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Examples Of Dialectical Journal For Huckleberry Finn

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Yamini Adusumelli Ms. Schuet Ap English Literature, Block 4 26 August 2017 Huckleberry Finn Reading Log Title and Author: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain (pen name for Samuel Clemens) Summary: Through the voice of Huckleberry Finn, a deep criticism of racism and civilized society’s rules is narrated to the reader as Huck and Jim, escape from civilized society and set sail on a raft down the Mississippi river to slavery-free states. Both characters share a common goal: to be free of the rules that a civilized society places. Huck and Jim form an alternative family as they head down the river along with two white adult conmen they rescued, who commit many scams . These conmen are responsible for turning Jim into a local farmer …show more content…

Throughout the novel, Huck symbolizes the eternal struggle between pre-established communal expectations and moral consciences. Jim: A runaway slave with a mission to avoid eternal separation from his family, …show more content…

Throughout the novel, instances of rules trumping logic are prevalent. When Judge Thacher grants custody of Huck to Pap, he does so because Pap has the legal right, not the moral right and not considering the safety of Huck. Huck’s custody battle is aptly representative of slave treatment: slavery exists because that’s what the rules are in this civilized society, despite the inhumanity of the practice. Organized religion is often practiced for the wrong reasons. Taken under Widow Douglas’ wing, Huckleberry Finn is fed logistics about practicing Christianity and how helping people will send him to heaven. However, Huck looks for the personal immediate gain in practicing religion, and his quest is fruitless. Likewise, when the Shepherdson and Grangerford families attend church, instead of focusing on the prayers and sermons, they let petty family arguments get in between and bring shotguns to a sacred place of worship. Slavery leads to a loss of humanity. Being set in the height of slavery, the text heavily criticizes the institution of slavery and the business that it is. In addition to justifying their racism by viewing slaves as inferior, white civilians highly value the profit they gain from slavery, destroying slaves’ morales and freedoms in the process. As a result, the slaveholders lose sight of humanity and morality; instead, they focus on the personal gain and power they

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When one reads The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, themes involving morality and conscience become heavily prevalent. The protagonist, Huckleberry Finn, portrays a manifest dynamic character. His actions and statements ranging from the outset of the novel through its ending show Huck’s development of a more concise sense of morality and conscience prevailing over the societal influences of “right and wrong”. In the nineteenth century American South, the inescapable system of slavery and social hierarchy would have discouraged an interracial bond. Yet Huck, while escaping his abusive father, chooses to befriend Jim, the runaway slave whom he encounters, and shares a pivotal stage in his life with his newfound companion, whereby contradicting

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My quote for my journal entry is “ That book was made by Mark Twain… he told the truth mainly… there was things he stretched but he mainly told the truth.” Page 11. Huckleberry Finn is the narrator of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Huckleberry is the one speaking during this quote, Huck is telling the story to the reader and his thoughts on Mark Twain. The importance of this quote is to show the reader before the start of the book how Mark Twain writes, to give a preview or an opinion of Mark Twain.

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Society has engraved in Huck that helping a colored person is an awful sin, however Huck thinks of Jim as a friend, and would be feel terrible if he turned Jim in. Huck begins to get overwhelmed on whether to betray Jim, and must choose whether to follow the restrictions of society or to follow his own heart. Huck finally deals with his struggles, and chooses what he feels is the moral thing to do. First, to escape society’s standards, Huck runs to nature. The peacefulness of nature is what Huck wanted the entire time, he finally has freedom, comfort, and most importantly, his free will.

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The book, The Adventures of Huckleberry and Finn, plays with many different controversial topics such as slavery, racism, abuse, and religion. The topic most talked about in this book is slavery/racism because of Huck’s relationship with Jim, a runaway slave. Throughout the book Huck struggles with how he should treat Jim and if he should stick to his morals and what his conscience is telling him or if he should stick to his heart and do what he personally believes is right. He can either turn Jim in back to his owners and into the slave trade, or he can continue to travel with him and help him gain his freedom. Because of this struggle, Huck’s view of Jim changes based on where he is and who he is associating himself with and these factors

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“The Greed and Envy Exuberated in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” Greed and envy are two main attributes prevalent throughout in the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. The author of novel, Mark Twain, allows the audience to realize the different forms of greed and envy that can be present in a society. The novel was published in December 10, 1884 and is commonly acknowledged as one of “The Great American Novels.” It takes place in the fictional city of St. Petersburg, which is based off of Hannibal, a city in Missouri. Twain highlights all of the people in a society, from the lowly cons, to the high aristocracy, and how their greed affects them.

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Huck and Jim’s adventures down the Mississippi make the theme of conflict between society and individual more apparent. During their journey Huck mentions, “Nothing could be better”(Twain 115). Huck is very content with Jim and Huck’s new life on the river, at least at the start. Being a runaway slave like Jim and Huck helping him, Huck questions at many points in the book whether he should continue to help Jim or turn him in and follow society’s rules about slaves. This could possibly be Huck’s most important individual conflict throughout the book, considering he questions his choice many times.

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Throughout the story, Mark Twain uses Huck to suggest that “natural life” is more desirable. The entire plot of this novel revolves around Huck and Jim floating down the Mississippi River on a raft and going on adventures each time they come to shore. However, as the story goes on, the reader realizes that when Huck and Jim get off the raft, they constantly meeting criminals and other bad people. Life on the raft is as peaceful as it gets, but when Huck is ashore, he meets slimy people, including the Duke and the King, some of the people involved in the feud, and Colonel Sherburn and Boggs. Huckleberry Finn and Jim also witness some extreme violence, including tarring, feathering, lynching, theft, murder, and quite simply, a lot of death.

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