Growth Yanxia Sang Basic English Department, Dezhou University, Dezhou City, Shandong Province, China Email: dz_syx@126.com Abstract—Huckleberry Finn is one of Mark Twain’s outstanding masterpieces. Superficially, it tells a story about a 13 or 14 year old boy’s adventures with Negro Jim on the Mississippi river. In fact, it reflects the growth process of Huck through adventures. His growth is embodied by his choice on independence, his change of attitude towards Jim, his moral growth, and the different
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Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain has caused quite the controversy over the past century, this novel happens to be a great American classic. However, many believe that this novel should be removed from public schools because of its negative impact on children. The fact that this book is still relevant in today's literature since 1884 proves its importance, otherwise it would have been obsolete by now. Therefore, this book should not be banned. Instead, a censored version of Huckleberry Finn should be
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Both "The Catcher in the Rye" by J.D Salinger and "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" by Mark Twain contain the theme of rejection interwoven throughout them. Both extracts show teenagers rejecting society’s norms as, Holden begins his journey on the train to New York as a way of escaping his expectations much like Huck’s journey along the river in the other extract. In the late 1940s, teenagers were starting to be recognised as their own demographic, which Salinger explores in "Catcher" through
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Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, who is a realistic fiction writer, incorporates satire and humor in his writing, including Archetypal elements to modify how the reader interprets the story. He uses many archetypal characters like Huck and Jim who both can be argued as the heroes. They both have good intentions and help others. Mark Twain portrays Jim as a deeply caring and loyal friend. Jim becomes a father figure to Huck, helping him realize the human face of slavery. Twain Portrays Huck as a young
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experiences with others, both within and outside of a person’s blood relatives. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and David Copperfield use diction and syntax, tone, and character development to demonstrate how family is defined by a person’s experiences with others, and not strictly through blood relations. Each book’s diction and syntax has a unique way of depicting the family theme. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn uses a simpler style of writing that relies on broad diction for descriptions of feelings written
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All three boys (Huck Finn, Tom himself, and Joe harper) are homesick, but keeping it to themselves. Tom sneaks back to the homeland to find his Aunt Polly and close friends mourning, “Tom was snuffling, now, himself- and more in pity of himself than anyone else” (Twain 146)
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The largest enemy of people is society. Or so Huckleberry Finn thinks in Mark Twain’s most important, and controversial book, a novel called The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It’s both the first true American odyssey and a commentary on society. Since Twain’s perspective on society is somewhat negative, this is reflected in the views of Huckleberry Finn. In the book, Huckleberry has a low opinion of society because of the author’s perspectives, the events that happen to him, and his upbringing
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to choose the correct course of action. Oftentimes, literature depicts circumstances in which one can extrapolate meaning and relate it to life. Such is the case in Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In the book, Twain expertly illustrates the character of Huck Finn as well as southern society. Through his storytelling, one can find lessons that are vital to society today such as the consequences of being dishonest, the negative impact of the prevalence of racism, and the importance
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to Merriam-Webster is “A person often of particular power or influence who serves as an emotional substitute for a father.” Almost everybody has a father or somebody that they look up to and go to when they need him. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Jim, the slave of Miss Watson, and Pap, Huck’s biological father, both played that part in Huck’s life at some point. They had many differences from each other, but they also had some similarities. First of all, Jim and Pap had some similarities
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Huckleberry Finn is focused on the confusion of the message being given to the reader do to the conscious struggle between right and wrong, an example of that would be the decision of stealing from Ms. Watson and freeing Jim, or not stealing from Ms. Watson and leaving Jim as a slave. Huck did decided that even though stealing from Ms. Watson would surely send him to “Hell” he still went with his gut and freed Jim, But with that later in the story shortly after Ms. Watsons death Huck and Jim found
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