The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 3
Huck is very responsive to the beauty of the natural world about him. He uses vivid imagery to describe nature in a peculiar way, which one can even consider out of character for him. His word choice, general attitude, use of literary devices, and the use of words which describe the sounds as they happened, all add to his vivid description of the summer storm. Huck's reaction is unusual because up to this point in the story the impression of Huck that the reader has is one of a wild, uneducated boy running away from home. The reader does not expect Huck to analyze nature by using thought provoking similes Huck's use of action words contribute greatly to the descriptiveness of his account of the summer storm. These words add to the thrust and movement of his description. "Directly it begun to rain...rained like all fury...never see the wind blow so" (43). "...and the rain would thrash along by so thick....blast of wind.." (43+44). These descriptions keep the description moving and keeps the interest of the reader. They invoke common experiences that everyone has experienced. After reading these action words, the reader begins to develop a image of what it was like to be Huck at that point. This image is further aided
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Some common words found in the essay are:
, Huck Huck, literary devices, sky towards world, rumbling grumbling tumbling, tumbling sky towards, tumbling sky, grumbling tumbling, sky towards, rumbling grumbling, summer storm, towards world, crash rumbling grumbling, bright glory, you'd hear, hear thunder, grumbling tumbling sky,
Approximate Word count = 820
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)
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