The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, is a book set after the events of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer. Mark Twain's real name is Samuel Longhorne Clemens and he was born on November 30, 1835. He lived in Mississippi where he got the idea for both books. He worked at various jobs and eventually became a writer. He has been called by many famous people the "father of American literature" and "the greatest American humorist of his age." He finally died on April 21, 1910, leaving a legacy of numerous novels. Huckleberry Finn was written in 1876 and became so famous that it is still required reading today. It is set in the 1800s in the area along the Mississippi River as Huck travels north. Huckleberry Finn is a book whose main theme is a boy's belief in the right thing to do even though most believe it was wrong. The book begins with Huckleberry Finn being adopted by the Widow Douglas, a kind but stern woman. However he doesn't like his new life, as he feels he has no freedom. But he keeps it because he still wants to be part of Tom's new gang. But his peaceful days are interrupted by the event that his father comes to town because he has heard of Huck's new riches. He continues to harass Huck, until he finally kidnaps him. He is locked in a small log cabin in the woods, where he is mistreated. He hates his father, so one day he fakes his death and runs away to Jackson's Island. There she meets Jim, a runaway slave of Miss Watson because she had secretly heard that Miss Watson was going to sell him to the South. Live on Jackson's Island and one day a raft comes floating by. Huck and Jim take the raft, but Jim doesn't want to let Huck see the body. Huck soon after discovers that a woman... middle of paper... and the author, I think, accentuates this by making them full of themselves and when they lie. Twain also shows how intelligent they are, with their scam techniques like the King of Nonesuch, and shows their greed and madness at the same time. I also liked Mark Twain's depiction of Huck, as it shows how he becomes more and more of an adult over the course of the novel, and ultimately shows him hitting the West and giving the impression that he is a total adult mentally, if not physically . All in all, I found this book to have broadened my horizons as it covers various topics from racism, slavery, intellectual and moral education, and the hypocrisy of civilized society. I think by reading this book you can really feel grateful for your current lifestyle. You are free, you have rights, and you have almost everything you could want. We should be grateful for it and not take it for granted.