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    sneaking out of the widow’s household with Tom Sawyer and through the garden‚ Huck trips  over a root by the kitchen. Within the kitchen is Jim‚ one of Miss Watson’s slaves. Jim hears  the sound of Huck tripping and he goes to investigate. Tom and Huck then crouch down on  the ground to hide. Jim then announces he will stay until he finds out what made the noise‚  but then eventually falls asleep.    4. What contrast between Huck and Tom is established?  In chapter’s 1­4‚ the contrast between Huck and Tom that is established is that Huck is 

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    countless hours with a black man who almost assumes a father figure towards Huck‚ one would assume that he would start to see black people as valid people‚ but Huckleberry Finn’s racism doesn’t stop there. Similarly when Jim risks his life to help Tom‚ one source states that‚ Saying Jim “was white inside” is a huge insult to anyone of a different race. Jim did a bold act‚ one that not many humans would do for someone they did not know well. He risked his life and his freedom to save another person

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    Grangerford’s feud with the Shepardsons is 30 years old; in the novel it is 20.  Tom Sawyer is not mentioned in the film whereas in the novel he plays a strong role.  In the novel Tom Sawyer gets shot in the leg; in the movie Huck gets shot.  Huck is portrayed more as an adept liar in the film.  In the movie‚ Jim buys back his family from money donated by the Wilks brothers; in the novel‚ Jim gets the money from Tom Sawyer. Gulliver’s Travel Differences between the movie and the novel: Gulliver

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    7/25/2012 Socratic Seminar | Troy Willix | Mark Twain’s satire was so severe toward society that the latter considered it outrageous‚ rough‚ coarse‚ immoral and inelegant. It was banned from libraries for years. This proves how deeply Huck Finn had reached its targets‚ namely corrupt society and institutions. Mark Twain’s satire was so severe toward society that the latter considered it outrageous‚ rough‚ coarse‚ immoral and inelegant. It was banned from libraries for years. This proves how

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    find his identity because he spends much of his time assuming identities of others and does not allow for time to develop himself. He is Huckleberry Finn‚ dead‚ alive‚ Sarah Williams‚ George Peters‚ George Jaxon‚ from England‚ not from England‚ and Tom Sawyer; he becomes a boy of multiple personalities and spends the majority of the novel assuming one of these identities. While some of these foils are necessary in situations where it is imperative for Huck to conceal his identity‚ Huck also lies unnecessarily

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    CHAPTERS 1-3 Identifying Facts 1. He doesn’t like how mothering she is of him‚ since all he wants is to be free and he thinks he can take care of himself. 2. Jim was sleeping when they snuck out‚ so Tom played a trick by placing his hat on the branch above his head; when Jim woke up‚ he told everyone that a witch flew him all over town and then placed his hat up there. 3. Huck says that a man would float on his back‚ and not on his face‚ unlike that drowned person. Interpreting Meanings 6.

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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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    chapter that Huck is lonely and seeks a less restrictive life through means of escape. As Huckleberry Finn opens‚ Huck is none too thrilled with his new life of cleanliness‚ manners‚ church‚ and school. However‚ he sticks it out at the bequest of Tom Sawyer‚ who tells him that in order to take part in Tom’s new “robbers’ gang‚” Huck must stay “respectable.” All is well and good until Huck’s brutish‚ drunken father‚ Pap‚ reappears in town and demands Huck’s money. The local judge‚ Judge Thatcher‚ and

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    and Mrs. Phelps. Furthermore‚ the duke‚ the dauphin‚ and even Tom Sawyer use both Huck and Jim for their own benefits. “Whenever we see anybody coming we can tie Jim hand and foot with a rope‚ and lay him in the wigwam and show this handbill and say we capture him up in the river…” the duke explains. When the duke discovers that Jim is a slave‚ he uses Jim as a coverup for their wrongdoings‚ another act of savagery. Equally important‚ Tom says‚ “...Why‚ I wanted the adventure of it; and it’s waded

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    throughout the novel. Huck Finn is an example of a round character because in the beginning we meet him as a young boy who is growing up in Hannibal‚ Missouri getting “sivilized” by two sisters. He spends most of his time teaming up with his friend Tom‚ against Miss Watson’s slave‚ Jim. After running away and faking his own death we see Huck start to make his own decisions and become friends with Jim when they run into each other on Jackson Island. As a reader you see him mature‚ become more of

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