The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

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In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck Finn has experienced many internal problems throughout the novel. When it comes to slavery, he agrees with the philosophy of slavery, but sometimes he only follows that philosophy because that’s what he’s been taught in his society. “A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval.”(Mark Twain) Huck is trying to approve his actions by following his conscience, whether society finds it right or wrong.
One thing Huck experiences is racism throughout the novel. In Their Eyes Were Watching God, racism is not as broad as it was in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, but it is still present. After the hurricane struck their home, Tea Cakes was responsible for burying the dead. The government said find coffins for the white people and throw the black people somewhere. This tells us that racism will always exist in novels.
Another connection I found to the novel is the article Huckleberry Finn and Twain’s Democratic Art of Writing. It connects The Adventures of Tom Sawyer and The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It also foreshadows how both of them cooperate together as they are going to rescue Jim after being sold by The Dauphin (Nichols).
In the first 15 chapters of the novel, Huck has been reluctant to become friends with Jim. Jim was a slave and Huck thought he was less than him, which is revealed in how he acts towards him. In Say it, Jim: The Morality of Connection in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Bollinger says “Only when his relationships with moral reasoning does this become problematic” (Bollinger). However, in chapter 16 we see a slight change in Huck’s moral conscience. “I was so sorry to hear Jim say that, it was such a lowering of him. My conscience got to stirring me up...

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...realizing their the same as him. They’re both human beings and deserve the right to be equal. Huck has truly grown throughout the novel and I have my research to prove this.

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Allen, Janet., and Burke, Jim, eds. McDougal Littell Literature. Illinois. Houghton Mifflin Company.
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Bollinger, Laurel. Say it, Jim: The Morality of Connection in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
Alabama. University of Alabama. 2002. Electronic.
Nichols, Mary P. Huckleberry Finn and Twain’s Democratic Art of Writing. New York. Bloom’s Modern Critical Interpretations. 2002. Electronic
Rasmussen, R. Kent. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Bloom's How to Write about Mark Twain. New York: Chelsea House Publishing, 2008. Electronic
Twain, Mark. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn with Connections. New York. Holt, Rinehart, and Winston. ND. Hrw Library.

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