The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2

A detailed Summary of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 2

In less than two years the twentieth century will come to an

amazing finale. Racism, prejudiced feelings and hate almost no longer

exist. These changes can be attributed to the education people now have

by reading such novels as The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Mark Twain

addresses these issues of racism, slavery and education in a humorous,

almost childish way, yet the effective themes are clearly visible. Twain

utilizes Huck Finn and Jim as the ideal characters because they are the

ones at the end of the novel who realize slavery is wrong. Mark Twain

establishes the ideals by portraying them through the protagonists and

criticizes the failure to live up to them by portraying them through the

Prejudice can be observed throughout the novel by the way the

other characters treat Huck. Twain portrays Huck as a average boy of his

time, being mischievous, adventurous and funny. The society Huck lives

in labels him "uncivilized" because he has an abusive, drunk father.

"... by and by pap got too handy with his hick'ry and I couldn't stand

injustices just as Miss Watson did when she set Jim free.

ideals fail. One lesson the reader gets is if a child who goes by the

Watson- she pecks on me all de time, en treats me pooty rough, but she

ashamed she ever was going to sell him down the river, and said so; and

messages in the novel, which would explain why people banned and burned

their mistakes. One way to solve this would by setting aside prejudice

the novel. The people of Twains society did not like being told they

racism and prejudice. Mark Twain was one of them. Through his simple

appearance when really Huck turned out to be more civilized than any

Approximate Word count = 759
Approximate Pages = 3 (250 words per page double spaced)

Category: Novels

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