Reading Log: The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Author Mark Twain who grew up along the Mississippi River and worked as a steamboat pilot took his experiences and incorporated them in many of his works. Through the vivid scenery of life along the Mississippi River Twain shows the true spirit of regional literature. His writing reflected what was going on during the Antebellum era and was largely influenced by the social issues of that time. In Huckleberry Finn Twain explores the values of southern culture by voicing his opinions through the character Huck, a boy who leaves his drunken father and goes on an adventure, in which he is conflicted about the rights and wrongs of society. Style The tone of the story is humorous while still being serious. Twain does this by using comedic relief as well as …show more content…
I categorized the characters into two groups the civilized which included the Widow, Miss Watson, Aunt Sally, Mary Jane, etc.. and the poor such as Huck, Jim, the duke, the king, and Huck’s father, who follow their own rules and aren’t highly …show more content…
So I quit”(84). “Then I thought a minute, and says to myself, hold on; s’pose you’d ‘a’ done right and give Jim up, would you felt better than what you do now? No, says, ... what’s use of learning to do right when it’s troublesome to do right and ain’t no trouble to do wrong...” (pg.94). “I must lay it by in my mind, and think it over some time or other... I'll up and tell the truth”(pg.182). “All right, then I’ll go to hell...I would go to work and steal Jim out slavery again;...”(pg.207). Huck goes from having typical southern ideology about slaves, but he transforms and learns so much about slavery and integrity. Huck didn’t just go on an adventure he went on a journey in which he learned that he would rather commended himself to hell then to turn in a man that was a