Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1884) by Mark
Twain is one of the truly great American novels, beloved by children,
adults, and literary critics alike. The book tells the story of “Huck”
Finn (first introduced as Tom Sawyer’s sidekick in The Adventures of
Tom Sawyer), his friend Jim, and their journey down the
Mississippi River on a raft. Both are on the run, Huck from his drunk
and abusive father, and Jim as a runaway slave.
As Huck and Jim drift down the river, they meet many colorful
characters and have many great adventures. The true heart of the story,
however, is the friendship between Huck and Jim. A constant theme
throughout the book is Huck’s internal struggle between what he has been
taught, that helping a runaway slave is a sin, and what he truly
believes, that Jim is a good man and it couldn’t possibly be wrong to
help him.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was unique at the time of its
publication (1884) because it is narrated by Huck himself and is
written in the numerous dialects common in the area and time in which
the book is set. Although the book was originally intended as a sequel
to the children’s book The Adventures of Tom Sawyer, as Twain
wrote Adventures of Huckleberry Finn it progressed into a more
serious work. Twain’s views on slavery and other social issues of the
time become clear through the words, thoughts, and actions of Huck Finn.
The book has always been the subject of great controversy, and
according to <a
href="http://www.ala.org/ala/oif/bannedbooksweek/bbwlinks/100mostfrequently.htm">The
American Library Association it was fifth on the list of most
frequently challenged books in the 1990s.(Summary by Annie Coleman)

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