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    I heaved the large and surprisingly heavy box of DVDs and CDs into the back of our 1997 4runner. The strong‚ southern sun beat down through the ancient oak tree’s branches above as we finished packing the car. The day had been slow‚ and I could feel a throbbing soreness in my arms from continuously lifting objects into the moving truck earlier that day. I couldn’t‚ and didn’t want to believe that we would soon be leaving the world I had always known. I glanced back at our ranch and the barn that

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    Throughout this book‚ Huck goes on an emotional rollercoaster. Huck has to constantly stop and think about whether what he is doing is right or wrong. Huck’s view of Jim significantly changes as the book progresses. In the beginning‚ Huck views Jim as no more than property‚ However‚ when he learns that Jim has a family‚ Huck begins to see Jim as an actual human. This is frightening to Huck because his entire life he has been taught that slaves are property and should not be thought of or treated

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    Huckleberry Finn was written by Mark Twain. The novel consists of a boy named Huck and a slave who goes on an adventure‚ which they get into a lot of trouble during the adventure. In this novel‚ it has a lot of themes and the theme I chose was death and rebirth. Death and rebirth shown up a lot during the book‚ and Mark Twain is saying that it takes time and effort to change and you have to commit to it. Huck treats Jim like a slave and is below him in the social status. When Huck and Jim were

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    and Huck towards each other’s actions‚ Twain effectively stretches the lines between white and black. The passage right away starts with Jim looking at trash and then looking at Huck‚ and then back again. Silently comparing Huck to trash. Jim then states that "dat truck dah is trash; en trash is what people is dat puts dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ’em ashamed." In modern terms‚ Jim is saying that Huck is trash. Trash at that time‚ was whites who had no job‚ food‚ or money. Huck’ father

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    Sam Embree Block 3 “Is The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn an effective piece of satire?” The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain follows the story of a young white boy‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ as he travels down the Mississippi River. Twain uses the experiences of Huck as he travels down the river to comment on society. His opinions of many topics are given by satirizing other characters or events. An element this satire that twain uses is the depiction of the characters in a humorous

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    crucial themes in the novel as it exploits the physical and mentally abuse black people receive from white slaveholders. At the beginning of the novel‚ Huck buys himself into racial stereotypes when he says‚ “Jim was most ruined‚ for a servant‚ because he got so stuck up on account of having seen the devil and been rode by witches”(Twain 5). Huck points out Jim’s stupidity and makes fun of him for having‚ “seen the devil and been rode by witches‚” as a way to poke fun at Jim’s stupidity. As the novel

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    Chapters 1-3 Identifying Facts 1. What doesn’t Huck Like about the Widow Douglas? 2. What does Jim think has happened to him as a result of the trick that Tom plays onHow does Huck know that the drowned body that is found is not his Pap? 3. When Tom’s gang raids the “Spanish merchants and rich Arabs” what is it that they actually do? 4. Where does Miss Watson take Huck to pray? Interpreting Meanings 5. How would you compare the characters of the Widow Douglas and Miss Watson? Who

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    bring someone down. Through his novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain displays the characteristics of a man he admires‚ and those he is contemptuous of through the actions of his characters. One admirable characteristic Twain shows is Ingenuity. Like most positive qualities in the novel this is shown through the main character Huck. He displays great ingenuity when he is being held by his father in the cabin. Being able to escape showed much of this trait‚ but Huck took it one step

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    Professor Nancy Reincke English 060 17 October 2012 My High School Reading List: Huck Finn or Uncle Tom? If I were a high school English teacher and I could only choose either Uncle Tom’s Cabin or The Adventures by Huckleberry Finn to teach in my American Literature class‚ I would go with the latter. Uncle Tom’s Cabin by Harriett Beecher Stowe is a classic novel published in 1852. It is said to be‚ by some people‚ the book that triggered the Civil War. By discussing the issues of slavery of

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    owner talking about swelling him again‚ so out of fear‚ he runs away in opes to find freedom. Huckleberry Finn‚ on the other hand‚ runs away partly because he doesn’t like his home situation and partly because he is looking for an adventure. During the novel‚ Huck and Jim eventually meet up and go on the adventure to find a new home together and to escape slavery together. When Jim and Huck talk about being free‚ “it made him all over trembly and feverish to be so close to freedom. Well‚ i can

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