Unbiased Actions In Mark Twain's The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn

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Many of the complaints presented, mostly by distraught adults concerned with the wellbeing of their children, are backed with shallow claims to Twain’s novel attacking one race with one word, rather than the theme, or content of the novel as a whole. Text contained within the page following the cover, before the actual story begins, reads, “PERSONS attempting to find a motive in this narrative will be prosecuted; persons attempting to find a moral in it will be banished; persons attempting to find a plot in it will be shot. BY ORDER OF THE AUTHOR, Per G.G., Chief of Ordnance,(Twain)” presenting Twain’s intent to do nothing more than interpret historically accurate and unbiased actions and ideas of the 19th century Southern region of the United …show more content…

The protagonist’s experiences in the many areas of the South are lined with factual information derived by the constant study of the region by Mark Twain. Twain’s ability to translate the time period accurately, allows his novel to become a tool to teach about the actions and thoughts of the people involved. Although harsh to accept, the actions exhibited in the novel are only a reflection of how people viewed how life should be lived at the time. Compared to the subtle world lived in now, the harsh feeling of even the nicest of people towards African Americans, constantly shown within the novel, “Why, are they after him yet? Well, you’re innocent, ain’t you! Does three hundred dollars lay around every day for people to pick up? Some folks think the negro ain’t far from here. I’m one of them—but I hain’t talked it around (Twain90),” display the altered differences in the factors that contribute to growing up. Showing the evils of the past can teach readers of today how to avoid and grow out of the shell of hate contained in that time, and of the thoughts that drove the people to commit to their

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