Thursday, July 11, 2019

Write two pages using specific examples from the text as to the similarities of Huck Finn's world and the world you live in today.

I believe that this question is probably asking about Huck's world from Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. I can't write the two pages for you, but I can offer some suggestions. The question is subjective, so the key is going to be explaining how Huck's world is similar to the world you presently live in. I recommend going one of two directions. Either explain how a relationship in your life is similar to the relationship between Huck and Jim, or explain how one of the novel's themes is similar to your present day world. You can overlap those two suggestions if you pick the theme of friendship in the novel. Huck and Jim are very different from each other in many ways. Their age, race, and future hopes and dreams are quite different, yet neither character lets that stand in the way of their friendship and helping each other out. Perhaps you have a teacher or teammate in your life whose differences from you actually serve to promote a strong bond. If you are going for a straight theme comparison, I would go with the racism theme. As far as society has come since the time Twain was writing, racism hasn't completely disappeared. Show your reader how the racism that Jim deals with in the novel is still present in one way or another in your modern world.

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