Huckleberry Finn Synthesis
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Mark Twain’s most famous novel, is an essential in the study of American literature; it marks the beginning of the emergence of the genre. It was the first novel to break away from European Romantic writing and establish a distinct American style.
Of its myriad of controversies, the most prominent is the frequent use of the “n-word,” a derogatory term backed by centuries of discrimination that is inextricably linked with brutality and violence against African Americans. Whether or not the “n-word” is considered offensive is not up to anyone but those of African descent.
“The novel is written from the limited first-person point of view of a fourteen-year-old boy” (Source J), not the author’s point of view.
Of its myriad of controversies, the most prominent is the frequent use of the “n-word,” a derogatory term backed by centuries of discrimination that is inextricably linked with brutality and violence against African Americans. Whether or not the “n-word” is considered offensive is not up to anyone but those of African descent.
“The novel is written from the limited first-person point of view of a fourteen-year-old boy” (Source J), not the author’s point of view.