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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Narrated by Huck , the sequel begins with its unschooled hero under the mother- ly protection of Widow Douglas and her sister Miss Watson. Hi s father kidnaps him and imprisons him in a lonely cabin. Huck escapes to Jacksons island where he meets Miss Watsons runaway slave Jim. They start their way on a rait and thus begin with their adventures along the Mississippi River. At last, Jim is set free in Miss Watsons will and Huck decides to go on with his adventure for he doesnt want to have the so-called civilized liie. Huckleberry Finn is a veritable recreation of living models. All. the characters have prototypes (J^S) in real life. Though a local book , it touches upon the human situation in a general, indeed universal way : humanitarianism ultimately triumphs . The style of tlie book is quite simple. The book is written in the colloquial style, in the general speech of uneducated Americans. The book has become a mas- terpiece , the one book from which , as Earnest Hemingway noted , all modern American literature comes. 2. Stephen Crane (%r^^ • sS^. 1871—1900, §§??11) Stephen Crane lived only 29 years but Ilia complete works till 12 volumes and his 77i,e Red Badge of Courage «]:fe^^^J$)) is a landmark in American liter- ary Naturalism. • ; : . The Red Badge of Courage In his most famous novel . The Red Badge of Courage, Crane takes his