“The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” by Mark Twain is one of the greatest American literature books. This book tells the story of Huckleberry Finn (a boy) and Jim (a slave) in the 1861 when slavery still exists in America. Since its publication in the U.K. in 1884 and in the U.S. in 1885, “The Adventure of Huckleberry Finn” has been heated debate about whether it should be taught in school or not, for the sensitivity of the topic and the frequent usage of offensive or inappropriate words like “nigger” in the book. The book has been challenged and banned by many people. For example, the Concord (Mass.) Public Library committee refused to publish Mark Twain’s book from the library and the committee regard it as trash in the 1880s. “One member of the committee says that, while he does not wish to call it immoral, he thinks …show more content…
Jim is the slave of Miss Watson. When he is held in the Phelpses’s shed, Huckleberry tries to write a letter to the widow telling her where Jim is to help him out, as Huckleberry thinks being a slave is still better than being sold by the duke and the dauphin for Jim. However, Huckleberry decides to tear up the letter eventually when he thinks of his friendship with Jim. Being a slave for the rest of his life is not what Jim should deserve. Huckleberry gives up his living in the “civilized” world and helps Jim escape from slavery. He decides to go to “hell” rather than following the society’s value. Such brave and moral the action of Huckleberry is, that everyone who has read the novel would be touched by