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. ... One example is in chapter fourteen; Huck is talking to Aunt Sally about a steamboat explosion, "It warn't the ...

• Word Count: 1091
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: High School

Late 19th - Century American Literature Mark Twain's novel Pudd'nhead Wilson as a critique of 19th Century hierarchies based on racial segregation Mark Twain: Mark Twain was born on November 30th of the year 1835 in Florida, Missouri. His first job was as a printer and 1856 as a steamboa...

• Word Count: 3258
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School