The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn By Mark Twain

In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn written by Mark Twain in the 19th century is about a young boy named Huck Finn and Jim, a runaway slave who go on an adventure. The two travel on a raft along the Mississippi river creating a bond and making memories. Mark Twain presents Huckleberry Finn as a dynamic character who at first views Jim as property and eventually considers Jim as a friend, showing a change in maturity.

Throughout history, and even into present times, racism appears as an all too common societal concern. From slavery and discrimination to unequal rights, African Americans’ long history of mistreatment led to the desire and craving for freedom. In Mark Twain’s adventure novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, such motives from pre-emancipation era African American slaves become evident. In the novel, the characters’ attempts to leave the shackled south for the non-restrained north in hopes of freedom become justified. By analyzing and understanding how society feels about African Americans based on the geographical locations of the Southern United States, the Mississippi River, and the Northern United States, the reader comprehends the influential drive behind the desire to escape racism.

In the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain juxtaposed events in American society to demonstrate to the reader contrasts between different levels of class and race in society.

Mitch Albom once said, “Strangers are just family you have yet to know.” Huckleberry Finn, of Mark Twain’s The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, most likely would have agreed with this statement as his personal experience proved it to be true. Finn was a young 13 year old boy who did not have a mother, but a father whom he called “pap”. Pap was an abusive and ignorant human being, and someone Finn desperately wanted to get away from. Pap being his only real family, Finn relied on the people around him, and eventually took the role of a family member with them. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain shows that anyone could be thought of as family regardless of age, gender, ethnicity, or blood-relation.

An outcast is someone who is rejected by society or a social group, somebody who isn 't what most would call "normal." In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, a few people considered outcasts were Huck, Pap, and Jim. Society did not agree with how these three characters acted and presented themselves, which was fine by them because they didn 't exactly agree with society anyways.

Identity is something that separates one person from another. Everyone has his or her own personal identity. To find ones identity you must go through a process that leads you to discover who you are why you are the way you are. One of many themes in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain is the search for Huck’s identity. From living with Miss Watson and being forced to view society as everyone wants him to, to living on him own and finding how he really wants to view civilization; Huck journey to find his identity was successful as he had developed into a mature young boy who turned against society and formulated his own opinion on how the world should be lived. He didn’t need disguises, made up stories, or lies anymore because by the end of the novel Huck was just living as Huck. Most importantly, through Huck’s realization of himself he discovers who Jim is too.

A friend is someone who you experience life with and bond through the prosperous times and also the hardships. A friend is someone who truly understands the person you are, there the person that understands the emotions you express, they don’t give up on you no matter the struggles you face. That, is a true friend. There are many things that shape a man and the character he has. In Mark Twains masterpiece The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn there are many subjects exploited, three are explored in friendship, emotions, and individualism and conformity.

History has proven itself again and again with the simple fact that social classes dictate how human lives are treated. The major aspects in life are directly impacted by what social class someone is in. This dictates many things including who this person affiliates himself with and what kind of quality life that person will live. This is very evident in Antebellum South. Slavery is at its peak in this time, and half the population are slaves. In the book, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, Huck and Jim travel down the Mississippi River, and encounter a lot of the aspects of the Antebellum South. Because of the society Huck has grown up in, he often feels that he is superior to his traveling companion, Jim. Throughout the story, Twain creates a division, that widens as the story evolves, between how Huck views Jim and how the reader views Jim as a person. This theme happens in almost every part of the book and it is very clear that Huck underestimates Jim.

The idea of freedom, in Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, is displayed as an issue that Huck and Jim must overcome to achieve a greater life. Or so they both think. As the story progresses however, it isn 't as easy as they first planned. They leave to gain their freedom, but as they go on their journey, they begin to realize that it isn 't as easy as they had originally thought. Through the progression that both Jim and Huck have, it becomes apparent that although their original goal was to gain freedom, the true achievement of equality is still to come.

“Well then, says I, what’s the use you learn to do right when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong, and the wages is just the same?” (Twain 97). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain is a novel about a young boy named Huck Finn who goes on many exciting adventures with a slave named Jim. Huck’s friendship with Jim blooms along the way, and his morality is questioned as he is faced to be the hero of the novel. In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, three meaningful subjects are explored in heroism, friendship, and morality that are still relevant today.

Mark Twain penned his famous novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in 1884 and it quickly became one of the most banned books in America (Sova). The popularity of the novel as a teaching tool as well as the call to ban this book continues today due to the novel’s theme of racism. In the novel, Mark Twain utilizes satire to show his “contempt for slavery and any racist morality that would uphold it” (Battaglia). Twain’s ability to humorously make a political point regarding the treatment of African Americans in America, provided a platform for discussions in classrooms across the country regarding racism. Twain could not have foreseen that racism continues to be a relevant issue in American society in 2016. Ethnocentrism, or the belief in the inherent superiority of one’s own culture remains a predominate opinion in many white Americans. The Civil Rights Movement of the 1960s successfully procured rights for African Americans, but it did not eradicate racism. Instead, in American society today, covert racism replaces the overt racism Mark Twain depicts in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. In addition, continually evolving media and technology perpetuates ethnocentric ideals as well as racism and discrimination in America. Finally, ethnocentrism in America creates racism and discrimination beyond African American to include all minority groups. Racism persists in America due to the acceptable culture of ethnocentrism.

Since the creation of mankind, nature has provided us with the resources to survive by providing humans with food and shelter, which is why humans view nature as a home. In Mark Twain’s novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the main character Huck tries to escape to the north with a runaway slave named Jim. While in nature, they learn how to trust each other and develop their own opinions instead of following what society believes is right. In Emerson’s short essay, “Nature”, Emerson describes nature as a place in which it provides protection from all calamities and disgraces. While in nature, he’s able to become relaxed and peaceful. In William Cullen Bryant’s poem, “Thanatopsis,” Bryant writes that although everyone will eventually die, death shouldn’t be feared, but instead embraced. While nature does bring death, it also provides care and a sanctuary, which clears our dark thoughts away. Although nature can often bring sadness, it ultimately provides a hideaway from society; therefore, people should preserve nature because we rely on it.

When deciding on whether Huck Finn, or any book, is racist, it is important to determine if the author themself was racist.

"Always Do Right. This Will Gratify Some People and Astonish the Rest" (as qtd. in “Famous Twain Quotes” 1). Mark Twain’s virtuous dedication in this quote is only the surface of his expressed ideas on morality. In his extensive literary work, Twain has frequently used the morality of his characters and the methods of their moral progressions as central themes. Such as with The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the moral progression of Huck himself is notably displayed. In the novel, Mark Twain posits that morals come from one’s experience primarily and mocks morals that come from the church, all despite claims that the most prominent and auspicious source is the community.

Samuel L. Clemens was born in a slave state and had never thought much about slavery as a child. His parents had both owned and sold slaves, so Clemens grew up seeing what was happening to people with differently, colored skin, compared to him . As he grew up ,becoming a man with his own ideas, Samuel L. Clemens knew that slavery was a wrong idea and after the civil war had covered the topic of racism and slavery in multiple books including The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. This book was made to show that color is blinded by friendship as well as showing how the early United States treated different colored skinned people. The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn by Mark twain is a book that talks about how the ideas of racism and slavery can