Words Hurts What would you do if you where a little boy who was taught about racism when you where a child and you had to pick the right thing to do or the wrong thing? ... Twain was just writing what was said and it would sound strange if he used black man or black person instead of nigger. ... This is a little boy that had to choose slavery or a friend. Huck decides to save black mans life over his own. ... Nigger is a symbol of hatred and in the year 2003 but back in the 1800's that is what you could call an African American. ...

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• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

The Adventures of Huck Finn is a novel based on the adventures of a boy named Huck Finn, who along with a slave, Jim, make their way along the Mississippi River during the Nineteenth Century. ... An example of this is in The Wizard of Oz, when the movie goes from black and white to color, showing a visual symbolic death. ... The novel shows his dilemma through the glass motif, the reoccurring presence of glass, glass being the symbol through which one stops watching through and experiences. ... Children have an innocent perception of the world around them, but as adults we realize t...

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• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Huck and Jim have a friendship, which is transformed through time and trust, but always has the reminder that one is white and the other is black. ... Huck is a strong-willed, free-spirited individual who attempts to portray himself as a bad boy, but he often finds himself doing just the opposite. ... The raft that they travel on becomes a symbol of brotherhood and equality. ... As a result, Huck feels bad and apologizes to Jim, which shows that Huck now has respect for him, even though he is black. ... Though he doesn't make it clear this truth to himself, he essentially trades his f...

• Word Count: 1792
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Nevertheless, Huck is still a boy, and is influenced by others, particularly by his imaginative friend, Tom and Jim. ... Because Jim is a black man and a runaway slave, he is at the pity of almost all the other characters in the novel and is often forced into ridiculous and humiliating situations. ... Symbols 1. ...

• Word Count: 1157
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School