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Think you know it ALL about Mark Twain's Huck Finn. . The main character, Huck, is faced with an identity crisis from the beginning of the book through the conclusion. Huck does not know what his identity is and he seeks this out through those that are closest to him. Widow Douglas is what society would call the perfect parent for Huck. |
. What are your thoughts on the examples of Southwestern Humour that you have read. Do you see Huck's relationship with Jim as developing in awareness regarding slavery or simply as regarding this specific man. .. |
Petersburg civilization, religion, romantic literature. . Source Citation In the following excerpt, Browne discusses how Tom Sawyer, at the end of the novel, has a negative moral influence that Huck Finn must struggle to overcome. Throughout the book Huck's attitude toward the life around him is remarkably ambivalent. Though he clearly is rebelling against respectability and civilization, he rebels because they make him uncomfortable and ill at ease. |