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    The document provides an analysis of archetypes in Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It describes Huck Finn as the hero and Tom Sawyer as the sidekick. It analyzes Jim, a slave, as the martyr character who is wrongly persecuted. Pap Finn is identified as one of the villains as an abusive father figure. The analysis breaks down these classic character archetypes found in the novel.

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    The document provides an analysis of archetypes in Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It describes Huck Finn as the hero and Tom Sawyer as the sidekick. It analyzes Jim, a slave, as the martyr character who is wrongly persecuted. Pap Finn is identified as one of the villains as an abusive father figure. The analysis breaks down these classic character archetypes found in the novel.

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    The document provides an analysis of archetypes in Mark Twain's novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It describes Huck Finn as the hero and Tom Sawyer as the sidekick. It analyzes Jim, a slave, as the martyr character who is wrongly persecuted. Pap Finn is identified as one of the villains as an abusive father figure. The analysis breaks down these classic character archetypes found in the novel.

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    Adventure of Huckleberry Finn

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    ADVENTURE OF

    HUCKLEBERRY
    FINN
    PREPARED BY CJHEAH Y. SODUSTA
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, also called The
    Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, novel by Mark Twain,
    published in the United Kingdom in 1884 and in the United
    States in 1885. The book’s narrator is Huckleberry Finn, a
    youngster whose artless vernacular speech is admirably
    adapted to detailed and poetic descriptions of scenes, vivid
    representations of characters, and narrative renditions that are
    both broadly comic and subtly ironic.
    Archetypes in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

    • People in Huckleberry Finn's time had no Internet or cellphones -- they


    didn't even have televisions! Cars weren't invented yet, and much of
    Huck's traveling involves floating on a raft down the Mississippi River.
    Huck's story takes places 'forty to fifty years ago,' according to author
    Mark Twain. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was published in 1884,
    so the most accurate time frame would be the early 1800s. Along the way,
    Huck meets many kinds of people. In literature, we call these categories
    of people archetypes.
    The Hero
    • The hero is usually (but not always) the main character of the story. In this novel, Huck is the
    main character. He is also the hero of the story because he is the character who faces many
    challenges and overcomes them. One way of thinking about the hero is the classic fairy tale
    of a white knight riding in on his horse, slaying the dragon, and saving the princess. Other
    well-known heroes in literature are Robin Hood, Frodo Baggins, and Hercules.
    • Keep in mind that female characters can be the hero, too, like Katniss Everdeen, Scout
    Finch, and Nancy Drew.
    The Sidekick
    • Also known as the best friend, the sidekick is the character who aids the hero in his or her
    quest. In this novel, Tom Sawyer is both Huck's best friend and archetypal sidekick. Tom and
    Huck get in (and out of) plenty of trouble together. With Tom's help, Huck is able to free the
    slave Jim from one of his owners, who incidentally turns out to be Tom's uncle.
    • In The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, Tom is the hero of the story, while Huck is the sidekick.
    Another example of a sidekick who is just as valuable as the hero is Hermione Granger.
    Without Hermione, Harry Potter might never have gotten through school.
    The Martyr
    • The martyr (unfortunately) tends to take most of the blame for events that
    occur in the story. Usually, this person is innocent of the crime or wrongdoing.
    Jim, Miss Watson's slave who befriends Huck and joins him on the Mississippi
    River, is the martyr in Huck's story. By virtue of being a black man in the
    1800s, he is treated like a piece of property, rather than a human, because of
    the color of his skin. Because of this, when Jim escapes Miss Watson's to
    travel down the river with Huck in an effort to avoid being sold and separated
    from his family, he becomes a fugitive. Additionally, Huck is accused of hiding
    Miss Watson's stolen property -- in this case, Jim.
    • Despite the challenges Huck and Jim face, they look out for one another and,
    at times, rescue each other. The martyr, in some ways, is very similar to the
    sidekick. A great example of a martyr is Simon in Lord of the Flies -- he takes
    all the blame from the other boys, but deserves none of it.
    The Villain
    • Any story can have more than one villain, or more than one
    hero. Huckleberry Finn happens to have one hero and three
    primary villains.
    • The first is Pap Finn, Huck's father, who is an angry drunk. He is
    physically and verbally abusive to his son. It is only by faking his
    own death that Huck is able to escape his father.
    END

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