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    put dirt on de head er dey fren’s en makes ‘em ashamed. (p. 109) Jim’s words had a big affect on Huck‚ who realizes that Jim is a person‚ and that his feelings can be hurt. Another example of his growing maturity occurs when Tom meets Huck in the end of the story. Tom immediately takes control of the situation‚ telling Huck that to rescue Jim the ‘right’ way‚ they must use the most complicated method possible. This includes elaborate things like digging into the cabin through the floor‚ having

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    Instead‚ Christ decided to start preaching to the children around them. Jim constantly suffers from discrimination‚ but still realizes that different methods can be used to be kind to others. Correspondingly‚ Jim becomes a metaphorical father to Huck and Tom‚ as well as disliked by several because of his race‚ which makes him an embodiment of Christ; however Jim believes in superstitions which make him unlike the Lord. Throughout Huck and Jim’s adventure‚ they encounter innumerable treacherous occasions

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    The Four Ps of Creativity

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    product are the underlying factors of creativity itself. By understanding how the 4 Ps work we are able to venturing into the life of a creative thinker and conduct and analysis of there creativity. In this case we will look at a German media artist‚ Tom Tykwer who has constructed a variety of unique films due to his high level of creativity. This creativity has been shaped by the Four Ps or in other words‚ his individual characteristics‚ the environment he is surrounded by and the particular processes

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    Huckleberry Finn is a racist. That’s what many people believe‚ but it’s simply not true. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Huck is not a racist because he helps Jim to freedom‚ befriends African Americans‚ and he generally respects Jim. First reason Huck isn’t racist is because Huck helps Jim to freedom. Huck says “‘All right‚ then‚ I’ll go to hell’” (p. 214). This shows that Huck made the decision to help Jim escape to freedom after he was caught and sold. When Huck says “‘And

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    bad luck through for accidentally killing a spider. This shows that despite Huck’s attempts to separate himself from the restrictions of society (ie: his resistance to the widow’s attempts to civilize him‚ his desire to join a band of robbers with Tom Sawyer‚ his fondness for smoking‚ etc.)‚ he is still influenced by its values and teachings. Because he has been taught growing up that it is wrong to harm another innocent creature‚ he feels guilty for having burned the spider. Thus‚ this causes him

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    adventures with a very immature friend Tom Sawyer‚ a slave named Jim who slowly becomes a friend with Huck‚ and through two con-men who have a lot of greed. At the beginning of this novel‚ Huck was trying to fit in with his friend Tom Sawyer‚ but found out that he was far more mature than Tom. For example‚ huck joined one of Tom’s groups that he created where they would pretend to be bad guys. Huck started to think that this group was very immature and thought Tom started to lie about their group adventures

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    Huck Finn

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    is being offered to him. “I felt so lonesome I most wished I was dead.” From this it is proven that he would rather die than live by rules and principals which make him immature. When Huck is around Tom Sawyer he is not willing to stand up for what he believes in and is persuaded into listening to Tom. In the middle of the novel‚ as it progresses Huck gains maturity. Firstly‚ Huck is now questioning between right and wrong. This shows how he is gaining maturity because he starts doubting his own

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    the relationship between characters’ actions and their moralities. Ironically‚ Huck and Jim‚ the novel’s social pariahs‚ represent the moral fiber of this novel as they defy predefined racial boundaries and learn to trust and even love each other. Tom Sawyer‚ Huck’s well off‚ socially accepted counter part and literary foil‚ is a manifestation of selfishness and corruptness‚ despite being of a higher class than Huck and Jim. As the novel is plot driven‚ Twain establishes the characters’ morality

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    CAPTAIN PHILLIPS

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    CAPTAIN PHILLIPS Tom Hank’s new movie‚ Captain Phillips‚ can easily be summed up in one word‚ intense. Yet‚ the intensity of the film still couldn’t avoid shaky camera shots and extremely lengthy scenes. The true story of the 2009 hijacking of an American cargo ship is a story that most of us remember vividly. Tom Hanks‚ who was born to play Captain Phillips‚ brings this terrifying story to life. The movie starts out with an uptight Captain Phillips obsessing over emergency drills and making sure

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    many generations and that it has the power of telling the truth. Leo Marx‚ an MIT professor of American studies‚ agrees with Trilling by saying that it is a masterpiece; however‚ believes that the ending is a great flaw beginning with the part where Tom Sawyer returns to help Huck save Jim. Marx agrees with Trilling‚ saying there is a “falling off” at the end but he takes it much further by saying “it makes so many readers uneasy because they rightly sense that it jeopardizes the significance of the

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