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Howard Pyle's "Story of King Arthur and His Knights"
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A 5 page paper which summarizes "The Stories of King Arthur and His Knights" by Howard Pyle. No additional sources cited.
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Hubris V. Sophrosyne
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A 3 page research paper that discusses the use of hubris and sophrosyne in ancient Greek theatre. While these the term sophrosyne is not as well known as hubris, this concept, like hubris, played an integral role in Greek theatre. Bibliography lists 3 sources.
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Huck Finn and Henry Fleming: Civil War Context
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A 6 page paper which examines the characters of Huck Finn, from Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Hucleberry Finn,” and Henry Fleming, from Stephen Crane’s “The Red Badge of Courage,” as they relate to the context of the Civil War. No additional sources cited.
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Huck Finn and Jim’s Trip Down the Mississippi
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A 4 page paper which presents a literary map of the journey taken by Huck Finn and Jim down the Mississippi River in Mark Twain’s novel “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” Bibliography lists 1 source.
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Huck Finn is Not a Racist Book
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A 4 page essay that argues that Huck Finn is not a racist book. It has become a perennial issue that books, even classics, that contain “’racially offensive’” words should be banned from high school curricula and Mark Twain’s classic Huckleberry Finn is always a target of such campaigns (Bertin 18). The irony in this situation is the idea that Mark Twain’s novel could be viewed as anything other than a humanistic classic that stands up for the rights of individuals, particularly blacks, in the face of a societal context that legitimized and tolerated gross racial injustice. Examination of Twain’s classic shows that it is most definitively not racist, but is rather a manifesto against racism, injustice and the glorification of the past. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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Huck Finn/A Search for Identity
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A 3 page essay that discusses Huck's search for identity in Samuel Clemens' (Mark Twain's) novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Throughout the narrative, Huck tries on different persona. He attempts to be "sivilized" under the care of the Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson. Journeying down the Mississippi in the company of a Jim, a runaway slave, Huck attempts to be the glamorous "robber" of Tom Sawyer's fantasy, but finds he that he cannot bring himself to con people in the manner demonstrated by the nefarious "aristocrats" who call themselves the "duke and the dauphin." In the course of his adventures, Huck tries to make sense of cultural mores and norms and finds that this is an impossible task. Ultimately, he rejects all "sivilizing" efforts in order to pursue a life where he can grow and develop according to his own ideas of right and wrong. Bibliography lists 2 sources.
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Huck Finn: Critical Analysis
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7 pages in length. As difficult as it has been for Americans to accept the fact that Huckleberry Finn's character mirrors the harsh reality of southern values, the implications of such social atrocities as racism are painfully clear in both written representation and real life, as well. The writer offers a critical analysis of Huck's adventures. Bibliography lists 12 sources.
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Huck’s Education in Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”
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A 5 page paper which examines the episodes described in Chapters 1 through 22, which contribute to Huck’s education, both formal and in life. No additional sources are used.
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Huck, Emma & Asher Lev/Misfits
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A 6 page essay that contrasts and compares three novels. Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, Jane Austen's Emma and Chaim Potok's My Name is Asher Lev are novels that each address the trials and tribulations of young protagonists as they come of age and enter the adult world. In each case, the author utilizes the literary devices setting, structure, and characterization in order to dramatize how each protagonist does or does not fit into the context of their social world. Huck, Emma and Asher are each, to a certain extent, a misfit in that world and their stories dramatize aspects of their era, their society and the individual character of each protagonist in the way that they adapt to their specific society. No additional sources cited.
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Huckleberry Finn and Do-Gooders
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A 3 page paper which examines the satirizing of do-gooders in Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.” No additional sources cited.
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