The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the pre-Civil War story of a river and a boy in the South. The Mississippi, the “Father of Waters” provides a private universe, a raft, a life free from the chains of civilization, away from social conformity with its dangers of interrupting the struggle toward self-realization and knowledge. Nature itself, the uncharitable, unpredictable river is the only dictator of adventures for this alienated, lonely boy in search for a footloose, free world. Mark Twain focuses on humor and regional, unique, and universal aspects of American literature.

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Novel/Drama curriculum units contain complete lesson plans with preliminary and follow-up work, teacher notes with plot summary, background, and rationale, ready-to-use worksheets, and suggested answers for student questions. These study guides encourage the development of thinking, reading, speaking, research, and writing skills as well as critical thinking skills such as analysis, synthesis, and evaluation.