The Adventures Of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain - Research Paper Example

Download file to see previous pages Perhaps due to this reason, “artistry of Twain’s ‘Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ has inspired … sophisticated and impressive critical responses….” (Budd and Messent, 543) In case of Mark Twain such observation is truer as in his novels we see he has included a great deal of his autobiographical elements. In this context we can cite for the observation of Shelley Fisher Fishkin, whose observation asserts that the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn includes a great deal of autobiographical elements, “A boy of Twain’s acquaintance, Benson Blankenship, …. (His behavior would become a model for aspects of Huck’s behavior.)” (Fishkin, 21) It is from his autobiographical references we come to know, “By the time of Twain’s youth, slavery had become institutionalized in the South…In southern Missouri, where Twain, and Huck, lived, slavery still existed.” (Jarnow, 21)
      ‘The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn’ shows that the protagonist Finn undergoes several adventures and finally he develops his approach towards life out of the experiences of such adventures. Apart from Finn’s adventure to observe life from a close angle, there is another element that plays a very important role in the novel that is the protagonist’s (the novelist’s) attitude towards slavery. Constitution if the United States of America came into power since 1864 and it immediately abolished the system of slavery from America officially. The Constitution clearly declared that all men are free and they are eligible to receive equal treatment from the State, despite their differences in race, religion, ethnicity and skin color. (Wilson, 5) However, looking at the practical situation it is evident that situation of the black people or people from Afro-American ethnic background has remained unchanged even in the modern society. Like all the other great ...Download file to see next pagesRead More