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    Huck learns a variety lessons from the various figures in his childhood‚ some good and some bad. From his Pap‚ he learns how to fend for himself and to reject formal society‚ but he also learns about racism‚ alcoholism and has to suffer years of abuse. From the Widow and Miss Watson Huck learns about generosity and kindness but also about religious indoctrination and the boundaries of what deemed is acceptable in society. From Jim‚ Huck learns about love and compassion‚ trust and honesty as well

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    Jim helps Huck develop greater character changes throughout the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ by Mark Twain. In the story Huck learns a lot of lessons on how to grow into a better and more trustworthy friend. Jim helped him throughout the story to show him a different side of life‚ and how everyone is different and they grow in different surroundings. Jim and Huck both grew in maturity with their life‚ and wanted the best for one another. Huck finds out a new identity for the world as he grows

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    Famous writers come and go every year. How do these writers become famous? Humans are fascinated with real life situations‚ tagged in with fictional story line. Mark Twain’s novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ describes real life situations‚ in a fictional story line perfectly. Twain put the real life happenings of slavery‚ in a fun and fictional story. The novel is mainly about the racial relations between each human. Classes of society‚ loyalty/friendship‚ and rebellion shows

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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has risen to such a status and has been added to the curriculum of most schools. Unlike any other novel of its time‚ Mark Twain wrote an organic‚ realistic story drawn from his own personal struggles with being "sivilized" into the proper manners of society. He employed several literary techniques and methods to insure that his novel would be considered a classic. Three significant aspects of Mark Twain ’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn include the use of the vernacular

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    Huckleberry Finn‚ a story told from the perspective of Tom Sawyer’s best friend‚ Huck Finn follows his adventures as he travels down the Mississippi with his runaway slave friend Jim. Over the story‚ Huck’s relationship with Jim fluctuates‚ but does this relationship make Huck a moral person? Throughout all his experiences on the raft and on the land with Jim‚ Huck becomes a moral person‚ as shown by his relationship with Jim throughout the book. Near the beginning of the book‚ Huck sees Jim as

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    Jose Estrada Shulman Honors English 11 June 11‚ 2013 Huck Finn is a Romantic Hero In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn there lies an epic journey embarked upon by a child named Huck Finn and an illiterate slave named Jim. Both characters are dynamic‚ so they are constantly changing in either their way of thought or accessible skills. The author‚ Mark Twain‚ depicts Huck Finn as a hero that would typically only rely on himself‚ follow his intuition‚ and generally care only for what interests

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    the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Twain uses the idea of being “civilized” to expose the hypocrisy of those whom are educated and “high class” in south. Through portraying the most “civilized” characters in the story as inherently violent‚ swindlers‚ or liers‚ the connotation with a background of education becomes evil. After Huck and Jim have traveled far down the river‚ they are separated after an accident. One night‚ a steamboat was traveling up river which could not see Huck’s raft. The

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    is tempted to do wrong. Huck Finn‚ in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ is faced with such temptations and situations where he is able to make the right choice and mature physically‚ mentally‚ and spiritually. He is able to avoid bad decisions‚ which leads him to become a more mature‚ established young man. Although Huck Finn finds himself acting immature at times‚ he still fully demonstrates maturity by the end of the novel. Throughout the novel‚ Huck is able to recognize what

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    Autonomy Over Conformity According to Jane Rule‚ “Morality is a test of our conformity rather than our integrity.” The main character of Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ struggles with the conflict between doing what society believes is right‚ and doing what he thinks is right. Raised in the South‚ Huck was brought up to believe only what he was told by the people around him. But as he endured his own experiences and personal conflicts‚ he opened his ears to his own conscience rather

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    In class we had a Socratic seminar about the books‚ The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer. During the seminar we had questions to discuss and share our opinions. There was one particular question that I prefer to answer and that is “ Is Huck Finn really brave or just rebellious?” Everybody had his or her opinions towards this question. One of my classmates said that he was “rebellious and naïve because he didn’t understand what he was doing.” As others

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