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TheAdventur
esofHuckleberr
yFinnisanov
elbyAmericanaut
horMar kTwain,f
ir
stpubl
ishedin
1884.Thenoveli
sseti
nt hepre-
Civi
lWarer
ainthesouther
nUnit
edStatesandtell
sthestoryof
ayoungboynamedHuckl eberr
yFinnandhi
sadvent
uresashetravel
sdownt heMissi
ssi
ppi
Riv
erwitharunawaysl
avenamedJi m.

Thenovelisf
amousf ori
tsuseofv er
nacularlanguageanddial
ect
,whi
chTwainusestovivi
dly
depi
ctthecharact
ersandsett
ingofthestory.Thenov el
alsodeal
swit
hthemesofrace,
identi
ty,
moral
it
y ,
andthehypocri
syofsociety
.

HuckFinn,thepr
otagoni
st,
isay oungboywhohasbeenr
aisedbyhisal
cohol
i
candabusive
fat
her
.Her unsawayandmeet sJim, ar
unawaysl
avewhoistr
yingt
oescapetofreedom.
Toget
her,theyembarkonajourneydowntheMissi
ssi
ppi
River,
encount
eri
ngvar
iouschar
acter
s
andobstaclesal
ongtheway.

Oneofthemajort
hemesoft henoveli
stheissueofraceandslaver
y.Jim,therunawayslav
e,i
s
por
tray
edasasy mpathet
icandnoblechar
acterdespit
ethefactt
hathei saslave.Thi
s
por
tray
alchal
l
engestheraci
statt
it
udesofthet i
meandhi ghl
i
ghtstheinj
usticeofslav
ery
.

Anotherthemeofthenovelistheideaofindi
vi
dualmorali
tyversussociet
almor ali
ty.Huck
str
uggleswitht
hemor alval
uest hathehasbeentaughtbysocietyandthemor al val
ueshe
devel
opst hr
oughhisexperi
enceswi thJi
m.ThroughHuck'sj
our ney,
Twainhighlightsthe
hypocri
syofsoci
etyandencour agesreader
stoquesti
ontheirownbel i
efsandv alues.

Over
all
,TheAdventuresofHuckleber
ryFinnisapower f
ulandt hought
-pr
ovokingnovel
that
chal
l
engesreader
st oconfrontt
hesocialandmor al
issuesoft hepre-
Civi
lWarera.I
tconti
nues
tobewidel
yreadandst udi
edtodayforit
shistor
icalsi
gnif
icanceandlit
erarymeri
t.