In the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain, also known as Samuel Langhorne Clemens, uses several major themes. The book is primarily about racism. Some of the other topics are freedom, bondage, religion, and society versus the individual(Grant 2758). Twain also uses a variety of colorful vernacular dialects.
             The book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been criticized from the time of its publication to today. "Mark Twain has been seriously accused by some readers of being a racist writer,"(Salwen 1). Twain uses the "N" word over two hundred times in this novel. To sundry black readers Twain's writings are offensive and called trash. Mark Twain implies within the book that black people are not as smart or intelligent as white people are. Most black readers believe this book should not be read in any school under the college level. It has been removed off the reading list for numerous elementary schools. Most of the teachers requesting this book to still be taught are white. Their argument for this novel to stay in the schools is that it shows how society has bettered itself. These teachers say "if you teacher slavery, you have to use the language they used"(Wallace 116).
             Some readers and writers believe this book is the best book ever written. For example Ernest Hemingway quotes "all modern American literature comes from one book by Mark Twain called Huckleberry Finn.... All American writing comes from that. There was nothing before. There has been nothing as good since"(Zwick 1). Like Hemingway others believe Mark Twain is the finest humorist and meaningful novelists there ever was. Mark Twain does not just describe the scenes, but gives you a clear vivid image. During each scene on the raft Twain makes you feel like you are floating along the river with Jim and Huck.
             Some parts of the book The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn that have been ...