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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Summary: Essay identifies the protagonist and antagonist in the story "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn" and examines the conflict that exists between them.
In the story of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, I found the protagonist to be Huckleberry and the antagonist is the society he lives in. Huckleberry (Huck) Finn, being the protagonist, is a boy about 12 years old. Huck must make a tough decision because he runs into a runaway slave named Jim. He must decide whether or not to turn him in to be sold again. The antagonist is the society and its customs of slavery. Since he must face the decision of whether or not to turn a slave in he questions why people allow slavery to exist and why they are treated as second class citizens.
The relationship existing between them is that Huck must understand why the society treats slaves like this. He must learn that he is living in a world of hypocrisy and that we only treat slaves like this because the white...
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