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    few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.” (Hardiman 1). Gandhi’s proverb accurately provides reasoning for why the novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is not trash. It showcases humanity’s ability to make positive choices, however there are few individuals that do not follow the same amicable path. The author of the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain, enables the characters in his story to exhibit free will regardless of their ability to make negative or despicable

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    1. Analysis of an Important Character Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a story about growing up, facing the world, and fighting for what’s right. Huckleberry Finn matures greatly throughout the book, and Tom Sawyer plays an important role in showing this change. His character allows the reader to see Huck’s increase in maturity throughout the story. Tom is the constant, his immaturity not changing from the beginning to the end of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, while Huck is the changing variable

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    Mark Twain’s use of narration through the main character in, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” reveals how Huckleberry Finn is in the middle of two conflicting lifestyles and parental figures which consequently led to his escape from both. He begins the story with Miss Watson, who offers him a lifestyle without physical discipline (beatings) yet enforces teachings of mannerisms and getting an education. After due foreshadowing and worries from Huck, Huck’s father makes an appearance and takes

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    AP Book Report 1. Alice Adventures in Wonderland 2. Lewis Carroll was the author of Alice Adventures in Wonderland. Written in 1862- 1863 during a journey with Reverent Robinson Duckworth and his three young daughters. 3. Charles Lutwidge Dodgson better known as his pen name, Lewis Carroll, was an English author was born January 27, 1832. He was a writer, mathematician, logician, Anglican cleric, and artist. 4. Characters: Major: Alice: Alice is a seven-year-old girl who stumbles upon the Wonderland

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    Have you ever wondered if all novels use symbolism to add meaning to their stories? Well all the classic ones do at least. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is certainly no exception. The book blends symbols such as the raft representing an escape to better life for both Huck and Jim, the land symbolizing the struggle for African-Americans during the time period as well as societal constraints for Huck, and the Mississippi River embodying the simplified, carefree life that Huck is

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    Taking place in the Antebellum South, Mark Twain’s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tackles the issue of race and other problems in American society that Twain feels the need to bring attention to. Using Ironic and Satirical situations and dialogue, Twain uses The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to bring attention to the problems of religion, the use of Romanticism in everyday life, and the general population of America. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn details the escape of Huckleberry Finn

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    THE ADVENTURES OF TOM SAWYER __________________ A Book Review Presented to Mr. Parsons and Mrs. Amy Lack Woodville High School __________________ U.S. History I and English 10 __________________ by Arian Campbell April 19, 2017 The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain is a 271-page novel. Tom is a boy, and merely and exactly an ordinary boy on the moral side. What makes him delightful to the reader is that on the imaginative side he is very much more, and

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    In the deep antebellum south lives a young boy who goes on an adventure up and down the MIssissippi to help a runaway slave named Jim get to freedom. In doing so, he goes against the profound social norms he was raised to believe in, even turning his back on them when faced with a difficult decision. Some argue that the classic Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a novel that is not suited for the classroom and that it’s themes could be better represented with a different novel, or be

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    From the minute Mark Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn published in 1885 it presented an immediate controversy. This controversy started with many criticizing the "coarse" writing style calling it "more suited to the slums than to intelligent, respectable people" (Twain 308). While Twain frequently uses the n-word in this novel, at the time the novel was published, the racist language in it was accepted for it was commonly used. As time passed, many accused Twain of being a racist writer

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    Came From a reality/documentary pastiche. Takes a genuine and serious approach the action of discovery whereas the novel, The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland manipulates the idea of discovery by using a playful context in order to appeal to a younger audience. The discoveries made in either text, serious or not can very much impact upon them in many ways. 
 The Adventures of Alice in Wonderland written by Lewis Carrol follows the experience of Alice through her subconscious mind, as she explores

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