Mark Twain - Huckleberry Finn

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ordinary Pike County dialect... are used to wit...”. In Huckleberry Finn, as they traveled down the Mississippi River, the values of Huck and Jim were contrasted against those of the people living in the southern United States. Huck (the narrator and one of the main characters) and Jim(another main character) were both trying to reach freedom. Twain based this book on things that were happening during this time in his life. Huck was introduced without a father in his life. Twain’s father had died when he was about Huck’s age in the book. Twain portrayed religion and the morals of the southern society with satire. “The men took their guns [to church] ... and kept them between their knees...” was just one example.
In the time of Twain’s life that he wrote this novel, the Civil War had just ended. The war had tested society’s morals. The issue of slavery was important to Twain which was the reason morals were portrayed in this way. ...

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the word “Nigger” approximately two hundred and thirteen times in his novel, the message he was sending was anything but racist. Twain wrote, “Miss Watson’s big Nigger...”. He also wrote “... hardly notice the other Nigger’s...” and, “Nigger’s is always talking about...”. Around the time this novel was written, “Nigger” was thought to be the appropriate word to use when referring to an African American.
Everyone in town thought Huck had been murdered and thrown into the Mississippi River. In reality though, he was alive on the raft. Huck and Jim lived a life that was as Huck stated “...it’s ...

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