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    2012 English 3A Comparison Essay In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ the author‚ Mark Twain‚ compares life on land to life on the river using Huck’s forbidden friendship with Jim‚ the risks Huck makes‚ and when Huck joins Tom sawyer’s gang‚ proving that friendship has no limits. Life on land was emotional for Huck because of the obstacles and hardships he faced. Life on the river on the other hand was a challenge because of the troubles Huck had being safe. Huck and

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    friends help to bring out the best of his traits and morals: Buck‚ Tom and the King and the Duke. ! For example‚ Tom Sawyer serves as a character foil for Huck Finn. Tom and Huck’s religious beliefs conflict since Tom believes in genies‚ and Miss Watson tries to teach Huck what she thinks is right. Huck comes to the conclusion Tom doesn’t know what he is talking about; “So then I judged that all the stuff was only just one of Tom Sawyer’s lies” (14). As a result‚ Tom’s ideas lead Huck to form his

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    Greed in Huckleberry Finn

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    Greed in Huckleberry Finn Greed motivates the characters’ actions in Mark Twain’s‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Three examples of how greed is a motive for the characters actions are Pap’s desire to take Huck’s money‚ the King and Duke’s lifestyle as con-artists‚ and Tom’s desire to have an adventure. Mark Twain’s depiction of these three characters also portrays Twain’s view on humanity. Huck is rewarded with 6‚000 dollars but soon trades the money to Judge Thatcher for one dollar

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    his old ways and focusing more on Tom Sawyer’s shenanigans rather than Huck’s growth. First‚ Huck Finn starts off as a follower who looks up to Tom Sawyer and wants to be just like him. For example‚ when learning about the “good” the “bad”

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the noblest‚ greatest‚ and most adventuresome novel in the world. Mark Twain definitely has a style of his own that depicts a realism in the novel about the society back in antebellum America. Mark Twain definitely characterizes the protagonist‚ the intelligent and sympathetic Huckleberry Finn‚ by the direct candid manner of writing as though through the actual voice of Huck. Every word‚ thought‚ and speech by Huck is so precise it reflects even the racism and

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    himself and referencing The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. "You don’t know about me‚" Huck narrates‚ "without you have read a book by the name of "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚" but that ain’t no matter." He tells readers that‚ for the most part‚ Twain told the truth in Tom Sawyer but that everyone tells some lies‚ even people like Aunt Polly and the Widow Douglas. Huck gives a brief summary of how he and Tom got six thousand dollars each at the end of Tom Sawyer. Judge Thatcher has taken Huck’s money

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    in this story. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn starts out with a brief description of the previous book‚ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Both boys stole twelve thousand dollars in the previous book; each boy got six thousand a piece. Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are both young boys growing up before the Civil War along the Mississippi. Both boys are mischievous but Tom is the one with all the plans‚ he reads a lot which gives him these ideas‚ which are fairly eccentric. Huck Finn does not live with

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    Tom Brennan Narrative

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    I am Tom Brennan‚ it has been 10 years since accident happened. My older brother Daniel has been released from prison 5 years ago. First five years after accident‚ my family decide to move to somewhere else. My sister and I found a school‚ we made lots of new friends. My mother was in tears all days‚ we persuaded her some days‚ about one year later‚ she pull up her slacks. That day was cloudy. It may rain every minute. I went with my parents to take my brother Daniel home. He has changed. His face

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    Tom Beringer's Platoon

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    not only for its cinematic qualities but for its historic insight as well. Platoon is an Orion Pictures production‚ filmed in 1986. Written and directed by Oliver Stone it tells the gruesome story of a Vietnam War not known by the American public. Tom Beringer‚ who plays the experienced Sergeant Barnes‚ was nominated in the Best Supporting Actor

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    Huckle Beryy Finn

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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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