The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn

Introduction

In “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” Mark Twain revealed the glimpse of American life style in towns near Mississippi. According to the author Mississippi is the biggest river in United States which streams from north to south. The author reveals that Mississippi is an essential element for business and transport of necessary goods for life. The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was criticized due to its focus on the racism and discrimination. There are several book stored which banned the novel because it was considered chauvinistic. Though, the author of the book wanted to eradicate the concept of slavery by using this book.

The ideology of slavery refers to the years before 1861; in this year the white Americans had authority to purchase slaves. These slaves were the black population; the white Americans used to buy them for the household work or farming. The blacks were inhabitants of Africa and they had to obey each and every order of their owners. The food, clothes and shelter was provided to the slaves; however, they were not paid for their services. On the other hand there were several areas in United States which did not consent the concept of slavery. According to the residents of these areas America is a free state and no one has authority to enslave another human being. This concept is also reflected in the novel; where Jim is striving for a free state. After the American Civil War in 1861 the slavery culture was put to an end. The novel to be analyzed by this paper is a hilarious book with a sober concept (Carkeet, D. 319).

In this novel the author focused on the unkindness and biasness of the culture in his time. The novel represents Huck as a type of teenager who wants to explore sophistication of his life. The novel reveals that Huck is very uncomfortable with his life and the cultured community he lives in. The novel illustrates that Huck prefers the life at the river side more than the life bound with the norms of society. The secondary theme of the novel gives preference to love and friendship more than the norms of the society. This book gives a very special message that; “It is worth to risk your life for someone you care”.

Literature Review

The Use of dialects

In the explanatory note at the beginning of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Twain introduces the reader to the seven dialects he uses within the text. In this book a number of dialects are used to wit the Missouri negro dialect, the extremist form of the backwoods South-Western dialect, the ordinary “Pike-County” dialect and four modified varieties of this last. However, it has been questioned whether or not Twain actually does use seven distinctly different speech varieties.

As stated above, studies in literary dialect generally focus on the ability of the writer to portray a speech variety which is historically and linguistically accurate. In this scenario scholars have questioned whether the forms in Huckleberry Finn were ...