Essay

For this assignment, you must write an essay (5-6 pages) in which you analyze a character (or you may compare or contrast two characters), a conflict, OR a theme in a novel. You may choose one of the following topics. The paper must have two outside sources, but the sources must be literary criticism or scholarly sources regarding your topic of choice. Please, as always, use the MLA format for this essay. (See the LIBGUIDE on Canvas for help with finding sources).

Conflicts for analysis in Huck Finn:

Life on the Shore vs. Life on the River, Huck’s Sound heart vs. His deformed conscience, Pap as a father vs. Jim as a father, Conformity vs. Non-conformity, Civilization vs. Nature, Tom vs. Huck, Religion vs. spirituality

Ideas for theme exploration in Huck Finn: (for this topic you must come up with an assertion in which you state what Twain may be conveying about these topics)

Freedom, Escape, Money and its impact on society, Prayer/religion, Alcoholism, Violence and its impact on society, Conformity vs. Non-conformity

Please include a works cited page.