Part one of term paper
There were a few things I found that made the piece of American literature that it is. One of them was the use of superstition used in the book. Another was the amount of racism and intolerance. Much of the book focused around those two elements, and the culture and society of the time period. It is also clear the author has a high resp ...

Part two of term paper
... it reflects on the human need to explain events and what is going on. People have trouble with the unknown, so in a time when little facts could explain events, superstition was used to give the people a sense of security. It would be interesting to trace the roots of some of these superstitions, such as in chapter one when Huck flicks the spider from his shoulder into the fire. I am curious why this is bad luck, and why turning three times and tying a lock of hair with thread was thought to ...