The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,a satirical novel, was created by the infamous Mark Twain, published in February 1885 by Chatto & Windus/ Charles L. Webster and Company . Mark Twain was born Samuel Langhorne Clemens in the town of Florida,Missouri in 1935. When he was 4, his family moved to Hannibal,a town on the Mississippi River just like a town illustrated in “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” . Mark had a wealthy childhood, his family owned numerous household slaves. The death of his father in 1847 left his family in privation. He left school and went to work for a printer. In 1851, having finished his apprenticeship, began to set type for his brother, Orion`s , newspaper the Hannibal Journal. Mark began to grow to big for his brother
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Perhaps the most well known feature of this novel. Twain's perspective on slavery and ideas surrounding racism have been fiercely debated. In his personal and public life, Twain was strongly anti-slavery. Considering this information, it is easy to see that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn provides an allegory to explain how and why slavery is wrong. Twain uses Jim, a main character and a slave, to demonstrate the humanity of slaves. Jim expresses the complicated human emotions and struggles with the path of his life. To prevent being sold and forced to separate from his family, Jim runs away from his owner, Miss Watson, and works towards obtaining freedom so he can buy his family's freedom. All along their journey downriver, Jim cares for and protects of Huck, not as a servant, but as a friend. Thus, Twain's encourages the reader to feel sympathy for Jim and outrage at the society that has enslaved him and threatened his life. However, although Twain attacks slavery through his portrayal of Jim, he never directly addresses the issue. Huck and Jim never debate slavery, and all the other slaves in the novel are very minor
Perhaps the most well known feature of this novel. Twain's perspective on slavery and ideas surrounding racism have been fiercely debated. In his personal and public life, Twain was strongly anti-slavery. Considering this information, it is easy to see that The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn provides an allegory to explain how and why slavery is wrong. Twain uses Jim, a main character and a slave, to demonstrate the humanity of slaves. Jim expresses the complicated human emotions and struggles with the path of his life. To prevent being sold and forced to separate from his family, Jim runs away from his owner, Miss Watson, and works towards obtaining freedom so he can buy his family's freedom. All along their journey downriver, Jim cares for and protects of Huck, not as a servant, but as a friend. Thus, Twain's encourages the reader to feel sympathy for Jim and outrage at the society that has enslaved him and threatened his life. However, although Twain attacks slavery through his portrayal of Jim, he never directly addresses the issue. Huck and Jim never debate slavery, and all the other slaves in the novel are very minor