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    novel take place before the events of the civil war, sometimes between 1835-1845. Mark Twain uses irony to challenge difficult topics like slavery and religion. The novel was published in 1884, only 20 years after slavery was abolished, but African Americans still did not have rights. The Adventures of Huckleberry Fin has been a controversial book since its publication. Even being on the ban list in many libraries. This is because of the harsh light it shines

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    cruelties and the hardships of the Negro slaves in the southern states. These books gained attention and eventually ignited the Civil War that paved the way to the abolition of slavery and the freedom of the African-American people. Martin Luther King Jr.’s famous speech, I Have a Dream contains the revolutionist’s desire for a new America – a country filled with liberty, not only for the Whites but for the Blacks as well. With courageous effort and an ambitious zeal, Martin Luther King Jr. wrote his

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    Poetry-Archive, George W. Jacobs & Co., www.poetry-archive.com/p/stonewall_jackson_s_way.html. Accessed 4 Sept. 2017. John Williamson Palmer is a famous American author who recorded revolutionary events. Palmer was originally a physician, but he later decided to pursue a career in journalism. Since he was writing during the Civil War, his works encompass American patriotism and morale. His poem “Stonewall Jackson’s Way” serves to commemorate the achievements and leadership of the Confederate General Thomas

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    Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, the reader sees how society can change people but also how it can shape people and how it can sometimes turn out for the best. In the book, Huck was already apart of many societies, but, when he went on his journey, he became a better person when he began hanging out with Jim and Tom, instead of pap. As a kid, Huck grew up into a community that made him believe some things were right that in today's society are not. For example, while she was a help for Huck, widow

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    Syllabus Through the years 1865-1945, American Literature focuses on the end of the Civil War and follows the timeline until the end of the Second World War. As an English class focused on the critical analysis of such titles and works written in or around the time period, it would make much sense to follow the material in a chronological order, for the sake of being able to expand on future material by using previous knowledge gathered from the titles or works that have come before it. Although

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    Mississippi will become the setting of two of the world's most translated books. These books are The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain’s life as a child and a steamboat pilot before the civil war shaped his writing in the two most known books past and present, using realism set him far ahead in the curve for American Authors. In his early years Clemens was much like Tom Sawyer, always looking for adventure, He lived in Hannibal, Mo. After his dad died when he was

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    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, invites a reader to climb aboard with Huck and Jim as they travel down the Mississippi River. Although the friendship formed between Huck, a young white teenager, and Jim, a runaway African American slave, is certainly unusual for the Pre-Civil War Era, also important is their use of superstition for interpreting the world and their need for finding freedom and happiness. Having found commonality in their enslavement before their journey, now both Huck and Jim desire freedom

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    to allow a better future for their families. The constant desire for survival instills vigor into the characters to combat the struggles they encounter on their voyage. Along with these hardships, the characters bid to refrain from conforming to American values, despite the circumstances forcing them otherwise. The different pieces of literature place emphasis on the obstructive natural conditions,

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    The American Dream in Of Mice and Men The American Dream is a major part of the novel, “Of mice and Men” by john Steinbeck. The novel follows a short piece of the character’s George and Lennie’s life, in the great depression. It shows how most people lived and brought up the idea of a dead American dream though many characters some of which include, George and Lennie, Candy, and Carly’s wife. The novel shares al lot in common with other American novels like, the Crucible, the adventures of huckleberry

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    Jonah Bachman G Block The Evolution of Huck In Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character, Huck, embarks on a journey with an unlikely runaway slave companion, Jim. Huck, a white teenager  living in 19th-century Missouri, grows up surrounded by a culture that holds two things very close: slavery and religion. Huck does not fully understand the practices of Christianity and slavery, nor is he extremely pious or aggressively racist. He also holds his own moral code, but, his

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