The ending of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" is one of the most contentious endings in literature. Jane Smiley, author of "Say it Ain't So, Huck: Second Thoughts on Mark Twain's 'Masterpiece'", and many people believe that the ending defeats the purpose of the novel and that it detracts from the novel as a whole. However, Maria Konnikova, author of "Is Huckleberry Finn's Ending Really Lacking? ... Twain uses Huck's transformation in order to create a novel about the growth of a teenage boy. ... Twain's purpose makes the...

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In this essay, two great American novels are compared: The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. ... The author does not end the novel with a happy ending, from analyzing Holden's experiences we can assume he emerges a more complete and understanding person once he came to the realization. ...

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1. I chose The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a book for my report because this title caught my attention. I have never read other books from this author, Mark Twain, and nobody recommended it to me. I only picked up this book because of the topic: adventures. Adventures histories always interest...

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