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Huck Finn Compare And Contrast

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Compare and Contrast: Adventures of Huck Finn One boy and one slave go on the run in search of being free from their constraints in civilization. In the story “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, a boy named Huck Finn and a slave named Jim go on the run, wanting to escape and be free of their old lives. These two characters are similar and different in a few ways. Both want to be free from Miss Watson, but the two have different reasons for wanting that, and lastly, Huck is educated whereas Jim isn't. First off, both of these guys want to be free from their lives under Miss Watson. While they had different reasons for it, they no longer want to live listening to her. They ran away on the same night as each other and end up on the

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