Over the years of working with writing students, I have read The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn several times. I did so because I was helping many AP high school students and a few college students write analytical essays on various aspects of the plot, characterization, controlling irony, theme, use of vernacular speech, and more. I…
Tag: Mark Twain
Good for Huck Finn
I spent the early part of the day with a student writing an essay about The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This is a book I have read several times since I’ve helped many an AP high school student and a few college students write analytical essays about various aspects of the plot, characterization, controlling irony,…
Flash Essay: What I’ve Learned from Research about Huck Finn
I am helping one of my students with a term paper on Huck Finn and as part of the process, we’ve researched what inspired Mark Twain to write the books he did. Here is some of what I’ve learned: Mark Twain (aka Samuel Clemens) started Huck Finn in order to tell the humorous anecdotes he’d…
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