Mark Twain s Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn - 1755 Words

Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is a masterpiece and an American classic according to Alex Brink Effgen, a PhD student working on the impact of Twain’s writing (Effgen). Twain expresses the problems that faced America during the 1830s to 1870s through the point of a view of a boy that indirectly expresses his hate for the accepted societal rules that are placed on ideas such as racism. Twain’s use of dialect, language and symbolism express the Realism era and creates a powerful masterpiece that captures the problems and aura of the controversial 1830s. The characters are human to the detail as they are not a fantasy human rather the average person living during the time period. The imagery used also creates a detailed view of†¦show more content†¦Twain soon stopped writing Adventures of Huckleberry Finn due to the optimistic sentiments revealed in the Gilded Age which did not fit the dark tone of the novel according to Shelley Fisher Fishkin , Professor of English and Director of American Studies Program at Stanford (Fishkin). Yet after the Gilded Age had passes, serious concerns of Reconstruction started to phase in again bringing back the previous resentments of African Americans in America. Later on, Twain endured hardships as his personal life started to crumble. Using his personal pain and the resentments of blacks, he started to finish Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Adventures of Huck Finn is a continuation of Tom Sawyer. In the latter book, Huck and Tom both find a bag of gold which is valued quite high. In the 2nd book, Huck is adopted yet does not like his current life and so he decides to run away. Tom lures him back yet Huck is still unsatisfied. Soon thereafter, Huck is tracked down by his abusive father and escapes by faking his own death. Later on, Huck meets Jim, a slave. He has run away from his owner as there were rumors that he would be sold. As time goes on, Jim and Huck have various adventures and the bond between them grows. The main theme of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn revolves around the idea of slavery. Mark Twain was quite publicly against slavery and he was known to heavily incorporate that