Being ranked fifth as one of the most challenged books in the 1990s, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain, can definitely be considered a very controversial novel (Huckleberry 1). ... One of these examples is how Huckleberry Finn talks, "I never see such a nigger." ... When The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published, immediately many people began to think of it as offensive. ... However, this library was not the only one to believe The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was offensive. ... Ernest Hemingway wrote that "all modern literature comes from one book by Mark Twain...

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Mark Twain's, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn," has been controversial since it was released in 1884. Huck Finn has been everything from the rise of American literature to a racist novel. ... Huck Finn was designed to portray the realist aspect of life.Twain intended to make The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to satirize life in the South and the change from slavery to equality. ... In today's society, many high schools are racially mixed, so when classes dive into The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, if teachers don't confront the issue of the novel's use of the "n...

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LITERARY ANALYSIS - The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Mark Twain, the author of the one of the greatest novels in American literature, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, portrays his opinion of prejudice of African Americans during the 19th Century in the United States by criticizing the white people who have "racism". ... In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, the whites are in different classes of the society. ... Mark Twain criticizes the racism which most white people had over African Americans through his novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ...

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Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the greatest "American- novels ever written. ... Huckleberry's journey deals with racism, accepting those of a separate race, coming of age, and the search for freedom. ... Huckleberry Finn is also the great American novel because of the pursuit of individualism. ... I believe Huckleberry Finn lives up to the title of one of the greatest American novels ever written. ... That is what is so American about Huckleberry Finn. ...

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Religious Hypocrisy and Racism in Huckleberry Finn In Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn, a very powerful and potent message lies behind the lighthearted and humorous storyline. Twain uses wit and humor in Huckleberry Finn to satirize and expose elements of society that he believed needed reform, namely religious hypocrisy and racial prejudice. ... Huckleberry Finn attacks these issues through the use of wit and humor and sends a powerful message to religious hypocrites, racists, and society in general....

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The theme of race played a huge part in the novel Huckleberry Finn. ... Mark Twain wrote Huckleberry Finn in a time era where the South was still racist and the effects of slavery were normal. ... In Huckleberry Finn what seems like "good " white people such as Miss Watson and Sally Phelps are people who have slaves and don't care about the cruelty of slavery and separating him from his family. In Huckleberry Finn, Jim, a black slave runs away from his owner Miss Watson. ... Mark Twain uses Huck Finn to portray the stereotypical racism in the 1840s. ...

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One of the most effective ways Mark Twain represents the notion that the idea of slavery is hypocritical is through his use of characters such as Miss Watson and Widow Douglas. Watson and Douglas are sisters and both possess extremely religious views but, despite their good morals and ethical values...

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Satire is a type of expression that ridicules the short-comings of people or institutions in an attempt to bring about change. The novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is full of satires. It was written during the realism period after the Civil War and in this novel Mark Twain satirizes romantic...

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Furthermore, Mark Twain is one of the key components historically that make up American literature by using an outsider in Huckleberry Finn to define race in slavery. ... Huck Finn is not pro slavery but rather against the idea of slavery once taken out of the southern culture. ...

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• Grade Level: High School