Why Do Boys Like Sedgwick Learn?

Brother states in the text, ¨ When Doodle was five years old, I was embarrassed at having a brother of that age who couldn't walk, so I set out to teach him.¨(pg.4). Brother only wanted to teach Doodle how to walk because he was embarrassed for himself, not Doodle, and that is the only reason why he set out to teach him. Another piece of evidence for this topic is, the narrator was ashamed that he only taught Doodle how to walk for his own satisfaction.(pg.6). In this evidence the narrator is admitting that he did wrong and only cares about himself. The last piece of evidence is, ¨School was only a few weeks away, and Doodle was far behind schedule.¨(pg.8). Brother was only teaching Doodle so many skills only because he wanted to look like he had a normal brother at

     It is at this time that Frederick Douglass learns one of the greatest freedoms of all. He is set free, in an educational sense. Douglass has been taught a few reading lessons form his mistress. Soon after his master discovers this, and commences the teaching at once. Soon thereafter, Frederick Douglass uses some smart tactics to resume his learning. He in a sense manipulates the children around him into teaching him how to read and write. This grand achievement taught Douglass something, as he says, “From that moment, I understood the pathway from slavery to freedom. It was just what I wanted, and

“Everything is not what it seems,” while this lyric may seem trite, it holds great truth. People, places, activities, each can be viewed in more than one way depending on the circumstances. From these viewpoints spring complexities and mystery in the shape of differing facades.

Along the path of self-discovery, challenges constantly present themselves as opportunities to grow intellectually and as a chance to succeed. Often times, the use of personal judgment and self-understanding is necessary in order to overcome these challenges. In Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck experiences difficulties which compel him to use his moral judgment. Huck, a young boy in search of freedom, is accompanied by a runaway slave named Jim as he embarks on a treacherous journey down the Mississippi River. During his adventure, Huck must determine the fate of the runaway slave. However, as his relationship with the slave deepens, he comes to realize this task is far from simple. Huck faces this life-defining yet

Not everything we see is always as it appears to be. As we focus our attention and look a little more closely we find what is presented to us has deeper value than what the surface would have us think.

Furthermore, the important Tournament of Roman History is almost won due to Sedgewick Bell's cheating. The headmaster at the time trickles under the weight of the powers and tells Hundert to ignore the cheating and move on. There were higher-ups at the school as well as Sedgewick Bell's senator father continually badger Hundert and prevent him from taking any action against Sedgewick Bell. Perhaps Mr. Hundert draws some ironic encouragement from his self regard that he has failed to reshape Sedgewick Bell's personal character. But I believe he also overestimates the influence on his character building coaching might have on students like his. Hundert has a clear sense of his own identity that he cannot always stand up to others.

In multiple studies of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, many critics have closely examined Huck Finn’s struggles to conform to society’s expectation because he becomes conflicted between his true ideals and the ideals society has forced upon him. According to Johnson, "Huck has his own flaws: He rarely tells the truth, he steals, and he is gullible, particularly when it comes to superstition. But when faced with a dire situation, Huck usually does the right thing” (75). Although Huck repeatedly finds himself to be conflicted with Southern ideals at the end of the novel, Huck finally decides to follow his own beliefs. Davis states that, “Through Huck 's innocent descriptions of white misbehavior, Huckleberry Finn implicitly condemns not only individual white characters but also the culture that they represent. Huck rarely fully

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain explores many complex issues such as humanity, being civilized, and morality. This quote that is stated above by Colonel Sherburn is a huge turning point in the novel even though this character is only in this novel for one chapter the speech that he gave changes everything. In this speech that Colonel

I said. His gaze faltered. I’m going to try harder, sir, from now on.” ( Canin, pg. 161 ). After this conversation Sedgewick appears to change, and starts improving his grades, which Hundert takes as a sign that he has changed the boy for the better.

He falls further into an abyss of selfishness and self preservation as he tries to change and perfect his students. Hundert does not ever truly realize that he himself is the one who needs to change. Hundert was always in love with his job; the school was

In Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Colonel sherburn is portrayed as the most intimidating man in town. Regarding to Sherburn's speech about being a man, he calls all humans cowards and that they are ignorant for creating a mob. Contradicting to his speech, Mark Twain reveals that Sherburn is a hypocritical man. Sherburn claims that the mob is ignorant but in fact he doesn't not realize that he is too as well.

Mr. Hundert realized that Sedgewick was cheating, so he gives him a question that’s not in the course’s material so that he is penalized for his wrongdoing. Furthermore, this act can also be seen as justice. Additionally, justice can be seen when the older Mr. Hundert and Sedgewick were talking in the bathroom. Mr. Hundert was speaking poorly of Sedgewick and asking him questions on why he would cheat, once again. This forced Sedgewick to say his real, unjust feelings about the “real world,” not knowing that his child was in the stall, close by. Although Mr. Hundert did not know the child was nearby, he tried to persuade Sedgewick to think in a morally good way, but it ultimately failed. Lastly, honesty is shown at the end of the movie when the second Mr. Caesar ended. Mr. Hundert runs into Martin, and he lets him know that he was supposed to be competing for Mr. Caesar, which breaks Martin’s heart. From this movie, one can see that Mr. Hundert is a man that teaches many virtues, but his teachings have been inflicted by trying to help a man by the name of Sedgewick

In Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the young protagonist Huckleberry Finn runs away from his abusive father with Jim, a black slave. Throughout the novel, Huck encounters people that fail to understand the injustice of slavery and violence, despite their education. Although Huck lacks any substantial education, his moral values and judgment are highly developed. In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain uses uneducated, colloquial diction and deliberate syntax to provide ironic contrast between Huck’s rudimentary level of education and profound use of moral judgment.

So basically after being chopped off at the knees in what he regards being a teacher is all about, and after seeing that Sedgwick was wanting of a father figure. The Senator’s phone call to his son and its obvious negative impact providing evidence of this. Mr. Hundert gives one more try, and challenges Sedgwick, gives him his old textbook, and told Sedgwick that he believed in him. With these actions he disregards the senator’s warning and attempts to mold him and become a spiritual father to Sedgwick.

In conclusion, we always have that blur between appearance and reality sometime in our lives dealing with ambiguous