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    Throughout a typical story or novel, a character often changes themselves after an adventure or conflict. They may change themselves through a variety of ways, like changing their own beliefs, or changing their financial or social status. This can be applied in two popular classics, “Bread Givers” and “The Adventures of Huckleberry”. Throughout the story, the protagonists managed to reform themselves after a course of events, even though they did keep some aspects of themselves. For Sara, enforcing

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    1. What have you heard about Mark Twain or this novel? What else have you read by Twain? I have heard that Mark Twain is an incredible writer and that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is actually a really good and interesting book. Although I haven’t read anything by Twain, I am excited to read this novel and for it to be the first I read by him. I hope it is as exciting as it is made to be and want me to read more work by Mark Twain. I will probably be reading more books that Twain has written

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    The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, a controversial tale which follows a young white boy and a runaway slave on their journey along the Mississippi, has spurred large debate surrounding fundamental elements of society and has continued to entertain a wide audience for over a century. Whether it’s the humanized runaway slave, the realistic and intelligent adolescent, the outrageous characters, or perhaps the charming vernacular, this adventurous story is arguably the source of “all modern American

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    Finn, Jim, and Tom Sawyer. Huck Finn is a very poor thirteen-year-old boy; his father is a drunk who often beats him. He is skeptical of the world he is living in, and he often questions what society has taught him. Overall, he represents what any person is capable of becoming. Jim is an escaped slave. He is remarkably intelligent, while being a very superstitious man. He shows compassion throughout the book, and he often cares for Huck like a father. He is also a loyal friend. Tom Sawyer is a middle-class

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    dismal regular and decent the widow was” (Twain 1). The clean and stable life Huck lives with Widow Douglas did not satisfy him, similar to how archetypal heroes often start off unhappy about their environment. Thus, Huck often went on adventures with Tom Sawyer and the Gang to satisfy his unhappiness with the stable life. Those adventures also encourage Huck to go on a real adventure that should give him the life of freedom he wants. Huck

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    slavery. At this point, Huck says, “They hain’t no right to shut him up! Shove! And don’t you lose a minute. Turn him loose! He ain’t no slave; he’s as free as any cretur that walks this earth!” (Twain 289). In this quote, Twain shows that Huck and Tom do have feelings for Jim, showing that they are very caring people. If Huckleberry Finn is banned or altered, students in schools will be unable to fully comprehend the foul treatment towards those of a “lower class”. This foul treatment towards others

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    Current pursuers regularly increase much knowledge from breaking down works of writing since a long time ago composed. Children can profit by the primordial lessons imparted in these praised works of art, and can be impacted by their illustrations. Certain books have influenced today 's reality more than others – widely praised writer Ernest Hemingway opined that The Undertakings of Huckleberry Finn, by Imprint Twain, encapsulates the "Incomparable American Novel." Hemingway expressed "All current

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    The book Ishmael is about how a telepathic gorilla teaches cynical writer how to prevent the world from destruction. Daniel Quinn chooses to use a telepathic gorilla to demonstrate the link between nature and human kind. The need for this link is due to the separation of humans and nature caused by human kind. The main idea of Ismael’s philosophy is humans have taken our lives out the natural order and laws. Humans have been destroying themselves for years, and the only way to survive is to be connected

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    The Lord Of The Ring

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    Tom Bombadil placed the magic ring on his finger; everyone waited for him to disappear, but nothing happened, and he handed the ring back to Frodo without a slight hesitation. Frodo offered Galadriel the ring and she grew into a horrible creature towering over Frodo, but fought the ring’s strong temptation, and finally decreasing back to her normal self and declined the powerful ring. Both Tom and Galadriel, in The Lord of the Ring, portray Tolkien’s respect for nature and strong spirituality, because

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    1A) In Matthew Bernstein’s essay, The Classical Hollywood Western Par Excellence, he states that while Stagecoach (John Ford, 1939) “appears to glorify American history, particularly its expansion westward at the expense of Native Americans” (299) it also develops an “acute social observation” of life on the Frontier and it challenges elements of the myth constructed around this history (316). The film Stagecoach depicts not only the struggles faced by pioneers traveling through Indian territory

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