Mark Twain wrote The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a criticism and a protest against Southern society of the 19th century. ... Within these chapters, Huck has virtually no effect on the proceedings, he is merely an observer, leading the reader to believe that the reason Twain wrote these words was more of a personal message about the South, rather than to build upon or involve any of his main characters. ... Today, when we read the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, we tend to cringe at the very use of "the n word," as it is uses frequently in the book, much different than the people of t...

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