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    Huckleberry Finn‚ the main character of "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚" faces many challenges growing up. Being a runaway child of an alcoholic and abusive father‚ Huck encounters many obstacles. Statistics do not show a positive outlook for someone with a bad childhood. Neglected by his father‚ Huck smokes cigarrettes as a coping mechanism. In the article‚ "Child Abuse and Neglect‚" it states that children who have been neglected have the "inability to accurately recognize emotions in others

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    other black anti-racist leaders fought against discrimination. They fought a battle that has gone on longer than many people have been around‚ back in the 1800’s. In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain‚ twain wants us to see how this battle rages on today‚ affecting many people’s everyday lives. The book itself is very racist toward African Americans in which the word "nigger" is used. Many people use this word today‚ but back when Huck was around using vulgar discriminating

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    In the novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain‚ the author uses dialects and‚ someone say‚ vulgar language to bring to bring forward many of the issues society faced in the time period following the Civil War. With the use of many different dialects in the novel‚ Twain is not only able to create vivid‚ realistic characters but is also able to show his beliefs concerning education‚ and family upbringing through his characters. The main character‚ Huckleberry Finn‚ has a unique dialect

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 1) The Conscience of a 13 year old Boy: The White‚ Black‚ and Gray Areas Traveling down the Mississippi river to leave his problems behind‚ Huck Finn only finds more. During his journey‚ Huck’s two-sided personality kicks in and nearly causes him to abandon his friend Jim‚ a runaway slave. Now one may infer that Huck is merely a young and confused boy trying to figure out if his friendship is worth all of this trouble.  That however‚ many not be what Twain is

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    Through its contrasting river and shore scenes‚ Twain’s Huckleberry Finn suggests that to find the true expression of American democratic ideals‚ one must leave “civilized” society and go back to nature. Twain expresses his opinions to the public through the innocent and naïve eyes of a fourteen year old boy. He not only uses Huckleberry to convey his thoughts but also uses the Mississippi River as the grand symbolic representation of nature and freedom. Twain criticized the contradiction that

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    Rights Offered: first North American serial rights Altamont‚ NY 12009 (518) 872-1305 johnfemia1@aol.com THE ADVENTURES OF HUCKLEBERRY FINN: A PORTRAIT OF SLAVERY IN AMERICA by John Femia At the surface‚ Mark Twain ’s famed novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ is a thrilling narrative told by a 13-year-old boy who embarks on a perilous journey down the formidable Mississippi River aboard a tiny wooden raft. The story ’s sensationalism

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    In the novel Adventure of Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain‚ Huckleberry Finn lives in a racist society where people believe that African Americans slaves have no rights. Finn experiences internal obstacles as he gradually helps his guardian’s slave escape. He questions whether what he is doing is moral; however‚ in the end he learns to understand the power of his mind and makes his own decisions. He is very aware of how society would view his acts‚ but finally does not care what anyone else may think

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    William Baird English III AP/DC Obas-7 21 March 2013 Research Paper Mark Twain ’s controversial novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ satirizes the true nature of people by contrasting people ’s beliefs against what they say they believe is morally right. In events such as Sherburn ’s murder of Boggs‚ the town drunk‚ and the open conflict of the Shepherdsons and the Grangerfords‚ in which both families believe they should attend church service‚ but continue to kill each other in their

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    Tone: The tone of Huckleberry Finn is innocent to me. Huckleberry is a young boy that is just now being educated against his personal preference and he doesn’t fully understand the concepts of religion‚ education and life itself. “Then she told me all about the bad place‚ and I said I wished I was there. She got all mad then‚ but I didn’t mean no harm.” Another example of tone is informal humor. Huckleberry is says and does things throughout the story that were not initially supposed to be. “Hello

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    what he believes is right versus what society says is right. The story begins with Huck sharing society’s view of what is right; however‚in the end his thoughts are represented by what he believes is right. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Mark Twain created the character of Huck Finn who was left to create his own destiny leaving him to choose between his strong heart or his conscience that was heavily based on the views of society. In the beginning‚ Huck lives with the Widow Douglas and Miss

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