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The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

 

            Healthy confusion is not always come by, but is only accomplished by a small group of individuals. One of those individuals being Mark Twain. Mark Twain is an author known for conveying to his the sense of healthy confusion. One example of this is shown in one of his most famous writings, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.
             Mark Twain has an unmatchable style of writing. He expresses personal feelings toward a subject, but relates his ideas to an audience through a character in his story. The Adventures of huckleberry Finn gives any reader a sense of anxiety and suspense. These are the kind of stories that people enjoy and want to read. The fact that they are drawn into the story and causes them to feel like they are really there. Having this skill makes it so the reader does not feel like they are reading, but are simply playing the story out in their heads.
             The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn gives the reader a sense of disquietude, which was even more so when this book was first published. At the times there was extreme prejudice against African Americans. In the book Huck helps out a slave, which at the time was a very dangerous and unexpected thing to do. The entire book is an outlet for Mark Twain to express his opinion on slavery and racism without bluntly stating his opinion. Instead of him saying through his mouth he puts his words and thoughts into his characters and he expresses his opinions through his characters. .
             In the novel Huck Finn decides to run away from his aunt's house. He soon meets up with a slave, Jim, who has also run away. Huck and Jim engage in a friendship and travel around together, which was not very well accepted during this time. Huck has intentions to help Jim escape and set him free for good and legally. Also, there are two men in the story known as the Duke and the Prince. These two men are examples to show the simple mindedness of the people of this time.


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