However, others enjoy the novel because of the important lessons that can be learned throughout it and because of its humor and literary quality. ... They can enjoy the fact that the novel is about real life situations, and they read the book for its contents. ... The Pennsylvania branch of the NAACP also agreed with Monteiro on the subject that the novel was "psychologically damaging" in an attempt to ban the novel from reading lists . Because of her race, Kathy Monteiro, along with others, interpreted the novel as damaging (Zwick 1). ... Since people of the 1800s frequently used the word "...

• Word Count: 1219
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Lies and deception are often prominent characteristics of main characters in novels. ... Huck grows up absent of a mother and father most of his life. ... Even with lying through the entire book, Huck developed morals. ... This proves that Huck is willing to give up everything for his friendship with Jim. ... Being a realist, Huck has learned the valuable lessons in life that can't always be taught, but only experienced. ...

• Word Count: 750
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

However, in the novel, the character of Jim is portrayed as the "true father" of Huck. ... A father teaches his son lessons. Jim taught Huck many lessons both intentionally and indirectly. ... Jim told Huck he regretted his actions and was overcome with sadness, and of how he misses his family towards the end of the novel. ... The only real lesson Pap left with Huck was the example of himself; what not to do and what not to be. ...

• Word Count: 802
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

However, in the novel, the character of Jim is portrayed as the "true father" of Huck. ... A father teaches his son lessons. Jim taught Huck many lessons both intentionally and indirectly. ... Jim told Huck he regretted his actions and was overcome with sadness, and of how he misses his family towards the end of the novel. ... The only real lesson Pap left with Huck was the example of himself; what not to do and what not to be. ...

• Word Count: 804
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

This well-known American novel by Mark Twain has been a controversial book since it was first published in the 1880's. ... On the other hand, some feel that the book has educational value because it includes lessons for its readers to relate to. ... The lessons that can be learned from teaching "Huck Finn" far outweigh the controversial manner in which the novel is written. ... Throughout the story, Huck learns a great deal about life, and the people who run it. ... Although gaining freedom was his first priority, Jim was willing to risk his freedom and his life for his friend, Huck...

• Word Count: 478
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

The primary theme of the novel is the conflict between civilization and "natural life." ... Throughout the novel, Twain seems to suggest that the uncivilized way of life is better; he draws on the ideas of Jean-Jacques Rousseau in his belief that civilization corrupts rather than improves human beings. 3. ... Huck gets a lesson, that it's not nice to tease people this way. ... I agree with Huck, he doesn't" want to be civilized. ... To live life with no thinking except fun. ...

• Word Count: 613
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the novel Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck, the protagonist, is influenced by many different characters. ... Though both are his friends, the effects of Jim and Tom's relationships with Huck almost entirely contradict each other. ... Jim's influence on Huck, however, teaches him a valuable lesson about life and humanity. ... He cares for Huck and shares an appreciation for a life of freedom. ... Huck's change of mind came naturally and voluntarily, meaning that he really learned a lesson since he was able to decide on his own. ...

• Word Count: 694
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Mark Twain wrote his novels from past experiences in his life. ... This made the novels more adventurous and creative, even though it was not precisely what Twain had encountered throughout his life. ... He was lucky that his Aunt Polly had excepted him in her home or else he would have had a tougher life. ... Besides all the themes and lessons in the book, it was comical, especially since it is about the adventures of young boys. ... Traveling with Huck Finn, he would tell Huck stories of his wife and daughter and how all he wanted was to be with them. ...

• Word Count: 593
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

Huck tells a few stories involving Jim and these superstitions, such as "Jim always kept that five-center piece round his neck with a string, and said it was a charm the devil gave to him with his own hands, and told him he could cure anybody with it and fetch witches whenever he wanted to just by saying something to it".",(6). ... In addition to reprimanding Huck, Jim teaches him a moral lesson about telling lies. ... This is significant because Jim, a black slave, is teaching Huck, a white boy, an important moral lesson. ... Further in the novel, one knows Jim is a paternal figure to Huck...

• Word Count: 1224
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Mark Twain is an author with the ability to write renounced novels, captivate an audience, and in the process stir major amounts of controversy. ... The book demonstrates a lesson, and recounts an historical event through use of satire, events and language. ... How could one scorn Twain for his efforts of showing the truth and portraying a lesson in the process? ... But Mark Twain did not write this book to teach a lesson or to create a moral for his readers. ... Twain wrote this novel to depict life in the South prior to the Civil War. ...

• Word Count: 2082
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Here Huck faced with his first tough decision, to go with Jim and help him, or just tell and get a reward. ... During this stage of Huck life, he fights with himself of whether he should turn Jim to the authorities or not. ... By the end of the novel Huck realizes that no matter how bad someone can be their life still worthy. ... Huck learns some valuable lessons on his journey to rescue Jim. He learned the value of life, the line between right and wrong, and how some immature jokes can threaten the life of others. ...

• Word Count: 1364
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Jim is depicted as a slave in the south during a period when slavery was common and widely accepted as the way of life. ... We as a modern society should maintain an open mind when dealing with literary works such as Huckleberry Finn and bare in our mind that novels such as these are written during socially diverse and sometimes opposite ways of thinking. ... As a result Huck Finn, one of the greatest American novels is noteworthy. ... If this book is taught, the novel can open student's eyes to the racial tension that ignorance causes. ... They will not be deprived of a lesson in their p...

• Word Count: 671
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Morality is also an issue that Huck has to deal with in the novel. ... Naturalist, like realists, depicted things true to life, however, unlike realists, naturalists had a scientific view on life. ... There are no supernatural forces that save Huck at the end of the novel, all the events that occur could really happen in real life. ... Throughout the novel, Huck's view on religion, slavery, and social acceptance come to odds with society's view of morality. ... Jim teaches Huck many lessons throughout the novel; the most important being that friendship can cross the color barrier. ...

• Word Count: 1565
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Life to him now seems nothing but a burden and his work without spirit. ... It is very difficult for him to learn by heart even a very small lesson. Tom has to "bend all his energies" to remember the lessons. ... He prefers the outdoor world and parentless life of his friend Huck Finn. Tom admires Huck and wants to be like him because Huck does not have to go to school or church and does not have to obey anyone Tom does not like attending school; he is fed up with the lesson as well as the quiet life in his small town. ...

• Word Count: 2200
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School

But Twain does show how he mocks religion in his novel. ... The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a lesson, and it teaches its reader not only about freedom and religion, but mostly about race and racism. ... In a summary of Blanche's life, she was somewhat wealthy and then after the death of her husband, the loss of Belle Reve, and her leave of absence from her high school teaching job, she now has no money or way of making money, which is why she is living with her sister Stella. ... This turned Happys life around, and he ended up failing math, not going to college, and not...

• Word Count: 2060
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Twain speaks, through Huck, declaring religion, at least as it was taught, to be irrelevant to the average person's life. ... This leads into mob mentality, which Twain also profoundly satirizes throughout the novel. ... He took advantage of the passiveness of people and got away with a significant amount of their money. ... Twain brilliantly intertwines satire in his novel. The lessons in The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn will be remembered forever....

• Word Count: 636
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

Huck learns many important lessons about life, such as being a kind and considerate human being. When the novel starts, Huck thinks Jim is a stupid, uneducated slave who has no feelings. ... This shows that Huck doesn't think of Jim as just a dumb slave with no feelings, but that he has very respect for him. ... However he does play the most influential role model in Huck's life. ...

• Word Count: 381
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

In this novel, he played two tricks on Jim, enough to never make him do such a thing again. ... The social consequences of his actions had at one point been contemplated, rather than the lessons he learned about equality of men. He was also burdened with the thought that Ms. ... By the middle of the novel, anyone could believe that Huck Finn learned a great lesson of equality and made a complete 360 in becoming a new person. ... They both toy around with Jim as they plan his escape from the Phelps. ...

• Word Count: 1388
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Some Americans think this is the way we should deal with the issue of black versus white that Mark Twain brings up in his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ... In Twains writing there are important life lessons, as well as heavy subjects but also valuable facts and information for a students maturing minds. ... This novel has comical times and also serious times. ... Whatever we tell them, they might put up a fight and try to argue or just go with what you're saying because you are older and have a degree. ... I even had the chance to teach a class over the summer specifically de...

• Word Count: 1096
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

There are people who learn, who are open to what happens around them, who listen, who hear the lessons. ... Tom is revealed as a "nonlearner" throughout the novel. ... Huck couldn't read very well, but he had a handle on the basics in life. ... Tom is a boy with a wild imagination who likes to pretend and play games of adventure like in his romantic novels. ... By the time the boys have finished carrying on with Tom's preposterous adventure, Jim could have easily escaped with out any hindrance. ...

• Word Count: 1134
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

His inventiveness helps save his young life more than just a few times. ... He could make do with what he had. ... In the novel, there are two possible heros. ... It is a form of entertainment as well as a meaningful lesson. ... Any one who reads the novel is very likely to enjoy it. ...

• Word Count: 624
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: High School

They were no longer living a life that would become progressively easier as they aged. Instead, life was difficult and would only get more difficult as they grew older and less capable of what we now deem "survival of the fittest." ... This happiness is sustained through descriptions of life on the raft. ... The best thing about being in motion on a raft is the way in life goes on in a subtle but unforeseeable direction. ... The towns are filled with hostility. ...

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

I believe that see this scam will greatly deter Huck from wanting to be a criminal later in life which is something he said he might be earlier in the novel. Duke and Dauphin's attempt at scamming the Williams family is an extremely important lesson for Huck. ... This chapter demonstrates that criminals don't ever trust anyone, not even their own partner which they should trust with their life. ... It starts out with him and Huck loading Jim's shed with rats and rattlesnakes. ... The novel Huckleberry Finn is a novel which reflects and satirizes many problems of the time....

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School