During the realistic movement authors wrote novels depicting the world as it really was. ... Twain's novel is an exemplifies realism and more specifically regionalism because of its setting, plot, and the dialect which is used. ... The plot also makes the novel realism. ... He goes on to say that they failed to bring a "true man", someone to follow who is brave and has a purpose. ... With this new insight about Jim, Huck is more accepting and eager to help him escapes slavery, and a world that is inhumane toward black people. ...

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• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

In two of early America's greatest works, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, readers are exposed to the vision of two great authors of the 18th and 19th centuries and while it is possible for one to simply read and enjoy the plot of these stories, it is impossible to overlook the similarities in their greater thematic issues. ... With this philosophy also came a new sense of livelihood and tradition. ... Huck introduces readers to a new vision of freedom which offers the idea of a good life, new and hard to resist b...

• Word Count: 3770
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School