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    there is more a tendency to put society as the first priority. Huck Finn encounters this dilemma. Personally‚ I have come across this dilemma when tempted with things like drugs and alcohol. Many high schoolers succumb to these temptations because it is a lot easier to go with the societal norm‚ i.e. your friends‚ than with what you know is right internally. It primarily occurs with his relationship with Jim. While Jim is Huck’s friend‚ Huck understands the societal norm of looking down upon slaves and

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    Huck Finn and Jim Throughout The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain illustrates the bond formed between Huck‚ the young white protagonist‚ and Jim‚ Huck’s black companion. While Huck and Jim travel down the river it becomes apparent that Jim is more of a father figure to Huck than his biological father. Pap teaches the virtues of a life not worth living‚ while Jim gives Huck the proper fatherly support‚ compassion‚ and knowledge for Huck to become a man. Although Huck and Jim come from

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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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    Jim’s 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

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    Chapter five-six: That night‚ Huck finds Pap in his room. After the introductory stun‚ Huck chooses Pap is excessively tousled‚ making it impossible to be a risk. Pap’s hair is "long and tangled and oily‚" his face is to a great degree pale‚ and his garments are in clothes. Pap instantly sees how clean Huck is in correlation and after that starts a tirade about Huck going to class and attempting to be even more a man than his dad. Throughout the following couple of days‚ Pap tries to get Huck’s

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    Introduction Carol R. Keyes It’s a dance‚ a dance between teacher and student and parent and child and parent and teacher and so on. Knowing when to respond and when to let go and let them find out on their own is a dance‚ a subtle communication of letting each other know what our needs are and how we can help each other. Interview‚ teacher (Henry‚ 1996‚ p. 182) While the value of the home/school partnership is universally accepted‚ it is not always easy to promote or maintain.(1) As we have moved

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    abusive and alcoholic tendencies‚ decides that Huck belongs under the custody of Pap purely because of the familial bond. Despite his position as a judge‚ he is not impartial. The new judge’s views cloud his judgement‚ as any impartial judge would have immediately seen that staying with Pap was not what was best for the child. The hypocrisy here is evident‚ as the judge

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    Should Huck Finn Be Free

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    novel Huckleberry Finn‚ Huck grew up with a slave‚ Jim‚ as his father figure. Since Huck’s father was not in the picture‚ Jim filled that role even though he was a slave. As Huck and Jim ran away‚ Jim took care of Huck and put Hucks needs first‚ even if that meant risking his own freedom. These kind acts that Jim showed to Huck lead him into believing that Jim should be free because Huck knew how kind Jim was. However‚ this idea was not universalized by Huck. When Huck met up with Jim while they

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    How Has Huck Changed

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    Cesar Luengas period 1 Huck Changed In the beginning novel‚ Huck struggles against society and its attempts to civilize himself‚ which was represented by the Widow Douglas‚ Miss Watson‚ and other adults. Later‚ this conflict gains more focus in Huck’s dealings with Jim‚ as Huck must decide whether to turn Jim in‚ as society demands‚ or to protect and help his friend instead. The most significant way in which Huck changes his attitude is with Jim‚ by excepting him as a person. Towards the

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    because finally Jim has the freedom‚ but Huck is not happy. Jim has freedom since Miss Watson is dead and no one is looking for him‚ but he did not have to run in the first place. In the novel Tom states “Turn him loose! He ain’t no slave; he’s as free as any cretur that walks this earth” (Twain 289)! This means that Tom is trying to persuade Jim on how he is free because he is not a slave anymore since Miss Watson died. A family has decided to adopt Huck‚ but Huck does not like it because it will try

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