I believe that the school board should keep this book in the curriculum for a number of reasons. This book is a recollection of history. It tells a story of a young boy growing up‚ while also describing a harsh time in history when racism and slavery was present. It does not sugarcoat anything‚ which I think is good because it gives a valid description of the time. The "n" word was used often by white people‚ and African Americans were de-humanized. It’s the way it was and to pretend that it wasn’t
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regionalism and naturalism as a reconstruction of time‚ stating that people who could not leave the troubles and move away read works like this to escape. It was the next best thing (623). Although most people enjoyed reading them for escapism‚ some thought Huck Finn was vulgar and immoral. Some libraries even banned it (624). According to Suzanne Bilyeu‚ the Library Committee in Concord‚ Massachusetts was appalled by Twain’s bad use of grammar and rough language (New York Times- Upfront). Though people had
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dialogue of pap is extremely racist but is most likely that Twain wrote it to teach the readers how insulting slaves was common and again did not see them as equals. Moreover‚ in chapter thirty-two‚ when Aunt Sally thought Huck was a Tom Sawyer and asked him why was he late. Huck told a story that in the steamboat the cylinder was blowed and only a slave died in the accident‚ followed by Aunt Sally saying “Well‚ it’s lucky; because people do get hurt.” Once again it shows how people looked at slave
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them. Nature helps Huck become the person he is because the way your treated is the way you treat other people at times. Huck is thirteen whose place in society is second to a slave‚ like Jim. Huck’s father is a drunk who takes care of Huck from time to time. Repeatedly Huck is filthy and left homeless. The nurturing society has failed to protect Huck from his father‚ because they didn’t care for him‚ and nurture him. That doesn’t go for everyone though‚ Widow Douglas took Huck in and tried to ameliorate
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novel. Huck‚ Mark Twain’s main character in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”‚ finds equanimity in the countless days he spends on the river. Twain uses the Mississippi River to shield Huck from civilization‚ symbolize freedom‚ and portray the troubles Huck’s undergoes throughout his journey. The river gives Huck protection from the civilized world by allowing him to get away from the land‚ where most of his conflicts take place. These are the beginning conflicts on land that drives Huck into the
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Huckleberry Finn‚ is about a young boy named Huck who runs away and goes on an adventure with his friend Jim. Before‚ the adventure Huck and Jim weren’t very close. Throughout the story Huck and Jim grow closer and closer together. They have a lot of similar problems and they both want to be free. The two men work together and learn from each other the value of friendship. In the end Jim becomes a big brother figure for Huck. An analysis on the relationship between Huck and Jim starts with the following:
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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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Fishbowl Essay #2 Chapters 8-13 Tommy Jankowski Question #6 When Huck curls up the snake at the foot of Jim’s blanket‚ he does not tell Jim he has done it. What is the reason for keeping his little joke a secret? What lesson does Huck learn from it? How would Jim have felt if Huck would have told him the truth? Discuss your answer. While Huck is more mature than most of the other characters in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ he is still an immature and young narrator on a journey to adulthood
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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ is a remarkable story about a young boy growing up in a society that influences and pressures people into doing the so-called "right thing." It is not very difficult to witness the parallels between the society Huck has grown up in and the society that influences the choices of people living today. However‚ what is it that gives society the power to draw guidelines to define the norms‚ trends‚ and what is morally right and wrong in life? Is it always the best
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Finn as a mischievous boy who is a bad influence to others. Huck is not raised in agreement with the accepted ways of civilization. He practically raises himself‚ relying on instinct to guide him through life. As seen several times in the novel‚ Huck chooses to follow his innate sense of right‚ yet he does not realize that his own instincts are more right than those of society. Society refuses to accept Huck as he is and isn’t going to change its opinions about him until
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