The Great Gatsby by Scott Fitzgerald, The Adventures of Walter Mitty by James Thurber, and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain show numerous examples of this throughout their storylines. Between Gatsby possessing an outcast reputation, Mitty possessing an abstract mind, and Huck Finn challenging a strong opposition to racism and slavery, the lack of conformity in these pieces and in this world today are evident. ... In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck shows his lack of conformity through his opinion on racism and slavery by acting as Jim's mentor through...

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Stories and plays such as Miss Lonelyhearts, "The Death of a Salesman", "A Streetcar Named Desire", The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and The Day of the Locust. ... In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, Twain uses racism, slavery, and freedom throughout his book. ... The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a lesson, and it teaches its reader not only about freedom and religion, but mostly about race and racism. ... I also think that this novel really explains sort of what it means to be an American by somewhat explaining slavery. Slavery is a part of America...

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While Mark Twain's imagination takes center stage in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and creates a world in which his characters are caught in implausible circumstances and situations, it nevertheless should not lose any credibility of its realism and of how things truly were in the Old South during slavery. ... What Twain has done in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is combine the two - real fiction and fantasy fiction - to assemble what many consider The Great American Novel. ... Admittingly, the tale of young Huck Finn's journey - between his brief stay in civilization at the...

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