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    (1885) but set during it (1840) Sequel to the adventures of Huck Finn Mark Twain- one of the greatest American writers (real name Samuel Clemen) The name Mark Twain (twain- to cut something in too) has something to do with steamboating because he was briefly a pilot on a steamboat many of his writings have to do with Steamboats--especially Huck Finn Famous for both nonfiction and fiction Tom Sawyer was a childrens book set out Huck finn as a childrens book but it became much more serious Other

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    Mark Twain wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1876‚ after the establishment of both the thirteenth‚ fourteenth‚ and fifteenth amendments that abolished slavery‚ further defined African American citizenship‚ and then the protection of blacks by prohibiting violence against them. In the south‚ this was a time of recovery from the loss of the Civil War. With all of this in mind‚ Twain set his story in the years between 1835 and 1845‚ many decades before the Civil War where there was a mixture

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    January 2011 Huckleberry Finn Analysis Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been regarded as one of the greatest novels in American regionalism. So many Americans have read it‚ and many have enjoyed it and many believe that it is worthy of the highest praise‚ and deserves to be included in the canon of Great American literature. As a piece of regionalist literature‚ the novel shines out amongst other novels. Twain vividly describes the Mississippi river and surrounding area of Missouri

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    Smiley Smile is the twelfth studio album by the American rock band the Beach Boys. It was released on September 18‚ 1967 and managed to reach number nine on the UK record charts. In the US however‚ it was not perceived as well and only managed to reach spot forty-one. The CD comes off weak compared to the album Smile‚ which was a much more well-constructed LP that was never released by the Beach Boys. Smiley Smile took a lot of its inspiration from Smile‚ the most notable change being that four pre-existing

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    Mississippi River acts as the center of the novel‚ it plays an important symbolic figure. To the main characters‚ Jim and Huck‚ the river is their place for freedom and adventure. Both of these characters were stuck in a society that they did not want to be a part of (Huck‚ tired of ‘sivilized’ folks; Jim‚ of being a slave). Jim views the river as freedom and poverty from his former slavery and Huck finds the river to be somewhere he can be himself. By making an escape to the calm and peaceful river‚ Huck

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    Mississippi River in Huck Finn In Huck Finn‚ what leads the whole story flow and reveal the whole adventure? It is of course the Mississippi River. In real life‚ river is always the kind of symbol that represents life‚ changes‚ growth‚ and hope‚ as they are constantly moving. There are always a lot of stories happened on the river. Water is in it and we cannot survive without it. River always plays an important role of human society‚ so does the Mississippi River in Huck Finn. The Mississippi River is a

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    Huck and Superstition

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    Huck and Superstition There are many superstitions especially relating to animals in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. One major animal that was associated with a few superstitions is the snake. Superstition has always associated snakes with “fear and respect and some cultures have even credited the serpent with various supernatural powers” The snake has more superstitions based on it than any other animal. Many of these superstitions come from Kentucky. A lot of the things that will

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    Personal Selling

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    of personal selling is the development‚ organisation and completion of a sale in a market exchange based transaction. The company’s heavy reliance on online sales differentiates it from the traditional market leaders and reduces costs. Interactive marketing provides marketers with opportunities for much greater interaction and individualization through well-designed Web sites as well as online ads and promotions. Interactivitiy one of the key characteristics of personal selling. Personal selling

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    The racially charged novel‚ Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain causes much controversy‚ yet it still impacts American culture in a way that very few novels do. School districts debate whether the novel should even be a part of high school curriculum because of the controversy surrounding it. Twain’s novel does‚ in fact‚ have immense educational value and can contribute very much in shaping the minds and cultural literacy of soon to be young adults in America‚ through high school curriculum

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    Huck and Jim

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    Huck and Jim Huck and Jim’s relationship is unlike any one I have ever read about before. Jim goes from being treated as a slave and being devalued as a human by Huck‚ to being seen nearly equal and a friend of Huck. The fact that Jim stays loyal to Huck through all of that shows the character of Jim as being a trustworthy and loyal friend. Huck views Jim as property and an ignorant slave that is below him. I believe that Huck thinks like this not because he is evil but because of the society

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