Mark Twain, American humorist, writer, and Lecturer was known for his stories of adventures. Especially that of, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. It was first published in America in January 1885. It was banned from the Concord Public Library in 1885, the year of its publication. Huckleberry Finn ranks number five in the American Library Association's list of the most frequently challenged books of the 1990s.
             In the novel, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, slavery seems to be one of the main conflicts between Huck and society. Mark Twain himself was not in big favor of slavery. Twain puts his thoughts into Huck's character. For instance, Huck becomes Jim's best friend even though Jim is a slave. Jim and Huck become very close throughout their adventure together. Jim protects Huck. In return Huck helps Jim to become a freed slave. They are both in similar situations only Huck is running from civilization and Jim is running from slavery. Huck begins to see the true side of Jim, not just the slave side of him. Mark Twain tries to get the reader to see how slaves were treated during this time period. But really slaves were just like any other white americans. But because of the color of their skin they were looked down upon and treated like animals. Huck begins to question his judgment about if he is doing the right thing by helping a slave to runaway. He comes to realize that you shouldn't always listen to society or to what you read. But sometimes it is better to go along with your own judgment. Eventually he does just that and decides to stop questioning his judgment. He does what he feels is right and that is to stay Jim's friend and start what he had started, in helping Jim be a free man.
             Also in the novel, Mark Twain seems to focus a lot on money's place in society, a rather disdainful one at that. . Twain is quick to let us see that the real reason Miss Watson wanted Huck was because...