Huck Finn has been everything from the rise of American literature to a racist novel. Huck Finn's biggest controversy comes within high school classrooms and its use of the "n-word". ... Huck Finn allows us to see the views of black people from a white, southern boy. ... " (Salwen) After reading Huck Finn, I believe it all comes down to how the teacher approaches the novel. ... Huck Finn played an important role in our past and it is a novel that should not be skipped by english classes....

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This topic is illustrated in the book Huckleberry Finn. ... Huck in contrast of Miss. ... Huck even once stated, "I knowed what it was about. ... Jim is shown as a loyal person when he and Huck were caught in the fog, and Jim was awfully worried about Huck, even though Jim was not related to Huck in any way Huck was Jim's true friend. ... Huck felt that helping Jim was right. ...

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the greatest "American- novels ever written. ... This is a huge step, not just for Huck, but for Americans as well. ... Huckleberry Finn is also the great American novel because of the pursuit of individualism. ... I believe Huckleberry Finn lives up to the title of one of the greatest American novels ever written. ... That is what is so American about Huckleberry Finn. ...

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Religious Hypocrisy and Racism in Huckleberry Finn In Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, a very powerful and potent message lies behind the lighthearted and humorous storyline. Twain uses wit and humor in Huckleberry Finn to satirize and expose elements of society that he believed needed reform, namely religious hypocrisy and racial prejudice. ... She not realize that what she is advising Huck to do, she does not do herself. ... After Jim sees through Huck's ruse, Huck feels remorse. ... Huckleberry Finn attacks these issues through the use of wit and humor and sends a powerful message...

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In the case of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, such subjectivity causes major conflict amongst its readers. ... The most apparent controversial character in Huckleberry Finn is that of slave Jim. ... Another criticism made against Huck Finn is the way Jim is treated by the white folk around him. ... Huck considered Jim to be a friend. ... They found Huckleberry Finn to be "more suited to the slums than to intelligent, respectable people." ...

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In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain used Huck and Jim as the protagonists to show the contradiction of the racism in the American society. ... When Huck meets Jim in the Jackson's Island, Huck faces the first challenge. Huck is glad to find Jim in the island. ... However, Jim protects Huck from seeing the Pap's corpse in the floating house and treats Huck like his son. ... But immediately after Jim realizes that Huck's fooling him, Huck feels so sorry for Jim, who's thrilled to see Huck alive. ...

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One of these examples is how Huckleberry Finn talks, "I never see such a nigger." ... When The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published, immediately many people began to think of it as offensive. ... However, this library was not the only one to believe The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was offensive. ... Ernest Hemingway wrote that "all modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.... ... Its opponents dwell on the fact that Huck helped a runaway slave and that they committed robbery together. ...

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The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is full of satires. ... When Huck was talking to the watchman, he replied, "on the wreck...what, you don't mean the Walter Scott?"... Also they way Huck, a realist character, always disagree with Tom, a romantic character, symbolized satire on romanticism. When Tom was telling Huck all his ideas about how they're gonna rescue Jim, Huck thought Tom's ideas are foolish, but then Tom said, "It don't make no difference how foolish it is, it's the right way, and it's the regular way. ... Another example is when Huck went to ...

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Huck had his own opinion on things mainly. ... When Tom tells Huck about the genies and the Arabs etc, Huck knows when Tom is lying when he has seen it hasn't happened. ... Huck still strongly believed in freedom. ... Huck's conscience crisis was major. ... Huck reflects upon the times he had had with Jim, on the raft, the laughs they had, Jim's goodness and kindness to Huck, Jim's concern and affection towards Huck, the treatment Jim would be getting as a slave and Huck even realises that Jim is his only friend. ...

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Furthermore, Mark Twain is one of the key components historically that make up American literature by using an outsider in Huckleberry Finn to define race in slavery. ... Huck represents the pure nature of the human race before it is cultured and brain washed. ... Secondly, not only does Huck not see helping Jim escape as wrong, he does not feel that Jim is property like all of the southerners in America. Huck treats Jim as a human being and an equal person. ... Huck Finn is not pro slavery but rather against the idea of slavery once taken out of the southern culture. ...

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