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Mark Twain's 'Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn'

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Sagal Abdullahi
Honors American Literature
Period 2
11/30/15

Author
Mark Twain was an apprentice to a local print shop and later became a pressman. In 1862, he became a journalist for the Territorial Enterprise.
Twain was influenced by his youth since Huckleberry Finn was based on his childhood friend. His job as a Mississippi riverboat captain also swayed his writing hence the setting of the story taken place on the Mississippi River. Also the racial conflict during the time impacted his work.
Time frame of writing is 1876 to 1883.
The general subject of the book is really freedom. Huckleberry Finn is trying to be freed from the Widow, the overbearing Miss Watson, and his abusive father. While Jim is trying to free himself from the awful …show more content…

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Huckleberry Finn- a wild spirit young boy who doesn't like to restrained by society and runs off in hopes of adventure.
Jim- a slave who ran off to avoid being sold to a plantation in New Orleans. Becomes a companion of Huck who helps him towards freedom.
The story is the point of view of Huckleberry Finn in first person.
The setting is the Mississippi river
The conflict in the story is, Jim, a runaway slave and is suspected of killing Huckleberry Finn. Jim and Huck want to go to the free states so that Jim can be free. But they run into some trouble on the way.
A symbol found in the novel is a snake skin that represents bad luck. Another symbol is the river that depicts freedom and independence.

Big Concept
The big concept of this story is morals, right and wrong. Throughout the story Huckleberry is trying to do the right thing. But he comes to a hard decision, is it okay to help Jim escape whose owner is the woman who tried to help Huck. But he had made a promise to Jim that he wanted to keep. He came to the conclusion of why do the right thing that causes trouble instead of doing the wrong thing that isn't trouble at

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