The experience he gained there would feed into the sections in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that play on the Mississippi River.
In the 1860s, Twain worked as a pilot on a Mississippi steamboat. The term “mark twain” signifies the depth at which a Mississippi boat could make safe passage. Mark Twain is the pseudonym for Samuel Langhorne Clemens. The book was banned in some southern US states, removed from some libraries and, even today, is one of the most contested books on the American Library Association list. The tale deals with difficult themes such as moral responsibility, and the question of right and wrong. The novel is a mixture of adventure story, social satire and picaresque novel. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was an instant success, but it divided (and still divides) critics for its stance on racism and slavery. The novel tells the story of Huckleberry Finn’s escape from his alcoholic and abusive father and Huck’s adventurous journey down the Mississippi River together with the runaway slave Jim. Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is one of Mark Twain’s best-known and most important novels. Yet at the end of his journey down the Mississippi River, he and the runaway slave Jim arrive at the epitome of the American dream: freedom! Take-Aways It is a biting satire of American South romanticism and a poignant portray of the pre–Civil War American society as the often naive but always perceptive perspective of Huckleberry Finn questions preconceived ideas and accepted prejudices. It is dark in places, dealing with difficult topics such as slavery, lies, betrayal, moral actions and true friendship. 
Who doesn’t know this rebellious teenager with the big straw hat? But Mark Twain’s second book about the young Huckleberry Finn – Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is the sequel to The Adventures of Tom Saywer – is much more than a children’s story full of adventure and excitement.
0 kommentar(er)
