In the great American novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," by Mark Twain, Pap is Huck's biological father. However, there is evidence found in various scenes showing that in reality, Jim is more of a father figure to Huck than is any other character in the book. ... One can note while reading the novel that although Huck meets many characters during his journey, none of the characters, besides Jim, develop a close enough connection with Huck to even be up for consideration as a father figure in his life. ... " (Twain 125) The only character that develops a true friendship wit...

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Stories and plays such as Miss Lonelyhearts, "The Death of a Salesman", "A Streetcar Named Desire", The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Day of the Locust. ... In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, Twain uses racism, slavery, and freedom throughout his book. ... Also included in Huck Finn, Twain uses the mockery of religion. It seemed like Twain intended to attack organized religion all the time using the "sarcastic" character of Huck Finn, which allowed him to mock religion perfectly. ... The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a lesson, and it teaches...

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While Mark Twain's imagination takes center stage in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and creates a world in which his characters are caught in implausible circumstances and situations, it nevertheless should not lose any credibility of its realism and of how things truly were in the Old South during slavery. ... What Twain has done in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is combine the two - real fiction and fantasy fiction - to assemble what many consider The Great American Novel. ... Admittingly, the tale of young Huck Finn's journey - between his brief stay in civilization at the...

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