It was published in 1884 Huckleberry Finn is set in the Mississippi River Valley, around 1840.

A coming-of-age story or novel is when the character undergoes adventures and/or turmoil in his/her growth & development as a human being. Some characters deal with the reality of cruelty in the world-- war, violence, death, racism, and hatred--while others deal with family, friends, or community issues. “Coming-of-Age”

In short, it is a story about a young boy, an escaped slave, and the friendship and adventure they share sailing down the Mississippi River

This was written during the period of slavery. Throughout the novel, Twain comments about his disgust towards slavery.

The Adventures of Huck Finn is banned in some libraries and schools, and is currently on the “Banned Book List.”

The Adventures of Huck Finn is banned for is depiction of blacks, its use of the “N- Word,” its thoughts against slavery, and its use of dialect.

A new effort to sanitize “Huckleberry Finn” comes from Alan Gribben, a professor of English at Auburn University, at Montgomery, Ala., who has produced a new edition of Twain’s novel that replaces the word “n-word” with “slave.” (2011)“slave.” The N-word, which appears in the book more than 200 times, was a common racial description in the South, used by Twain as part of his characters’ vernacular speech and as a reflection of mid-19th-century social attitudes along the Mississippi River.

Twain’s Literary Style: Realism and Regionalism Dialect: –Dialects are spoken by definable groups of people from a particular geographic region, economic group, or social class.

Local Color/Regionalism The portrayal of behaviors distinctive to a region, such as speech, behavior, dress, food, beliefs, etc.