By. Mark Twain
Mark Twain 's Legendary story of Huckleberry Finn is the tale of a young little-minded orphan boy named Huck, who is the narrator, and tells his story in which he is accompanied by a runaway slave named Jim who both embark on various mischievous adventures down the Mississippi River, Jim who is owned by Huck 's care takers Ms.Watson and Widow Douglass is faced with the most challenges in the novel. Throughout the novel Huck & Jim are faced with many obstacles on there adventures up and down the Mississippi River seeking the free state of Illinois, where Jim 's Plan is to gain his freedom and live his dream of reuniting with his wife and children whom were also sold into slavery. Eventhough the novel is touching and compelling in many ways over the last 120 years Twain 's novel has been attacked by various groups for being a racist novel, while others strongly believe that his novel is the greatest statement in American culture against racism.
Twain began writing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn currently after his first novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1876) which wasn 't as much of a controversial novel compared to his best seller. Twain later re-wrote and re-wrote Huck Finn multiple times later finishing it in December 1883. During his writings Twain had a hard time within himself towards his novel due to his character Huck helping Jim runaway to a free state and there strong bond they both shared, which Twain knew wasn 't a right thing to do during his time for the fact in the eyes of the average slave owners or racist go-getters. As years passed and many different versions of Twain 's writings evolved from language to language but still with-held the same context as his original writings. After Twain 's passing, and Huckleberry Finn having a slight shed under the limelight for some of its vulgar language, and more than many racial slurs toward Jim & other characters portrayed as slaves in his