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    Ko‚ Sam English Per 4 Honors English Summer Assignment 1) Traits: uneducated‚ young‚ and individualistic Throughout the book‚ it is hinted and notified that Huck Finn is the narrator. As the reader continues to read‚ he or she realizes the amount of slang and many misspelled words. The Book is written through Huck’s perspective. Because Huck has many misspelled words‚ slang and‚ grammatical errors‚ I can conclude that he is uneducated in literature. When Reading the book‚ it

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    overall theme of transitions in the novel. This theme of flux‚ changing‚ maturing‚ or most importantly‚ the transition from one opinion to another can be observed as the characters in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn encounter their individual experiences. The concept of transition aids in the analysis of the way people’s responses change through time. They are a result of people’s attempts to adapt to certain situations‚ and lead to the reconstruction of one’s identity. Each instance of transition

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    school‚ rules‚ and civilized behavior.For both Huck and Jim it was a place of adventure. II. Point of View: “I felt so mean I could almost kissed his foot to get him to take it back. It was fifteen minutes before I could work myself up to go and humble myself to a nigger: but i done it‚ and I warn’t ever sorry for it

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    work for this semester. I am a straight A student and I will not take a C- as passing. My first piece of work is my Biology Children’s Book Activity. I have grown by Investigating the world with this Project. My second artifact is the Huckleberry Finn AP Lit Essay in which I have grown academically. I have grown Academically because it teaches me stuff that I will learn later on in life. I have grown in this first semester by seeing what there is to the world and learning what there is in the

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    Huckleberry Finn: Laws and Freedom In the Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Huckleberry Finn is a free spirit who longs for adventure and nothing more than to escape from society’s “rules”. Having grown up with no motherly figure by his side and a drunkard fatherHuckleberry Finn separates himself from society at an early age and learns to rely solely on himself. As a result from his alienation from society‚ he’s a free spirit with an uncivilized behavior that society constantly tries

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    and verbal irony to make incisive commentary on a variety of topics. We see this clearly in his masterpiece‚ Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain uses satire in order to highlight the gluttony and corruption of eighteenth century culture. First we see‚ Miss Watson‚ a “pure christian woman”‚ who nevertheless owns slaves and treats them as objects. Indeed‚ it was only at her death that she freed Jim. Secondly‚ Twain uses satire to criticize religion. He does this by instilling Jim’s character with many religious

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    Huckleberry Finn - Thesis

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain‚ Twain shows us two Sides of the coin by putting good role models for huck such as: Judge Thatcher‚ Widow Douglas‚ And many more. On the other side he shows us also bad examples of role models‚ characters like Pap‚ the king‚ and the duke. Throughout the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ Twain Shows us through Huck the importance of a role model in ones life. Throughout the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn we meet many characters

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    Being raised in the South‚ Mark Twain was heavily influenced by the tensions of race relations caused by reconstruction. He integrates the tense climate into Huckleberry Finn as he shows the development of Huck‚ a white character‚ and his relationship with Jim‚ a negro. Mark Twain shows progressive ideals as Huck learns to treat and see Jim as a human being not just person of color‚ or the butt end of a joke. This contrasts the prevailing southern notion of the time‚ being that Negros were seen as

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    rely on other people. #5 - How is Jim betrayed? How does Huck react? What does this show about his character? How has he changed his mind about Jim at this point? Jim is very much like a father to Huck. He looks out for Huck and he is respected and looked upon by Huck. This is also more significant because Huckleberry Finn never had a father and he never really had a role model. Jim serves this purpose perfectly. Throughout all of his adventures Jim shows compassion as his most prominent

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    From the time of its publication in 1884‚ Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has gained renown as a greatly controversial novel. First condemned due to its portrayal of a relationship between a white boy and an African-American man‚ the novel still sparks controversy to this day due to what many readers perceive to be racially insensitive writing that perpetuates racism. Before making such a claim‚ though‚ it is vital to examine the definition of racism. From a personal perspective‚

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