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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Analyzed
A classic novel by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn presents many moral and social issues in a humorous light. Mark Twain seemed to have a very modern approach to the problems of child abuse and neglect. some(prenominal) passages in this book confirm my analytical view on Mark Twains stance for child abuse, and neglect.
I believe the starting signal mention of Huckleberrys neglect is when the origin of Tom Sawyers gang is brought upon, Well, haint he got a beginner? says Tom Sawyer. Yes, Hes got a father, but you cant never find him these days. He utilise to lay drunk with the hogs in the tanyard, but he haint been seen in these parts in over a year or more(8). Dealing with this amount of affright every day is astounding and yet through it every Huckleberry found time to provide for himself. Huckleberry taught himself how to survive without falling into the veto influences his father has set for him.
Soon to be followed by the first example of Huckleberrys father abusing him. Pap he hadnt been seen for more than a year and that was comfortable for me; I didnt
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fate to see him no more.
He used to always whale me when he was sober and could get his hands on me; though I used to take to the timber most of the time when he was around (11). Huckleberry at the false age of 12 had gone through plenty of abuse. wherefore did he chose to have Huckleberry be abused, and why Huckleberrys father was abusive. It is also interesting that he has the community concerned for Huckleberrys well-being when Huckleberry is known to be a trouble maker because at that time most people turned the new(prenominal) cheek, didnt care, or they themselves where abusing their own children. It is hard to understand why anyone would treat children or teenagers like this. He catched me a twin of times and thrashed me… (23)
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