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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Escape from Society's Rules
main character
author
Set around 1840, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn tells the story of a boy's journey along the Mississippi River with a runaway slave. The novel is both a coming-of-age tale and an insightful social commentary. Huck comes to realize society is not as civilized as it claims to be—especially in its treatment of black people.
Cruelty
Slaveholders abuse enslaved people, while Huck's father abuses him.
Racism
Hypocrisy
Many white Southerners view black people as inferior.
Even people who are Wish supposedly "civilized" engage in foolish feuds.
Maturation
discussions with Jim and interactions with others. Huck matures through
Friendship
Father
Tom Sawyer
Teenager; loves adventure
Jim
Runaway slave; travels with Huck
Pap
Cruel drunk; beats and hinders his son
MARK TWAIN 1835-1910
Twain, whose real name was Samuel Clemens, is called the father of American literature. Before becoming a novelist, he was a printer's apprentice, steamboat pilot, and journalist. His time on steamboats influenced the themes and settings of his satirical and irreverent writing, including novels Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer.
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by the Numbers
-7
Years between Twain starting the book and sending it to print
174
>20M
Illustrations in the original publication of Huckleberry Finn
Copies of Huckleberry
1859
ear Twain received his Finn sold steamboat pilot's license
symbols
The Raft
Symbolizes freedom from the rules of society
Mississippi River
Represents personal responsibility and freedom from cruelty
Jim
Embodies slavery as the only black person featured in the book
Huckleberry Finn