The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is set by Mark Twain in the pre-civil war era, when both racism and slavery were at a highpoint. ... Through Huck's struggle of conscience and his uneasy conclusions, Twain portrays the idea that sometimes what feels right, contrary to popular belief, may actually be right; this can also be illustrated through the evolution of opinions on racism and slavery in society. ... Society's view on racism and slavery at the time of Huck Finn is very different than society's view on it today; this goes to show that because of its changing opinion, soc...

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