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    Huckleberry Finn Packet

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    HReview Question Chapters 1-20 Huckleberry Finn Chapters 1-3 1. What doesn’t Huck like about the Widow Douglas? The fact that she makes him wear new clothes that are tight and she wont let him smoke and he had to pray before he ate his food. 2. What does Jim think has happened to him as a result of the trick that Tom plays on him? 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

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    awful cruel to one another”. Though Huck has seen some fairly awful things during his travels with Jim during the course of his adventure along the river‚ his life at home was no better. With an abusive father‚ Huck grew up in a hostile and violent household with an alcohol depend father and no mother. The final straw in Huck’s decision to move out was the night that his father attempted to kill Huck in a drunken rage. After Huck’s escape from his father‚ Huck stumbles upon Jim‚ a slave and an acquaintance

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    slave Jim. As they travel‚ Huck is thrust in a variety of positions‚ each challenging what he believes in and forcing him to redefine what is “right” and “wrong”. Being a “coming of age” novel‚ Huck’s journey allows him to realize who he truly is

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    Joyce’s modernistic view of Dublin society permeates all of his writings. The Irish experiences account for a large portion of Joyce’s writings. Stephen Dedalus is sometimes Joyce’s pseudonym and represents Joyce and his life in Joyce’s works. Joyce plays a crucial role in the modernist movement in literature. Some of the well known innovative techniques used by Joyce are symbolism‚ realism and stream-of consciousness. James Joyce’s writings contain autobiographical matter and display his view of

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    Huck's True Father

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    Huck’s True Father Huck had a father‚ not a good one but a biological one at least. Yet‚ Huck never looked up at him like one and didn’t really consider him like a father to him. If there had to be a fatherly figure in Huck’s like that he looked up and respected it would have to be Jim. Thought the book Jim showed many characteristics and actions that would earn him this title. He was found being selfless and protective over Huck‚ but in all he showed he was a true and loyal friend. Jim is someone

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    Wilderness to show that Huck Finn and Jim can find freedom all along the banks of the Mississippi River.  Huck portrays the unwilling hero because he puts a lot of thought into something before he does it‚ even though it will benefit everybody.  He is also very hesitant to perform heroic acts.  The King and Duke show the archetype of the shape shifter because they are constantly lying about their identities and deceiving everybody.  The Mississippi represents the characters “haven”‚ and Huck and Jim’s home

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    this book shows is how people like Huck were able to gain an understanding about how even though him and Jim had different colored skin they were the same and should be treated fairly. There are many times in the book where Huck must choose the morally or socially right thing to do with Jim. In the beginning of the book Huck is living with a lady who is watching him because his father is unfit to look after him. Huck knows Jim because the lady also owns Jim. When Huck is forced to live with his

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    middle class. so tom has a stable life. while‚ Huck is a boy who was born and brought up in a lower class. Even under different level of wealth‚ Huck is a good friend with Tom‚ but how do Tom and Huck differs? and How are they similar? In the Adventures of Tom sawyer- Tom is a clever boy with a talent to supervise task while making his life easier.Tom is always a planner and sticking to the plan.He lives in a civilized house with his

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    are lost” (J. R. R. Tolkien).This quote by J. R. R. Tolkien claims that those who “wander‚” choose to live a life of wholeness and in dependability. This concept is clearly displayed In Mark Twain’s novel‚ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ where Huck Finn proves he is a transcendentalist through refusing to conform to society’s expectations‚ exhibiting self reliance‚ and showing a deep appreciation for nature. Henry David Thoreau‚ a father of transcendentalism‚ once decided that instead trying

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    symbiotic relationship between Jim‚ an adult slave‚ and Huck‚ a young‚ abused‚ white boy. Jim protects and loves Huck as a friend and‚ sometimes‚ even‚ as a mentor. Huck protects Jim from prejudiced white people‚ even though‚ because of his privilege‚ Huck truly does not need Jim to survive. Huck saves Jim because he is genuinely Jim’s friend. This was uncommon‚ even after slavery was fully abolished with the Thirteenth Amendment. Through Huck and Jim’s unusual relationship‚ Twain advocates for equal

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