Does anything seem distinctively “American” about this book? (Besides the slavery issue, of course.) Does it seem to draw from …

What’s up with Twain’s claim that there’s no plot and no moral to this story? We kind of understand why …

Is this a racist book? Does it actually believe that black people are inferior—even if it doesn’t believe that they …

One of the most important elements of Huck Finn is the element of satire that Mark Twain uses in his …

Write an essay analyzing disguise as a theme in Huck Finn. Which characters wear disguises throughout the novel and pretend …

While traveling down the Mississippi, Huck meets a wide variety of people. Based on Huck’s interactions with these people and …

Huck Finn is often described as a powerful commentary on the issues of racism and slavery. How do these issues …

Discuss the important differences between the characters Tom Sawyer and Huckleberry Finn, as presented in the first four chapters of …

The revelation at the novel’s end that Tom has known all along that Jim is a free man is startling. …

Many readers of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn consider the ending flawed—while others have praised it.  Write an essay on …