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The story of “Grant and Twain” reveals the friendship of two king figures in America’s history. The benefits to Mark Twain in the friendship affected the entire country more so than Twain himself. Their joint efforts planted the seeds for a change of morals and culture amongst an tumultuous America. The grandest result of the friendship of Grant and Twain was the birth of the literary classic “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”. His fame from his previous works and lectures as well as acquiring fame from being associated with Grant, he was able to have the spotlight on whatever work he was promoting. This allowed Huck Finn to be thrust into the public to shine light on the dark issues of America such as social equality and justice. The book is not just a story of a boy traveling down the Mississippi; it is a powerful social commentary. The benefit it gave to America with its publishing was huge. It provided the framework for establishing a different opinion to oppose the popular Jim Crow era mentality in the late 19th century. The influence it had still echoes through classrooms today. Huck’s tale is now a requirement in many high schools’ reading curriculums, demonstrating the influence it had for its time. It could be argued that examinations of culture in America such as Twain’s book helped sow the seeds for support of the civil rights movements to happens in the 1950’s and 60’s. Without the friendship of some of the two most important in American history, attitudes and treatment amongst different races, especially African Americans, could be drastically different in today. Mark Twain also gained something great from his friendship with Grant. Not only did he get a great friend and an influence on his memoirs, he received a clear view and opinion of the civil war as well as social inequality and injustice in America from one of its most famous presidents and generals. The friendship allowed Twain to be a conduit for controversial and satirical thinking that made him a figure for reform. Twain allowed himself to be in awe of Grant and what he had done. To him personally, it granted him the creative spark that he needed to finish his book. It was important to Twain to be morphed by a friendship with an influential giant like Grant.
The importance of the friendship to Twain was important because it planted the seeds for social reform in America. Without “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn”, America would not be the same place as it is today. Without a relationship with Grant, Twain would’ve lost a moving friendship and he would not have been as moving and important as a writer.