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The American novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is a classic. In it, Twain blends both realistic and romantic elements and characters to create a memorable reading experience, one that still holds readers’ imaginations to this day. This 12-page paper considers the romantic and realistic nature of the characters in the novel. Bibliography lists sources.
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listed below. Citation styles constantly change, and these examples may not contain the most recent updates. Romanticism and Realism in the Characters in Huck Finn Research
Compiled by K. Von Huben 4/2010 Please Introduction Mark Twain created some of the most memorable
stories and characters in American literature, and they remain popular to this day. This paper considers perhaps his best novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, and the realistic and romantic
characters he created to help him tell his story. Discussion We begin with a look at Samuel Clemens himself, and what it may have been in his nature that led
him to devise these characters. There is a well known saying attributed to Twain (well refer to him by his pen name in this paper), to the effect that crossing
man with the cat would improve the man by ruin the animal: "If man could be crossed with the cat, it would improve man but deteriorate the cat" (Gordon). This
source also provides other witticisms, including these: "It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare" and "Often it does seem
a pity that Noah and his party did not miss the boat" (Gordon). These and other funny, but often churlish remarks reveal a man who was not particularly fond of
humanity. In his book about the novel, Tom Quirk notes that a great deal is known about the process Twain went through to write the novel, and what we know
is that "Mark Twain, mainly through his identification with Huck, imagined himself more completely human than he probably was himself" (Quirk 12). Twains apparent dislike (that may be too strong
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