as if they are animals. Twain also makes many remarks about

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    Let’s Ruin Your Masterpiece What if someone wanted to ruin your masterpiece? Mark Twain wrote his masterpiece The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn in 1985 for everyone to read‚ but everyone didn’t agree with his wording. Twain wrote this book before the time of the civil war‚ during slavery. There is many different synonyms for the word slave laborer‚ servant‚ worker victim and much more. Twain chose the word nigger. When people see that word they think of it as a very offensive word for african americans

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    worse? Mark Twain wrote a book called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and it showed how society was back then and the struggles people went through. American society has changed since 1840 and as time passed our society has gotten way worse by the acts of violence‚ laws and justice and scams. The way society has changed for the worse is by the acts of violence and how the affect is. In book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn there is a lot of violence going on an example is “‘ Yes‚ sir! I

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    later time period than Thoreau. Twain was a fictional writer‚ however his stories were based upon real life ideas and experiences. In on of his novels‚ The Adventures of Huck Finn‚ Twain presents us with the idea of conformity and society versus nature‚ and what people might actually desire. Both authors characters are similar‚ Huck and Thoreau seem like they want the same thing‚ however have different approaches to what they want. These two people are very comparable‚ and yet they come from two totally

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    Through Slavery In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ written by Mark Twain‚ Huck Finn ’s relationship with slavery is difficult to understand‚ and more often than not irreconcilable. In the time period‚ in he was raised; slavery was a normal thing to see. There was no worse crime that could be done than helping to free a slave. Despite this‚ he finds himself on the run with Jim‚ a runaway slave‚ and doing everything in his power to protect him. Huck Finn grew up around slavery. His father is a violent

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