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    The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain freedom plays a huge role through the novel. Twain utilizes real life examples of depriving a human being from the concept of freedom. The main characters of the novel‚ Huck and Jim‚ raft away from civilization seeking freedom. Huck is an adventurous boy who wants freedom from society standards and Jim is the runaway slave yearning liberation from the chains of slavery. From the beginning‚ we notice that Huck was not the kind of boy who wanted

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    Should Huck Finn Be Free

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    the novel Huckleberry FinnHuck 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

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    but no one else seems to acknowledge it? This is the In Mark Twain’s in the Adventures of Huckleberry FinnHuck Finn is the character who has the necessary morality and internal voice to be able to understand that the ideologies put in place by his society are wrong‚ but he does not only acknowledge this‚ he also tries to challenge the system that he sees as oppressive. Through his journey‚ Huck makes many decisions to undermine the repressive society that surrounds him in favor of his own personal

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    what? Whatever you think thats how Huck treated Jim. Friend‚ slave‚ or father Jim was it all‚ but I’m Huck’s eyes a best friend because of their situation‚ past‚ and how Jim treated Huck. Faking your death‚ running away to be free from everything‚ Huck had a secret yet so did Jim. Huck faked his own death to get away from all the things that concerned him‚ and Jim ran away after being a slave and learning he was going to be sold and separated form his family. Huck and Jim both shared similar reactions

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    Why Is Huck Finn Noble

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    Is Huckleberry Finn actually noble or is he just a self-serving boy who happens to have a conscious? On numerous occasions Huck is ready to lie for the king and the duke at a moments notice‚ often without any regard for the people he harms. Huck even knew what the duke and the king were up to but he “never said nothing‚ of course” (161-162) This happens quite frequently‚ Huckleberry sees that something is amiss but he decides not to bring it up to anyone because it might be inconvenient for him.

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    Tanner Soom Quaid IB English 11 2 November 2012 Morality‚ “Frontier Justice” and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn In the 1830s-40s‚ when The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn takes place‚ the use of public opinion in the form of mobs to lynch suspected criminals was commonplace‚ especially in the Antebellum Era south. There was a distinct lack of justice‚ especially in the courts‚ and often criminals would be put to death completely based off of the emotional responses of the public. Mark

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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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    Throughout the incident on pages 66-69 in Adventures of Huckleberry FinnHuck fights with two distinct voices. One is siding with society‚ saying Huck should turn Jim in‚ and the other is seeing the wrong in turning his friend in‚ not viewing Jim as a slave. Twain wants the reader to see the moral dilemmas Huck is going through‚ and what slavery ideology can do to an innocent like Huck. Huck does not consciously think about Jim’s impending freedom until Jim himself starts to get excited about

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    High Schools in the United States should not ban The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This book is one of the most important components of American literature in our libraries today‚ it throws the reader into a time when slavery was lawful and accepted‚ and gives the reader a new perspective on slavery in general. Until civil rights groups can come up with a better argument than the word “nigger” creating a “hostile work environment”(Zwick) it should not be taken off the required reading list of any

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    Indah Abudiman Mr. Melton American Literature 16 April 2013 A Father Figure for Huck A father is the person who always be there when the child need the most. He takes care of us‚ protects‚ cares‚ and teaches us about many things in this life. In the Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain tells the reader about the white boy’s life without the actual figure father in his life. Huck grew without loves from his parents. His mom died when he was really young and he has the father who cannot be the good example

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