In the novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain tells the story of a young Southern boy's adventures and his discovery of how society works. ... Twain's novel is an exemplifies realism and more specifically regionalism because of its setting, plot, and the dialect which is used. First the setting of the novel demonstrates an aspect of realism. ... Huck, a white person, is rejecting the majority's views on blacks and slaves. The majority of white people in Huck's day thought that they were doing the blacks a favor by enslaving them. ...

• Word Count: 1565
• Approx Pages: 6
• Grade Level: High School

Twain portrays Huck as an average boy of his time, mischievous, adventurous and funny. ... Watson's big nigger, named Jim, was setting in the kitchen door, we could see him pretty clear". ... Watson's run away slave in the story, is part of the black class. We see the sub ordinance that blacks were placed in America, because blacks were not allowed to be in the house, because they were uneducated, and had to be working in the fields. ... This shows the reader that blacks are so low, that the white people place prices on the blacks. ...

• Word Count: 1717
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

Huck and Jim have a friendship, which is transformed through time and trust, but always has the reminder that one is white and the other is black. ... Huck is a strong-willed, free-spirited individual who attempts to portray himself as a bad boy, but he often finds himself doing just the opposite. ... I been setting here talking with you all night till you went to sleep about ten minutes ago, and I reckon I done the same" (93). ... As a result, Huck feels bad and apologizes to Jim, which shows that Huck now has respect for him, even though he is black. ... Though he doesn't make it cl...

• Word Count: 1792
• Approx Pages: 7
• Grade Level: High School

In the novel, Twain leads his readers through a story in which a young Southern boy has multiple adventures, discovering how society works. ... Regionalism, however, was displayed most prominently in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn due to setting, plot and dialect used throughout the novel. The setting, St. ... Huck, a white person, was rejecting the majority's views on blacks and slavery. ... By the end of the story, he no longer held the same views of blacks and of slavery as he had in the beginning. ...

• Word Count: 2013
• Approx Pages: 8
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

Although their moral maturity is results of two very different time periods and settings, the reader notices a parallel between these two stories. This parallel is how each boy grows to understand either himself and/ or the society that he is living in and learns how to make decisions on his own. ... They see grown-ups in black and white; if they liked someone, that person was a hero, if they did not; he or she was a villain. ...

• Word Count: 1268
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

Although their moral maturity is results of two very different time periods and settings, the reader notices a parallel between these two stories. This parallel is how each boy grows to understand either himself and/ or the society that he is living in and learns how to make decisions on his own. ... They see grown-ups in black and white; if they liked someone, that person was a hero, if they did not; he or she was a villain. ...

• Word Count: 1277
• Approx Pages: 5
• Grade Level: High School

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. ... His intentions were not to insult the readers or anyone but to create the right setting that could add to the description of the story. ... In the story, Huck is considered an uneducated "backwards" boy, who is always pressured to conform to the society around him. ... He is trying to show that the blacks, even in their freedom, are still suffering. ...

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