Why Is Huck Finn Admirable

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It has been As noted by a prominent writer that, “The discovery that someone we admire has done something wrong is always disappointing and disillusioning… Yet, even when people we consider heroes have been tarnished by their faults, they are no less valuable than people who appear perfect….great ideas and great deeds come from imperfect people like ourselves.” Sometimes, the same people who we admire may have flaws that make them less than admirable. Nonetheless, sometimes we learn more by being conscious of people’s flaws than from what makes them venerable. Use active voice No passive voice No helping verbs In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by famous author Mark Twain, the protagonist, Huckleberry Finn, is an adolescent boy who is raised in a conservative southern society. Huckleberries was raised in St. Petersburg, Missouri, a modest community, filled with God-fearing church-goers, children with nearly perfect school attendance, and clean tree-lined suburban homes and streets. However, Huckleberry Finn’s family is nothing like the norm in his the community. Huckleberry Finn’s father, “Pap” Finn, was the town drunk and beat him regularly while his mother…show more content…
The protagonist, Hester Prynne, decided to pursue a forbidden courtship, committing adultery and ultimately having a child out of wedlock with the once esteemed Reverend Arthur Dimmesdale. The community leader requires Hester to wear the Scarlett Letter “A” to remind her of the sin she had committed. Pearl, Hester Prynne’s daughter, realized the turpitude that her mother committed. Again, while a parent is generally someone who a child admires and respects, Pearl learns immensely her mother’s flaws. In fact, it is Pearl who provides the harshest and most penetrating judgment of her mother. Present tense in
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