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Timeless Struggles From Huckleberry Finn
Summary: Analyzes the novel Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. Details the struggles experienced by Huck and compares them to struggles experienced by 21st century youth.
Supposedly The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a timeless and universal novel, even though it's set back during the antebellum era. I agree with this because it deals with many issues we have to deal with today. For Instance, we still have a faulty education system in some places, we still have racial discrimination, and we still have so called "social classes", not to mention almost world-wide poverty.
Huckleberry Finn suffered from a lack of education. In the U.S. many schools are overworked, underpaid, and lack the resources to teach their students adequately. They don't have the money or training to do cool stuff or go on field trips. Some schools don't even have enough money for markers. Globally, it's even worse. People either don't have schools, or only dream of being able to afford going to school. Beatrice Biira, a girl in Uganda, could only watch...
This section contains 538 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) |