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Some Endings Are The Worst

      W e've all been there before. You're watching an engaging movie or reading an interesting book when suddenly the ending takes a turn for the worst. Sometimes the movie or book ends too abruptly for your liking. Sometimes the ending might just be plain "stupid" and leave viewers confused as to what just happened. Unfortunately, this was the case with the book Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered one of the best books of all time, but its ending, not so much. However, before I divulge into what makes this book's ending so bad, I think that it may be of importance to give some backstory on the plot of the book itself. The story mainly focuses on a young boy named Huck and a slave named Jim who meet up with each other and are "running away". Huck is running away from his father, Pap, and also from a couple of women in his home town that are trying to "civilize" him. Jim is running away fr...

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: English Class Necessity or Gateway to Controversy?

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        A dventures of Huckleberry Finn is a classic novel written by famed author Mark Twain in 1883. Despite being written in 1883, it would not actually be published until the December of 1884. The story follows the life of a young boy growing up in Missouri named Huckleberry Finn (Commonly referred to as Huck Finn) who helps a black man named Jim escape the harsh world of slavery that was taking place in America at the time. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, or Huck Finn as many people call it for short, has been widely considered to be the Great American Novel of its time because of the outstanding way that it was able to depict American culture during the time of its release. However, with all of the good that encompasses this tale of bravery and excitement, there is bound to be some sort of criticism that entails as well. The main source of criticism that comes from this book is caused by the excessive use of the n-word (The hard "r" one. Not to be confused...