The highly debated arguments make it one of the most controversial novel in American literature. ... In either case, the novel by Mark Twain, Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, has dramatically opened the door to challenging the personal issue of racism versus a classic American novel. ... African American students and their parents do not believe that the racial slur in the novel such as "nigger," that occurs throughout the entire novel, should be exposed in literature. They believe the "N-word" usage in the novel promotes slave-era stereotypes and racism. ... Others believe this novel pr...

• Word Count: 640
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the novel, readers learn the culture, customs, and language that were commonly used among southern people during the time period that Twain wrote the novel. ... Parents of students reading and learning the material of Twain's novel, state that exposing their children to a novel that excessively uses the, "n-word," is, "inappropriate," and should not be taught in the classroom. ... Teachers guide students as they are reading the novel, and are continuously exposed to the, "n-word.... This could leave room for misinterpretation of Twain's choice to u...

• Word Count: 837
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

An interesting aspect of the novel is how Pitre includes Dodge's perspective so often. ... " Even though Dodge is a native, he is somewhat "Americanized" and the bias shines through at this particular point in the novel. A perfect example of the American shining through is the constant references to Huck Finn, a classic American novel. ... These innocent were also a major point of emphasis in the novel, convocation, and interview. Therefore, the uniqueness of the novel comes from Pitre's ability to balance both aspects of war in such an exhilarating, thrilling manner....

• Word Count: 603
• Approx Pages: 2
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Uncovering the truth regarding a sensitive time in history can be accomplished through reading novels often deemed controversial, in this case, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain. If students are not exposed to these types of novels, they remain oblivious to the history and lose an opportunity to shape their own moral beliefs and opinions. ... Another criterion requires that the novel successfully displays a character's individual moral growth. ... Based on the criteria that the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn meets, this novel should be allowed as a part of the hig...

• Word Count: 2046
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

Throughout the novel Twain recognizes the cowardice, hypocrisy, and stupidity of the South during the period leading up to the Civil War. ... In fact, many of the characters within the novel are direct representations of the South, each portraying a different aspect or view of the South in the eyes of the author. ... Mark Twain included these chapters in the novel to show the stupidity and violence of life in the Southern United states. ... Towards the end of the novel, Huck is speaking with Aunt Sally in regards to his late arrival. ... The novel is filled with quotes similar to this one,...

• Word Count: 1495
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

He says, "Even allowing for the fact that the novel is written from the limited perspective of a fourteen-year-old boy (and at fourteen it is not possible to take anything seriously but oneself), the author must be held responsible for choosing to write from that point of view." If the novel had been written before emancipation, Huck's dilemma and conflicting feelings over Jim's escape would have been moving. ... Lester also argues in his essay that when Huck speaks of Jim in the end of the novel saying, "I knowed he was white inside,"" he is displaying "proof of liberalism or compas...

• Word Count: 1132
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

By adding more depth to the surrounding, with not only a complicated plot, but with intense language and tone, casts a sense of social ambience, and can be seen in a specific passage in the novel. ... Lastly, another example to support the previous one, and also accumulates the idea that many unschooled persons made decisions off of what they believed in, and in most cases for this novel, off their racist intelligence. ... Having this as a constant theme throughout the novel, and not only this passage, helps with the atmosphere of the Southern community. ...

• Word Count: 795
• Approx Pages: 3
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The source of all of Huck Finn's troubles throughout the novel is Huck's battle with his conscience over whether or not he should become civilized to please the Widow Douglas, or live the easy life with his father. ... Huck makes it clear early in the novel that he does not appreciate the Widow Douglas' hospitality when he comments, "The Widow Douglas she took me for her son, and allowed she would sivilize me; but it was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent the widow was in all her ways; and so when I couldn't stand it no longer ...

• Word Count: 1504
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In his novel Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain creates a fictional character that must confront very real problems as a result of cultural and social issues of the time. ... Not enough critical attention has been paid to this aspect of the novel, which realistically reflects the state of child welfare in the 19th century. ... Many popular novels written in the 19th century addressed the issue of child welfare, so it seems that there should have been an unruly band of indignant citizens demanding change, immediately. ...

• Word Count: 1965
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

The novel takes place in pre-Civil War America where slavery still exists, and it tells a story of a boy who goes on a quest to free Jim, a slave. ... Using this existing idea of whites, Mark Twain instead characterizes them by rather opposing traits, evidently criticizing their supposed "goodness " throughout the novel. ... Apologizing to Jim, then, poses a great feat for Huck, yet, he does apologize to Jim because for the first time in the novel, Huck and the readers see Jim as a person with morals, feelings, intellect and, practically most of the traits that make him "human." " Huck realiz...

• Word Count: 1798
• Approx Pages: 7
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In the novel, the main character, Huck, is faced with having to "decide, forever, betwixt two things,"(192), things which are highly controversial at that point in time. ... The theme of the struggle of conscience is important in the novel because it shows how much of an impact society's opinions can have on an individual, and reading it today shows how much the common point of view can change over a given amount of time. ...

• Word Count: 1194
• Approx Pages: 5
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

In an effort to limit the unencumbered rambling, I am going to focus on Twain's response to the racial issues at the heart of his American historical context, primarily through an interpretation of the novel (if it may be characterized as such) Pudd'nhead Wilson with reference to other works by Twain we have discussed in this course and multiple critical essays which have been pored over, albeit with less than completely gratifying results. ... Gerber in "Pudd'nhead Wilson as Fabulation,"" Mark Twain was not really a novelist - he was more of a "new journalist,"" who spun yarn...

• Word Count: 3141
• Approx Pages: 13
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: Undergraduate

American literature has gone through many phases ever since it emerged in the mid-1600's. From puritanism to postmodernism, this form of literature has produced many classics, from which many themes, morals and motifs have emerged. Themes from individuality to teen angst. But none have been as promi...

• Word Count: 969
• Approx Pages: 4
• Grade Level: Undergraduate