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Family In Huckleberry Finn

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What's a family? What can be considered a family? Families are shown throughout the whole novel. Some include Huck and Jim, Huck and his father, Jim and his wife and children, and Tom Sawyers family, plus many others along the way. The picture to the right shows Huck and Jim on their raft. They constitute as a family, they have grown close, live together, and help each other out when they need to. The image also shows the boys in a common place for them, the raft. This is where much of the action takes place, where they get to know each other, and where they begin to learn that they are not only friends but family as well. The other families previously mentioned have fit the same description at a time or another although they come in all shapes

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