Huck Finn

Is Mark Twain speaking through Huck, or do you think Huck's point of view is different from Twain's? Explain.

Huckleberry Finn is a product of his author. though he may be developed largely through Mark Twain's character building skills Huck, regardless is just a fictional character. Through this "fairy tale" Twain is able to express the way he feels about society at that time and the type of people who live and die without recognition or acknowledgment of what they are doing there, and most of all why. I do believe that it is only possible for only a true and genius writer is able to completely remove their personal biased from that of a character. Although Twain is a fantastic author, i do believe he intentionally put his private and very critical views into many of his characters.

Approaching his story and points with a little sarcasm, some irony, witty humor and clever mockery Twain was able to show his readers how he truly felt about many controversial and interesting subjects. Not only did he get all of his view across, but he managed to do so in way that was difficult to argue and wouldn't put many people on the defense. Some people claim that this book was uncomfortable to read, or offensive, improper, or even distasteful. All this book is, is one man trying to express the way he feels about the how people oppress themselves so much by simply following around leaders dumbly.

Using a child, Huck, Twain is able to symbolize innocence and little to no corruption by society. If not just that Huck isn't corrupted, but he is still young and unique enough to know when something is just wrong to be doing. As teens people are about to experience what their life truly means, they begin to form their true identity, and moral obligations. Huck still has so many chances to form a personality, just because someone may not still be young and innocent, it doesn't mean that they don't still have the opportunity to see where the faults are in what they once believed.

With proper analysis of his writing i think Twain's voice and opinions are loud and clear. He chooses to use certain words and characteristics to contradict what he really believes. What Twain wants us to see is that as an individual it is important to remember to act like one. Huckleberry Finn is a controversial piece, but it still holds a lot of important facts that are timeless. Despite the era in which it was written, this book will never stop being true in so many ways. The attitudes Twain was concerned about then are all around us now. It is our responsibility to hold our own feelings and views above others and to act upon them, just as Twain did with his many fictional books.