Life and Work of Mark Twain

"Huck Finn", III-The Great American Novel? (1x15)

Udgivelsesdato: Jan 01, 2002

Huck Finn displays the best and worst of America, as Twain saw it. By elevating Huck and Jim in stature above their social superiors, it celebrates democracy. By showing the commonplace cruelties of the "common" townsfolk, it is skeptical about it. Do Huck and Jim symbolize the best of this country, or are they exceptions to the rule?