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I just finished my book report over The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I never got time to actually "read" the book, but I skimmed it and I would like to know what you guys think. It was due today and I started/finished it today. If it seems rushed, it's because it was.

The novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain is a robust example of rebellion in society that demonstrates an outlier of an individual's unwavering beliefs and the standards set by the people around him. In defiance of his peers, Huck rejects the illogical rules of his society. With his exhilarating motivation and creativity, he creates his own rules, or lack thereof.

Twain's unique use of voice portrays Huck's defiant personality accurately. While the people around him are proper, Huck's language is slurred with its own slang. “I clumb up the shed and crept into my window just before day was breaking. My new clothes was all greased up and clayey, and I was dog-tired" (Mark Twain pg. 23). “Don't put your feet up there, Huckleberry" (Miss Watson pg. 12).

The tone of the novel conveys a cheery and seemingly innocent expression throughout plot. “[Ransomed] I don't know. But that's what they do. I've seen it in books; and so of course that's what we've got to do" (Tom pg. 21). They live off of their imaginations and fantasies from books and relate them to real life. It's the dedication to their imaginative spirit that truly separates them from society; and they don't care. “We hadn't robbed nobody, hadn't killed any people, but only just pretended” (Mark Twain pg. 26).

Metaphors highlight the innocent charm of Huck and his friends' ignorance to society's expectations. “You fetch them to the cave, and you're always as polite as pie to them” (Tom pg. 22). "What! and I as high as a tree and as big as a church?" (Tom pg. 29).

In Twain's story of deception, kidnapping, and charming innocence, the perfect use of literary devices greatly compliments the dialogue and characters of this dynamic plot. Whether it be the believable and changing voice of the narrator, or the childish sparkle of the tone, the theme is marinated with a beautiful sense of literary bundling. With the outstanding individuals wearing the ribbon of defiance in society, it goes to show that being yourself can, often enough, excel the most.

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I do hope your book report is longer than this couple of paragraphs.

 

"...slurred with it's own slang..." is a bit redundant.

"... perfect use of literary devices..." What devices? I doubt they're perfect either. Try being more specific.

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I do hope your book report is longer than this couple of paragraphs.

 

"...slurred with it's own slang..." is a bit redundant.

"... perfect use of literary devices..." What devices? I doubt they're perfect either. Be more specific.

We were supposed to keep it roughly 250 words. Hold on ill get the assignment details.

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I may be unqualified to state my opinion as I have never once read the book but I'll still do it. Seems pretty good however it's really, really short. Too short infact IMO.

We were supposed to try and keep it around 250 words. I could have gone a lot more but it was too long.

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How that is really low... You are a lucky person...

Probably a BS late middle school / early high school assignment for some generic english class.

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Probably a BS late middle school / early high school assignment for some generic english class.

No, look at my age. It's AP English 2. It was a 2 day assignment in order to judge our analysis capabilities.

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Wow that is really low... You are a lucky person...

Its too low in my opinion. I was just complaining to my teacher about how hard it is to explain every point with such few words. Should have been 1000 words imo

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No, looks at my age. It's AP English 2. It was a 2 day assignment in order to judge our analysis capabilities.

In that case, I'll start over. You definitely need to be specific when it comes to literary devices and their uses. Keep quotations to a minimum, but be sure to reference at least one use of a single literary device you chose. Minimize fluff such as "...an outlier of an individual's unwavering beliefs and the standards set by the people around him." That could probably be said in half as many words.

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In that case, I'll start over. You definitely need to be specific when it comes to literary devices and their uses. Keep quotations to a minimum, but be sure to reference at least one use of a single literary device you chose. Minimize fluff such as "...an outlier of an individual's unwavering beliefs and the standards set by the people around him." That could probably be said in half as many words.

Thank you. I figured I could stress the uses of the mentioned devices better, but as I said, i rushed. Read/skimmed the whole book and wrote this report in a few hours. The fluff was bullshit. It's like glitter to make my shitty essay look better. :P

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There was a news article about that book not too long ago.

http://www.cbsnews.com/news/huckleberry-finn-and-the-n-word-debate/

Lol figured it would be about that word. Uses it a lot. However, that's not what I'm looking for :P

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Lol figured it would be about that word. Uses it a lot. However, that's not what I'm looking for :P

Ahh, thought it might somehow fit with your book report or something and get extra points, showing the teacher you're reading the newspaper.

 

 

 

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Lol for no effort. Very representative of this generation.

No effort? I rushed because I didn't have time. I have a job. 2 days to read a 500 page book.

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