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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn: Chapters 9-16
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Welcome back to our series on Mark Twain’s most essential novel. This week we discuss:
* The development of Huck Finn’s conscience
* Jim’s character development
* The river as a symbol of journey and uncertainty
* The expurgated passage
* Twain’s homage to the Odyssey
* Jim’s humanization and moral integrity
* Twain’s technique of withholding information
* The significance of the Mississippi River as a unifying setting
* and more
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