The lies of society, Huck, and minor characters help Huck develop throughout the book. ... Even with lying through the entire book, Huck developed morals. ... Friendship became his guiding hand instead of the contradictory lessons from society. ...
Without particulars of geography, and with only the North Star to guide them, slaves found their own routes across swamps, rivers, and mountains toward the North and freedom. ... The book does have a small anti-slavery message, but there is still a negative view of slavery in her book. ... The book does not talk about the horrors of slavery. "Oroonoko" tries to explain how slavery works on page 5 of the book by making ordering slaves seem as simple as mail-ordering shirts from a factory. ...
Many African Americans knew her as "Moses of her people-(voices of triumph); "Moses being the biblical figure who led Jews from Egypt-(world book encyclopedia vol 19) helped about 300 enslaved African (the new encyclopedia Britannica) travel north reaching and crossing over Mason-Dixon Line, the line that divided the free from the slave states (us News). ... I "a lyrical alert she would soon be leaving her in pursuit of freedom, following the north star or " Drinking Gourd-, a code name that the slaves used to refer to it as, and using the moss on the northern side of trees as a guide- (...
