Huck Finn has been everything from the rise of American literature to a racist novel. Huck Finn's biggest controversy comes within high school classrooms and its use of the "n-word". ... Huck Finn should definitely be used for an educational purpose because Twain used it to show us that a black and white person could work together in order to achieve a common goal during the time. ... Huck Finn allows us to see the views of black people from a white, southern boy. ... Huck Finn needs to be read in classrooms because irony, history, and racism all painfully intertwine in our past...

• Word Count: 920
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of the greatest "American- novels ever written. ... Twain's use of structural irony allows the reader to see the vulnerability of this 13-year-old boy, and then grow with him as he makes profound choices in his actions. ... 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. ...

• Word Count: 759
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... The wit and irony in this situation is not as apparent, and may go unnoticed. ... After Jim sees through Huck's ruse, Huck feels remorse. ... Huckleberry Finn attacks these issues through the use of wit and humor and sends a powerful message ...

• Word Count: 814
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... The irony in this that Huck's father, a man who is clearly morally, financially, socially, and intellectually inferior to the mixed-race man in town who is intelligent and wore nice clothes, believes he is superior over the man because of the different skin colors. ... When Jim and Huck come across the dead body of Huck's father, Jim shields Huck by telling him to "Come on in, Huck, but doan' loo...

• Word Count: 908
• Approx Pages: 4