However, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the most significant pieces of classic literature in this country. ... In reading the novel, a reader sees what life was like through Huck's eyes. ... By choosing as his narrator a child who fails to judge the world and conditions he is living in, Twain forces readers to make that judgment themselves. ... Twain makes a reader recognize how ironic it is that a country that was founded on freedom denied that very right to so many of its citizens. ... Many criticizers of the book fail to see that Twain is simply using irony; he was in no...

• Word Count: 1611
• Approx Pages: 6
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

" To address the protests that the book has stirred up, the publisher New South Books followed with a new edition of Twain's classic, substituting, "nigger," with, "slave", as well as, "Indian," for, "injun.... It came from his belief that, "the pervasive use of the n-word makes it difficult for the reader to understand or absorb the book.... However, even the substation is not pleasing for those who support the original format, and view substitution as an action avoiding American history, and unfairly modifying classic American literature. .....

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• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Huckleberry Finn Huckleberry Finn is a classic that has withstood the test of time. ... It all really depends on who the reader is and what his or her opinion is. The writer meant to leave it open for his reader to choose who his or her hero was meant to be. ... Huckleberry Finn is a real classic that we all are able to comprehend. ...

• Word Count: 624
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• Grade Level: High School

From two significant events in the novel, readers begin to see Huck's questioning of the logic behind society's opinion of African Americans and also the development of morality within a child. ... The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is an American classic not only because of its description of a colorful adventure between a young boy and his African American companion. It is an American classic because of the way it tackled one of the largest issues in human history in slavery and racism. Along with its head on approach towards the great issues of its time, The Adventures of Huckl...

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This novel is read by countless people every year and considered a classic. ... This changes the style of the book the reader has been reading for the first part of the story, and it doesn't seem to make sense. ... This disappoints a lot of readers. ... "the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" will always be considered a classic. ...

• Word Count: 979
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

In two of early America's greatest works, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and Ken Kesey's One Flew Over the Cukoo's Nest, readers are exposed to the vision of two great authors of the 18th and 19th centuries and while it is possible for one to simply read and enjoy the plot of these stories, it is impossible to overlook the similarities in their greater thematic issues. ... What really attracts the reader's attention in this work is the concepts behind these two traveling men--their energy, their resilience, their superior wit over the townsfolk and the wa...

• Word Count: 3770
• Approx Pages: 15
• Grade Level: High School

Should High School Students Read It?' The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn' is a classic novel ad should definitely be read by high school students. The fact that the novel includes racism and vulgarity makes the book even more interesting. The racism wouldn t offend anyone assuming that they ...

• Word Count: 670
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• Grade Level: High School

When reading the book one must begin to look into the deeper meaning that Twain intended for his readers. ... Words like "Dem" and "Dat" were supposed as second nature to the reader as well as Jim himself. ... Through Huck's speech patterns Twain allows the readers to notice the exact stature of Huck. ... The censorship and banning of a book that is considered a classic is a "hot topic" but also seems a bit ridiculous. ... But Mark Twain did not write this book to teach a lesson or to create a moral for his readers. ...

• Word Count: 2082
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Throughout the book we notice as readers a lot of dramatic irony. ... This is an example of dramatic irony because we as readers know that Cain is a baby but Adam believes the child is a fish and try's to experiment with Cain to really figure out what he is. ... " (Twain 11) With these two examples because of the male and female stereotypes that Twain is using we know that Eve is being a classic woman, overbearing, loving, affectionate, and wanting what is best for Adam, where as he wants nothing to do with Eve, he doesn't care too much and he is laid back. ...

• Word Count: 2002
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

There is, at times, an exaggeration in his work beyond what is called for in the scene in question: an exasperated rubbing of the reader's nose into unpleasantness. ... Someone said:" the classic Twain, like the early Chaplin, is a great artist whose touch is suve. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

This book was THE most boring book ever written on the face of this earth it is a miracle that it was ever published and a greater miracle that it is concidered a classic. This book held its reader's interest as much as you watching paint dry. ...

• Word Count: 996
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• Grade Level: High School

Another classic case of dramatic irony is visible in the climax of the novel, when Huck makes his decision to free Jim, who has been sold back into captivity by the Duke and the Dauphin. ... The reader knows that Huckleberry will not renounce his companion, although Huck gives the impression that he will turn Jim in. ...

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• Grade Level: High School

However, if Twain's classic were to be truly appreciated as a real fiction novel, the book must be broken down into two separate ideals; the real and the fiction. In the book, Twain depicts a realistic attitude toward slavery through Jim, the runaway slave, while simultaneously giving the reader a wild ride of the moral growth of the orphaned boy Huck. ... Twain uses Huck's friendship with Jim to gain sympathy from his readers for not only Jim, but also Huck himself. ... Jim, even though a slave, has a family of his own which allows the reader to sympathize with him even more. ...

• Word Count: 2137
• Approx Pages: 9
• Grade Level: High School