Notably, Huck Finn is an accurate representation of the South and literature at the time. The novel was published in a literary time period of realism. Realism focused on “faithfully depicting the subject” and used lots of detail, dialect, and was centered on the characters in the novel. This was seen in Huck Finn as the book was not only a statement on racism, but also about society in the South. During the 1880s, temperance and rampant alcohol abuse was one of the South’s focal point. The movement was started by women who were tired of having to deal with some of the drunk and abusive men. This is shown in the novel through Pap who was an abusive drunk. In the novel, Pap was so drunk that he started having hallucinations and tried to kill
