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A 4 page paper which examines the theme of childhood in Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” Harper Lee’s “To Kill a Mockingbird” and Khaled Hosseini’s “The Kite Runner.” No additional sources cited.
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the reader with either the story of childhood, or use childhood in the telling of the story. As children they are all obviously developing in some aspect, coming of age
in particular manners. But, at the same time, being that they are all different types of stories, with different intentions, the ultimate lesson learned is quite different. The following paper
examines how all of the stories clearly present a time involving some sort of journey for the child, symbolic or real, and also how the stories differ, with Twains main
character seemingly having learned nothing of any deep value. Childhood: Twain, Lee and Hosseini As mentioned, all three of these stories involve a journey of some kind. Twains
Huck Finn takes a very obvious and very physical journey as he runs from his father and society. He embarks on a journey wherein he ends up taking the runaway
slave, Jim, along with him. They have adventures and at one point Huck, as a character, is given the opportunity to turn Jim in. Huck, though a rebellious youth, is
still a victim of his society wherein slaves should not run away. However, as he is faced with this choice he thinks, "I tried to, but the words wouldnt come.
I tried for a second or two to brace up and out with it, but I warnt man enough--hadnt the spunk of a rabbit. I see I was weakening;
so I just give up trying" (Twain Chapter XVI). In this excerpt we see Huck as a character making choices along his
journey. His decision to not give Jim away, however, seems to be heavily reliant on his lack of courage more than anything else. While his journey is adventurous and dangerous,
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