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In Mark Twain's timeless American classic, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the narrator often finds himself in undesirable situations. These situations, which are far-fetched even for the nineteenth-century, provide much humor to the novel and demonstrate Hu ....

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.... survival of both Huck and Jim, and Jim knows this. Huck's stories are usually believed, but even when doubted, he manages to change his fib just enough to make it believable. An example of this is when he is caught as a stow-away on a raft and his original story is not believed by the crew: "Now, looky-here, you're scared, and so you talk wild. Honest, now, do you live in a scowl, or is it a lie?" (106). Huck then changes his story just enough to make it believable, displaying his unique ability to adjust his tale to within the parameters of believability. Throughout the novel Huck fools many intelligent people. His youth gives him a mask of ....