This is a quote by Julius Lester, from his essay Morality and Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ... Julius Lester speculates on the competency of Huck Finn as a young boy making assessments of others. ... Huck Finn is actually the perfect example of such a statement, as he is portrayed during a time in his life when he is rebelling against societal standards, but also living in a life that he has been trained to accept by superiors like the widow Douglas, Ms. ... The first real interaction between Huck and Jim in the story happens after Huck describes Jim's belief in superstitions, and he d...

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As Mark Twain composed "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," he implicitly amplified the setting to be more that an average backdrop for the characters to interact in. ... To conclude, Twain's use of diction in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, highlights the questionable ethics of Southerners, and creates the ideal setting with the use of colloquial and political diction to emphasize them. ...

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