Analysis Of Mark Twain 's ' The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn '

People often hesitate to accept what they do not understand. In the absence of love and compassion, it is no question that fear, ignorance, and hatred, all contribute to a melting pot of negativity in the world. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is about the love and friendship cultivated by a young boy and a black slave on the Mississippi River. Despite the pair’s differences, they are able to endure the struggles and difficulties that the toilsome journey brings. Mark Twain, in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, emphasizes the shift in Huck’s view towards slavery by contrasting Huck’s initial tone of reflectiveness to his assertive tone, both collectively addressing the issue of racism in society.

Oppression has been a problem in this country, dating all the way back to the Europeans traveling to the New World, and forcing themselves on the Native’s and famously the British oppression of the thirteen colonies. Oppression is still a serious problem today, with almost all minorities, such as women, African-Americans, and the LGBT community feeling it’s pressure. Although these groups have gained seen many changes in their freedom, they are still being oppressed. Oppression is a common theme throughout American Literature, weaving in and out of many that are seen as classic American novels and poetry. Some of these books include Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the poetry of Langston Hughes, Richard Wright’s Native Son and Toni Morrison’s Song of Solomon. The form of oppression that is evident throughout all these works, is racial oppression, and narrowing it down even further, the oppression of African Americans.

The Pre-Civil War novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is about a young boy named Huck. His mother is dead and his father is an alcoholic. Huck is now being raised by the Widow Douglass, a woman who is attempting to raise Huck to be a successful, educated member of society, despite his many protests. Because of the violence and forced conformity, Huck runs away and unites with a runaway slave named Jim. Instead of turning Jim in, Huck decides to help him break free from slavery. By doing this, he is going against the societal norm and refusing to follow certain rules just because that’s what everyone else is doing. As they run away together, Huck begins to notice and understand the common stereotypes within society. He

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Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain's classic novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, tells the story of a teenaged misfit who finds himself floating on a raft down the Mississippi River with an escaping slave, Jim. In the course of their perilous journey, Huck and Jim meet adventure, danger, and a cast of characters who are sometimes menacing and often hilarious.

The question of morality is very prevalent in Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Main characters Huck and Jim have different understandings of what is moral compared to what is moral in today’s society. Morality is being able to make the distinction between what is right and wrong or good and bad behavior. Due to Huck’s rather strange and rough upbringing he has a different understanding of what is morally right compared to what others people may think. Hucks understanding of morality depends of his self benefit. Huck bases what is right and what is wrong on if the outcome affects him. For example robbing people doesn 't seem wrong to him because he is the one that benefits at the end. Most people base their morals on the bible, or their religion. People look toward religion to decide what is right and wrong. They pray to their God hoping to receive guidance. When Huck tries this he prays for things he wants and when does not receive what he wants he simply decides this whole “God” thing is a hoax. In Chapter 3 there is a description of the time Huck tried to pray to God, “Then Miss Watson she took me in the closet and prayed, but nothing come of it. She told me to pray every day, and whatever I asked for I would get it. But it warn’t so. I tried it...I must help other people, and do everything I could for other people, and look out for them all the time, and never think about myself. This was including

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Huckleberry Finn’s conscience and morality about regarding Jim as a friend changes throughout the novel as their bond with each other increases. In most parts of the story,Huck has internal conflict about whether or not he should turn Jim in,but Huck keeps thinking about how bad he would feel afterward. In chapter 8,Huck finds that Jim is a runaway. Jim explains to Huck that he overheard Miss.Watson talking about how she was going to sell Jim to a slave trader in New Orleans for $800 which would separate Jim from his family. Plus,he and Jim are traveling together for the same reason;freedom. Huck is escaping his own home life from the Widow Douglas and his abusive father believing that they're keeping him from being who he wants to be.

I thought that The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn was an example of how our society was post civil war. An example of this is how the novel uses frequent use of the "N" word. I did not like that the author used this word so many times in the book. The longer I read though it made me realize how politically incorrect the society was back then. In the book Mark Twain used this word to demonstrate the stupidity of racism.

“Persons attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot.” (Twain, ix) Mark Twain opens his book with a personal notice, abstract from the storyline, to discourage the reader from looking for depth in his words. This severe yet humorous personal caution is written as such almost to dissuade his readers from having any high expectations. The language in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is completely “American” beyond the need for perfect grammar. “Mark Twain’s novel, of course, is widely considered to be a definitively American literary text.” (Robert Jackson,

As Winston Churchill once said, “Criticism may not be agreeable, but it is necessary. It fulfils the same function as pain in the human body. It calls attention to an unhealthy state of things”. This quote could be taken into context numerous ways, one of them being social criticism. In the two books The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain and The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald, social criticism is clearly an element that both authors reflected on greatly while writing these pieces of literature. Although both novels may be seen as completely different works, Twain and Fitzgerald use similar tools to effectively fulfill the purpose of criticizing American society. Through the use of symbolism, themes, figurative language, diction and character choice, the authors make it evident that these two novels are written to portray the hypocrisy of middle class America.

Born in Florida, Missouri, Samuel Langhorne Clemens also known as Mark Twain was born November 30th, 1835. About four years after Clemens was born, his family and himself moved east 35 miles to Hannibal, a port city along the bay. As a young kid, Clemens contained poor health, and so he was to be kept inside most times; however, when Clemens reached the age of 9, he had recovered from his poor health, and attended a private school in Hannibal. At age 12, Clemens father had passed away due to pneumonia, and by age 13, had to leave school to be a writers assistant. At age 17, Clemens left his school, and moved from Hannibal. Soon after, he had gotten his license as a river pilot, and soon developed Mark Twain which means safe to navigate. In 1870, Twain married and had 4

Mark Twain was a boy from missouri who rose to become one of america’s most iconic novelists. Twain stood out in his era by using his realistic writing style and mixing with his experience as a boy growing up in missouri, Twain wrote classics no other would dare write about at this time. Twain stepped out of societies bubble and wrote the tale of Adventures of Huckleberry Fin. Through is writing, Twain was open about the horrors of slavery and let the people of the world know his views, beliefs, and experience. This tale defined Twains ability to prove to the world that he meant what he said and was not afraid to say it which is why he stands

Throughout the evolution of the world’s societies, the roles of women seem to act as a reflection of the time period since they set the tones for the next generation. Regardless of their own actions, women generally appear to take on a lower social standing and receive an altered treatment by men. In Mark Twain’s pre-civil war novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, lies a display of how society treats and views women, as well as how they function in their roles, specifically in regards to religion and molding the minds and futures of children. The novel’s showcase of women affords them a platform and opportunity to better see their own situation and break away with a new voice.

It is late into the night as I set down to pen this written rambling of thought, a major piece of literary confusion plaguing my mind something most fierce that I cannot even lay my head down to rest peacefully lest this situation be resolved. As of this moment, the majority of my latest novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is nearing its completion, settling at the end of its forty-second chapter, only one more concluding verbose passage revolving around in the air within my mind. While most would be elated and at peace for achieving something so grand- a near completed novel- I lay in a state of tensioned and fitful unrest. Why?