Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain

Before the Civil War, slavery was what the people in the south considered the normal. It was all they knew. They had been taught that black’s where under the white people. The Black’s didn’t understand it, but to them it was a matter of life and death. They accepted it because they were scared of the consequences that followed. However, white people who helped the blacks were considered traitors. The blacks were stuck. They wanted freedom, but in the south it was almost impossible. If they ran and were caught they were killed and the people in the north were the only people who would help. Even the northerner had trouble helping a wide variety of blacks. Northerners tried, but they could never accomplish all that they wanted. One thing that was interesting was when southerners realized that blacks were human beings. Once they had this concept it was almost impossible to think of them as slaves or the workers. Slaver was a huge part of the south and once Huckleberry Finn was published it showed some of the problems in the United States, including slavery. In Huckleberry Finn, by Mark Twain there are three scenes that I would consider my favorites: when Huck escapes from his dad, when King and Duke deceive a town and when Huck realized that Jim is a human being.

In Huck Finn one of the turning points in the book was when Huck faked his death and met Jim on the island. Huck is locked into a cabin and his father periodically beets the poor boy. “Human beings can be awful cruel to one another.” His own dad beat him and chased him around the house trying to kill him. Eventually, Huck can’t handle it anymore, and has a plan. He won’t sit by and wait for his dad to kill him. The only way to prevent people from following him, Huck had to ...

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...en we can learn to love them. Can you take the action and become similar to Huck Finn? Where is your heart?

Works Cited

Bilyeu, Suzanne. "Mark Twain's Bad Boy." New York Times Upfront 142 (2010): n. pag. Print. Discusses all that happened when the book was first released to the public.

Hurt, Mathew. "Twain's Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Explicator (2005): n. pag. Print. Discusses showed the character of Huck Finn.

Michael, Green. "With Humor." Cobblestone 32 (2011): 36. Print. Shows how Twain and how he can manipulate words.

Newell, Kate. "Authenticity in Adaptations of Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." Literature/Film Quarterly 41 (2013): 303. Print. It shows how the people can reject what they don't like.

Wysocki, Barbara. "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn." School Library 48 (2002): 87. Print. Shows what people should and how they should act.