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ARRoGANT CoURiERS WiTH ESSaYS
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Grade Level: Type of Work Subject/Topic is on:
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[ ]6-8 [ ]Class Notes [Essay about Huck Finn ]
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[ ]9-10 [ ]Cliff Notes [being the product of ]
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[x]11-12 [x]Essay/Report [a True Cynic ]
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[ ]College [ ]Misc [ ]
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Dizzed: 09/94 # of Words:734 School: ? State: ?
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Throughout the Mark Twain (a.k.a. Samuel Clemens) novel, The
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Adventures of HuckleBerry Finn, a plain and striking point of view
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is expressed by the author. His point of view is that of a cynic;
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he looks upon civilized man as a merciless, cowardly, hypocritical
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savage, without want of change, nor ability to effect such change.
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Thus, one of Mark Twain's main purposes in producing this work
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seems clear: he wishes to bring to attention some of man's often
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concealed shortcomings.
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While the examples of Mark Twain's cynic commentaries on human
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nature can be found in great frequency all through the novel,
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several examples seem to lend themselves well to a discussion of
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this sarcastic view. In the beginning of the novel, it would seem
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that both Huck Finn and Jim are trapped in some way and wishing to
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escape. For Huck, it is the violence and tyranny of his drunken
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father. Kept in a veritable prison, Huck wishes desperately to
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escape. Jim feels the need to escape after hearing that his owner,
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Miss Watson, wishes to sell him down the river-a change in owners
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that could only be for the worse. As they escape separately and
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rejoin by chance at an island along the river, they find themselves
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drawn to get as far as possible from their home. Their journey down
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the river sets the stage for most of Mark Twain's comments about
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man and society. It is when they stop off at various towns along
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the river that various human character flaws always seem to come out.
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Examples of this would include the happenings after the bringing
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on of the Duke and King. These two con artists would execute the
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most preposterous of schemes to relieve unsuspecting townspeople of
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their cash. The game of the King pretending to be a reformed
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marauder-turned-missionary at the tent meeting showed that people
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are gullible and often easily led, particularly when in groups and
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subjected to peer pressure. The execution of the Royal Nonesuch
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showed another instance of people in society being subject to
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manipulation. The fact that, after being taken by a poor show they
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sent rave reviews of it to their friends to avoid admitting they
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had been conned showed that people in groups are ever afraid of
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losing status, and will do nearly anything to protect such. Both
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the King and the Duke, also, showed such a ridiculous degree of
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corruptness that it is difficult to believe that all humans aren't
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at least somewhat evil.
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Another point made by the author is that of most men being
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basically cowards. A good example of this was when Col. Sherburn
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shot the drunk Boggs and the townsfolk came after Sherburn to lynch
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him. After Sherburn, one man with only a shotgun, held off the
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immense mob and made them disperse, it was obvious that no
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individual really had the courage to go through with the lynching.
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The idea that people are basically savages, confined for the
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moment by society, is shown in more than one instance, such as when
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the group was preparing to hang Huck and the King over their plot
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to defraud the daughters, or, more obvious, in the war between the
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Shephardsons and the Grangerfords.
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The aspect of people being basically hypocrites is seen at the
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beginning when Miss Watson displays a degree of hypocriticality on
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insisting that Huck follow the Widow and become civilized, while at
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the same time deciding to sell Jim into a hard life down the
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river.
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A final point seems to be that Man is continually fleeing from
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something. At the end, Jim and Huck found themselves at the end of
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their journey, neither having anything left to run from as Huck's
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father was dead and Jim was a free man. It would seem, then that
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Huck and Jim had run a thousand miles down the river and ended up
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where they had started from.
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From the above examples, one can see some of the author's point
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in producing 'Huck Finn.' It is apparent that Mark Twain wishes
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society to realize its shortcomings and the limitations imposed by
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human nature. He realizes that people will not change, but feels
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that they should be aware of who they are, of what comes with this
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thing we call humanity. That is Mark twain's main purpose in
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writing this novel.
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