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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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    is an American novelist who writes in the genre of humorists. Many sources also say that the vast majority of Twain’s works are considered to be literature. His most famous literary works are The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ A Connecticut Yankee in a King Arthur’s Court‚ and lastly The Prince and the Pauper. Mark Twain has written many timeless wonderful classic pieces of literature that will remain in history for years to come. First and foremost‚ the definition

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    In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ theirs a medley of literary elements that leads to many different themes. Many different elements were used throughout the novel such as irony‚ sarcasm‚ humor‚ simile‚ etc. In Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn‚ the strategies of irony‚ imagery‚ simile‚characterization and other literary elements are used to convey satire‚ and how they underestimate the compunction of Huckleberry Finn. Theirs many themes in the novel that’s conveyed

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    lived with the widow but he didn’t like it so he ran away. The author stated “But tom sawyer‚ he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers‚ and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable”(pg.3). I think that Mark Twain is saying that when we were kids we were silly. The author says “Now says Ben Rogers‚ what’s the line of business of this gang? Nothing only robbery and murder‚ Tom said”(pg.11). Mark Twain is trying to tell us that when we were kids we were stupid

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    by the Widow Douglas. The Widow Douglas attempts to reform and “improve” Huck‚ but he refuses to give in to her attempts and maintains his self-regulating and ill-disciplined ways. His unruly ways are highlighted when casted next to his companion Tom Sawyer‚ who is educated and depicted more as a middle-class citizen. Tom’s role emphasizes the picaro role played by Huck Finn‚ while they both are boyish and do naughty things Tom’s civilized nature intensifies the readers perception on how uncivilized

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    This new discovery to a family begins with Tom Sawyer. Tom Sawyer initiated himself as the decision-maker‚ with Huck listeing without argument‚ much like a big brother little brother relationship. “ In the first few chapters of the book‚ Huck Finn and Tom Sawyer are established as foils for each other-characters whose actions and traits contrast each other in a way that gives readers a better understanding of both characters. Due to these contrasts‚ Tom has established himself as Huck’s older brother

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    fter the success of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer‚ published in 1876‚ Mark Twain began a book about Tom’s more down-to-earth friend‚ Huckleberry Finn. Twain seems to have had no difficulty capturing Huck’s spirit and voice as Huck told his story‚ but at some point‚ Twain began to struggle with the narrative. He set the book aside‚ and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn remained unfinished for several years. He wrote and published a number of stories and the narrative account Life on the Mississippi

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