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This 9 page paper examines Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn and its relevance to the day. How accurate was the writing? There is a focus on racism and the portrayal of Jim. Secondary sources provide insight into the realism of the work. Character development is discussed in depth as it relate to speech, race and gender. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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so he can be taught good manners, but when his father retrieves him and beats him, Huck runs away with a slave named Jim. When they find a raft, they
float along the Mississippi. The boys are unintentionally split up, and Huck will go live with a family by the name of the Grangerfords for a little while, but soon
he is with Jim again and they run into a few unscrupulous individuals and are dragged into criminal activity. When Huck finally meets up with Tom Sawyer, things are a
mess, but Tom devises a way that all can return safely home. However, Huck is not so sure that he wants to go there. Unlike Dorothy in the Wizard of
Oz, Huck is not homesick. One could speculate that he just does not want to go back to the place where things were so bad. Yet, another explanation might be
that Huck had a taste of freedom and, at his young age, it was the only time that perhaps he had been allowed to do exactly what he wanted. One
can imagine that Huck achieved a sense of self-reliance and the trip had matured him to some extent. Still, it is that adventurous spirit that is within man, and certainly
within Huck, that allows him to pursue adventure with such fervor. Of course, Twain leaves out the emotions that would likely erupt when a boy leaves home. In that way,
the character portrayal is rather shallow and unrealistic. Others have in fact agreed that the work is not realistic. They add that Huck Finn is simply not characteristic of what
went on during the time period in that region. At the same time, there is a great deal of evidence pointing towards the idea that Mark Twains writings has a
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