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How Is Huckleberry Finn Relevant Today

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The classic, Huckleberry Finn is a personal favorite. Mark Twain was not afraid to tackle the difficult issues in society and expose the corruption and inhumanity of mankind commonly accepted at the time. This is what makes this book so impactful even in today's Modern Age. Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn shook the literary world at its foundations and has been banned from before it was even first published. Huckleberry Finn has a complex story that teaches pertinent morals, has impacted personal changes, and prepared me for NAU's honors program. The main character, Huck Finn, was an uneducated, superstitious kid from a small town who ran away from his abusive father and traveled the Mississippi with a runway slave named Jim. Along the Mississippi they run into robbers, murderers, con men, feuding families, and gullible townsfolk all while learning that people animosity towards each other are often founded in illogical fallacies and fabricated assumptions. Furthermore, Huckleberry Finn exposes motives behind …show more content…

Unfortunately, I've seen this in today's world as well. One example is one of my best friends named Afye. She was the only muslim at our school and had to wear a headdress at all times even while playing sports. Unfortunately, many students saw this as an opportunity to discriminate her. She, her parents, and one of her grandparents were all born in America, yet she was told to go back to her own country and called things like terrorist. Huck fin really reminded me how how even though the world has changed cruelty lingers still; it's just disguised as patriotism. People are still using rumor, and generalizations to justify there immoral actions. This is what impacted me the most from Huckleberry Finn and taught me what it means to accept someone different than

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