... liars warn't no kings nor dukes, at all but just low-down humbugs and frauds."" The reader is aware of Huck's thoughts and Twain shows the readers that Huck is aware that they are frauds but does not say anything to Jim because "what the use to tell Jim these warn't real Kings and Dukes? It wouldn't a done no good- showing the white persons ... his knees and "be ready to get down and lick his boots for shame."" In the midst of this, the irony still exists that the further down south Huck and Jim travel, the more prominent slavery becomes, but conversely the stronger the friendship betwe...

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• Approx Pages: 7

... still push ourselves to survive. From observing the role survival plays in Black Boy, Ellen Foster, Self-Reliance, Walden, Billy Budd, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Grapes of Wrath, The Catcher in the Rye, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, and Red Badge of Courage, we can understand what it takes to survive and the actual irony of survival. As our lives progress, we srd and how hard ... live for ourselves and think by ourselves. Actions have to be controlled in order to survive. Thought has to be looked upon before we follow through with something. Herman Melville's Billy Budd demo...

• Word Count: 1577
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School