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    Huck's Moral Compass

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    into my old rags and my sugar-hogshead again, and was free and satisfied. But Tom Sawyer he hunted me up and said he was going to start a band of robbers, and I might join if I would go back to the widow and be respectable. So I went back.” (Huckleberry Finn 1) Here Huck shows his very clear perspective on the way he wanted to live. Yet he is rich, has a great and understanding parent, but he finds that it's too much for him.The major difference between the “civilized” and the “sivilized” told…

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    In his opinion Huck thinks that the only way a person was good is when they were educated,Huck thinks that good would based on the elements of dangers we face everyday.For example in chaptor 5 Pap harasses Chuck for wearing good clothe and going to school, he also acusses him for acting better than his own father and “putting on airs” to.Pap says that no one in his family has been able to read ever. Another scene that is goes along with the same theme is where Huck is in the cave during the end…

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    How does Huckelberry Finn see Jim? Throughout the novel, "The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn," Mark Twain illustrates the different bonds that formed between Huck and Jim. Huck's father, Pap, had beaten Huck repeatedly so much so that he feared for his own life. He faked his death to escape from the clutches of his father. Throughout the book it is clear that Jim is more of a father to Huck than his own biological father ever was. Huck obviously sees Jim as a father figure but he can't help but…

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    What is Mrs. Washington’s response when Ha asks her if she hates Ha? Mrs. Washington's response to ha asking if she hated her was Mrs. Washington hugging Ha and shows pictures that her son sent home and showed Ha the pictures. 2. Mrs. Washington shows Ha a book that her son brought sent home from the war. Based on the book, what do you think he thought of Vietnam? What evidence supports your answer? Based on the book that Tom sent home from Vietnam, Vietnam was a nice place with…

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    Huck Finn Freedom Analysis

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    took off without thinking of consequences of getting caught. Being killed and sent back into slavery is, is some consequences that could happen, and sent to an actual plantation and working harder than he did with Mrs.Watson. At the same time Huck Finn, a wild boy who loves being in the woods and living off the land. Huck Is attending school and going to church, because of his guardian the Widow, so he takes off around the same time. Huck stages his own death, as a murder. He doesn 't know the…

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    In The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck and Jim escape civilization together to float down to freedom on the Mississippi river. The river has its good times and bad ones to, but Huck pushes through like a good friend would. He also meets his childhood friend Tom but ultimately leaves all of this to go out west. Friendship plays a very important role; Huck develops many new friendships throughout the text including those with Jim, a runaway slave, Huck’s friend Tom Sawyer, from…

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    the way that characters’ personalities shift and morph throughout a story, is proof of that. In Huckleberry Finn, I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings, and Catcher in the Rye, various authors use character development and unique writing/plot devices to demonstrate that people change, especially as they grow and mature. Although it is the sixth-most frequently banned book in the United States, Huckleberry Finn gives an admirable message to all…

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    just that and taking his case to the Supreme Court in order to find his identity. An identity is crucial in one's life which means, one should dedicate themselves to finding and creating their own identity. In the novel “Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” Huck Finn searches for identity by, following Tom Sawyer's example, journeying with Jim, and finally deciding to live a life of his own decisions Our individual identity is greatly constructed by how others…

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    whilst in a graveyard. Tom Sawyer sees the murder and later informs the town of the man’s crime. A few of the larger risks he takes during the novel are the decisions to confess to the court what he knows about Injun Joe, go treasure hunting with Huckleberry Finn, and go spelunking with Becky Thatcher. The first large risk that Tom takes is the decision to…

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    When we first met Tom, he is caught stealing from his Aunt. Tom avoids gets out of there escaping Polly, then distances himself from his Aunt in fear she might punish him. When Aunt Polly understands the truth about Tom after being snitched to by Tom’s brother, Sid, for the next day, Tom will have to whitewash a fence for his punishment. Before Tom could receive his punishment, he tricks some boys into paying him to whitewash the fence. He gets out of his punishment, and leaves the boys to…

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