All of these characteristics can be seen in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. ... But it's kind of slow, and takes a long time'" (Twain 124). ... In The Adventures of Huck Finn: "Mark Twain makes gentle fun of Sunday schools and the rigidities of adult society. ... In Huck Finn, society represented oppression and corruption, while "Mark Twain made the most of the Mississippi as a symbol of freedom and escape from civilization" (Flora and Mackethan). ... In The Mark Twain Encyclopedia it states, "In this passage from The Adventures of Huckleberry Fi...

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In this essay, two great American novels are compared: The Adventures of Huck Finn by Mark Twain and The Catcher In The Rye by J.D. ... The author does not end the novel with a happy ending, from analyzing Holden's experiences we can assume he emerges a more complete and understanding person once he came to the realization. ...

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