Huck Finn Analysis

Mark Twain’s “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is said to be one of the greatest American novels to ever be written and is what all other pieces of American literature are based off of. The novel has been debated for over an entire century and will continue to be debated for much longer. Never the less, Huckleberry Finn teaches young students and adults the important life lessons. ”The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain should remain required reading in American Literature classes because it enlightens students about the horrors of racism and slavery, familiarizes students with the South during time period, and properly portrays the powers of conformity.

“The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” is a piece of fiction that is so strongly written it can be conceived as the truth. Mark Twain’s ability to paint a clear and realistic picture of the Southern way of life in 1885 is unparalleled in any author. The story of Huckleberry Finn is one that gives ample opportunity for interesting sights into the South at that time. The story consists of Huck and a runaway slave, along with two men and Huck’s faithful friend Tom Sawyer and some points of the novel, floating down the Mississippi’s shores and encountering different feats of Southern culture, tragedy, and adventure. A nice example of Twain’s ability to turn an event on a river into an analysis of Southern culture is a fun bit of the story where Huck

During the latter nineteenth century, the famous author Mark Twain, less commonly known as Samuel Clemens, produced The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. A few years prior to the publishing of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain released possibly his most famous book, The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, which is very much an adventure novel. In the early chapters of Twain’s sequel, it appears that¬¬¬¬ The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is another adventure novel, and that it is just following a different character from Twain’s earlier world of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. However, it is quickly realized that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is in fact not an adventure book for the youth, but a much more mature story with a large amount of symbolism and satire. This novel by Mark Twain follows the life of a young boy, Huckleberry Finn, as he rides down the mighty Mississippi River on a makeshift raft. Along the way, the boy runs into many various challenges, or episodes, which seem to hinder his progress down the Mississippi. Deep satirical and symbolical meaning can be found in each of these episodes, as Mark Twain was known to love satire and to enjoy making fun of all aspects of life and society. Many have praised The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a “great American novel” due to many conventional themes that they try to find in Huck’s ‘adventures’. The Adventures of Huckleberry

The latter part of the nineteenth century saw civil war and the end of slavery in the United States. The post-Reconstruction years have been romanticized and popularized in the literary world and a nostalgic obsession followed those years of mayhem and political turmoil. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is one novel that has continued to make its literary mark, always controversial, to the curiosity of pre-civil war years of slavery in the South. Huckleberry Finn is an excellent study on Jim’s treatment as a commentary of post-Reconstruction life for African Americans.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a book of social criticism, in fact,

The book introduces Huck as the first person narrator which is important because it establishes clearly that this book is written from the point of view of a young, less than civilized character. His character emerges as a very literal and logical thinker who only believes what he can see with his own eyes. In this section Huck’s life with the Widow Douglas and her attempts to raise him as a civilized child sets up the main theme of this book which is the struggle or quest for freedom. Huck’s struggle for freedom from civilized society is paralleled by Jim’s struggle to escape from slavery. Irony as a key literary

In the classic tale by Mark Twain,The adventures of Huckleberry Finn, introduces a young lower class white boy living in St. Petersburg, Missouri around the 1840’s who was brought up by a drunk deadbeat father. Huck, our protagonist undergoes through many transformations by questioning the morals of society which contradict the humanity he acknowledges in Jim, his negro friend. Twain uses a child's lack of authority to contrast a slaves rights on their expedition down the Mississippi River; symbolizing freedom in the society they are unwillingly trapped in, isolated from and mistreated .The themes that lie within Twain’s coming of age novel are; the hypocrisy of the ‘’civilized society’’ ,slavery and freedom, and morality.

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.

Mark Twain’s Huckleberry Finn is widely considered a classic - an embodiment of American literature. It rightfully tackles the issue of slavery through the illustration and vernacular of the young protagonist, Huck Finn and his adventures with a runaway slave, Jim. However, beneath a linear challenge towards slavery, Twain’s depiction of Huck’s changing views of Jim reveal Huck’s unique attitude and philosophy towards slavery, and in particular - his partner-in-“crime” - Jim. Although Huck never abandons societal opinions of slavery and never opposes the bondage, his exception for Jim unveils the follies of his society and flawed upbringing.

Mark Twain's greatly acclaimed novel, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, invites a reader to climb aboard with Huck and Jim as they travel down the Mississippi River. Although the friendship formed between Huck, a young white teenager, and Jim, a runaway African American slave, is certainly unusual for the Pre-Civil War Era, also important is their use of superstition for interpreting the world and their need for finding freedom and happiness. Having found commonality in their enslavement before their journey, now both Huck and Jim desire freedom from their different oppressions, civilization and slavery, respectively. These combined circumstances drive them to plan their escape from captivity and travel away together. With hopes of happiness, this journey of growth down the Mississippi River provides not only an escape from their enslavements, but also widens their worldly experiences, seen through the usage of superstitious beliefs, bringing Huck and Jim newfound freedoms, which affect choices that ultimately decide their futures.

The following paper will briefly show arguments, and conclusions within the writings of Mark Twain’s story Huckleberry Finn. I will discuss the various themes that Mark Twain is bringing to light within his story. This paper will show how Mark Twain uses those themes within the story, and how they are specifically used. I will also briefly discuss the life of Samuel Clemons, the author known as Mark Twain, and give the reasoning behind choosing the name of Mark Twain when writing his novels. Themes of escapism will be discussed.

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On the same token, the Grangerfords and Shepherdsons have shown hypocrisy through humor by bringing their guns to church in which the “men kept… between their knees or stood them handy against the wall” (121). This is ironic since the church is a place of holiness and “all about brotherly love.” (121). Twain makes fun of the Shepherdsons and Grangerfords feud by making Huck ask Buck about the feud. Buck, unable to recall why this whole thing started or why so many people are being killed for it, is insane and idiotic. The two families don’t even know what they are fighting for yet, they take it so seriously and put themselves on the line for it. Thus, the families destroyed themselves because of foolish pride and their idiotic actions. This only shows how society is foolish and people fight over the simplest of things.

Since my sophomore year in high school, I have feed the homeless. It started off as a 20% project for my English class, but I have grown to enjoy it. When I first started, my group and I went to a park in Downtown San Jose and gave the homeless a sandwich, a granola bar, and a water bottle. We did this for three months. Since then my friends and I have gone every month, on a Saturday, but we do not just give them food. I switch up every month on what to give them. We either make a care package, that contains beef jerky, water, sunscreen, lotion, trail mix, and band-aid, or a sandwich with a granola bar, and a water. Most people assume that homeless people are lazy, mean, rude, or even crazy. For the most part that is not true. The people