... the Duke were really good frauds and brought humor into the book, so I liked them and the part in the book in which they played best. 6. I didn't like the introduction, because it took way to long and was very boring. Before Huck and Jim really start their journey, you already have read approximately 100 pages. I ... immediately starts. 7. Maybe a strange choice, but I would want to be Jim for one day. I don't know if I would like to be Jim, but I want to know how life was for a nigger in those days. You hear many things about racism and discrimination, but I would like to know how a nig...

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• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

... use of a child as narrator allows Twain to report events very matter-of-factly, without moralizing about them, because Huck's immaturity does not allow him to fully understand their significance. It is our job as readers to note the transformation of Jim from a superstitious stereotype at the beginning of the book to a fully-developed character at the end, and to recognize in this transformation a strong and powerful ... whole thing right through, just as it happened, only he painted it up considerable. Then he said he must start in and "terpret" it, because it was sent for a warning. H...

• Word Count: 1748
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School