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    personality to be a calming rational thinker while taking others in consideration‚ and blocking the negativity or tension that maybe building. Bill Paxton & Tom Hank’s characters points out that the smartest people on the planet have been brought together to make sure every setting is correct‚ and all the resources needed are available. Tom Hanks points out that they have a large amount of variables to consider when overcoming the challenges before them‚ and they are just starting that “task” list

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    target an ending to slavery. But instead as Huck goes back to not speaking his own opinions and thinking for himself. Leo Mark best describes it as‚ “In the end‚ Huck regresses to the subordinate role in which he had first appeared in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Most of those traits which made him so appealing a hero now disappear” (Marx 285). In the same way‚ we believe that Mark Twain in his own life will stand up for what he believes in at the height of the controversy of racism. But as he gains

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    Uncle Tom’s Cabin and its Three Owners In the passage “Uncle Tom’s Cabin” the central theme of the story is that Tom is being held as a slave at the Shelby Farm located in Kentucky. Tom was known as a faithful and honest person and was deeply founded by religion. In addition‚ he lives on the farm with his wife and their two children. However‚ the love he has for his family and the respect he had for his master was upstaged by the stiffness of his own piety. Although‚ he was a not a very good writer

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    shelter by the Widow Douglas. The Widow Douglas attempts to reform and “improve” Huck‚ but he refuses to give in to her attempts and maintains his self-regulating and ill-disciplined ways. His unruly ways are highlighted when casted next to his companion Tom Sawyer‚ who is educated and depicted more as a middle-class citizen. Tom’s role emphasizes the picaro role played by Huck Finn‚ while they both are boyish and do naughty things Tom’s civilized nature intensifies the readers perception on how uncivilized

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    as Bruce Springsteen and Rage Against the Machine. While Springsteen produced the song‚ “The Ghost of Tom Joad” in 1995‚ the Rage Against the Machine covered it in 1998. Both covers of the song emotionally snatched the hearts of listeners and provided a message for the impoverished and working class. Also‚ both artists performed varying styles of music to express their feelings of “The Ghost of Tom Joad”. Hence‚ both artists sought to spread their passion and influence to their audiences. Bruce

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    south because Huck is being a good friend to Jim but Huck has a weird feeling that he will suffer due to this kindness. 2. Huck decides to “go to hell” because he is sacrificing himself to save Jim instead of writing a letter to Miss Watson and Tom Sawyer. 3. In chapter 32‚ Huck says that he looks to “Providence to put the right words in my mouth.” Thus‚ he is relying on providence to help him. This shows that he is putting his fate in the hands of somebody else. Miss Watson would agree because

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    1. Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn are best friends that have many things in common and many things that are not in common. Tom is better at using his imagination. In the beginning of the Adventures of Huck Finn Tom makes a robber band with the neighborhood boys. Huck soon decides that it is boring because they were not doing anything that Tom promised they would. Huck could not pretend that they were doing what Tom said they were doing. This is again illustrated in the end when Tom and Huck are trying

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    Mark Twain and His Masterpiece: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn ________ A Research Paper Presented to Mr. Neil of Chula Vista High School ________ In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for English 10 Honors/Gate ________ By: Id #: 937228

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    with debt" who makes a deal with man named Haley "a course slave  trader." Arthur agrees to sells two of his slaves‚ Tom and Harry. Of course  he is reluctant in doing so because he and his wife have a good  relationship with their slaves. Later when he tells his wife about the deal  he made she is utterly shocked for not only did he promise Harry’s mother  ‚Eliza‚ that he would not be sold but that he also promised Tom that he  was going to set him free after he had passed away. No matter how much  she plead he said that this was how he had to be

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    (2011) describe music as being “a crucial part of the movie-going experience” (Sec. 6.4; papa. 18). In the “What If”- You’ve Got Mail (1998) clip‚ Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan’s characters engage in deep conversation‚ putting it as the prominent sound used for this scene. The dialogue used showed the passion between the two characters. The tone in Tom Hank’s voice makes you believe he is very passionate about what he is saying and at the end when he is mad about her choosing another over him. Meg Ryan’s

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