Of course, most critics will agree, his most controversial novel would unanimously be Adventures of Huckleberry Finn; a story about a run away boy and his run away slave and their journey down the Mississippi River to freedom. ... The racial, derogative, and offensive slurs and slang dialog are incorporated in the story of Huckleberry Finn for the pure purpose of effect and to also recreate the historical events accurately. ... Twain incorporates the use of this old dialect and language to correctly describe each character and distinguish their "true stature" and realism to the story, since ...

• Word Count: 2082
• Approx Pages: 8
• Grade Level: High School

Silas Phelp's comes out of the house and asks Huckleberry if he is Tom. ... In order to update Tom on the situation, Huckleberry goes down to the river when he hears a steamboat so he can tell Tom what has happened. ... Here is yet more examples of how Jim is treated as a lesser individual because of his ethnicity and Tom's extreme childness and lack of realism in his life. ... The novel Huckleberry Finn is a novel which reflects and satirizes many problems of the time. ...

• Word Count: 1860
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Twain's works are known for their humor and realism to social satire. ... The one work that I feel Twain expressed the most in is his novel Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. ... Watson taking Huckleberry in and trying to civilize him. ...

• Word Count: 1889
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School