Mark Twain addresses many themes, especially slavery, in The Adventures of Huckelberry Finn. The setting takes place before the Civil War, which resulted in the abolition of slavery, so slavery plays an important role in the story. Huck Finn, the novel’s main character, contemplates supporting and denouncing slavery. Huck’s heart tells him that slavery is wrong, but having grown up around it, Huck never knew to oppose it. Huck’s internal struggle between …showed first 75 words of 604 total…

…showed last 75 words of 604 total…Huck chooses his heart and uses his head at the same time. Huck’s view of Jim changes from “give a n****r an inch, and he’ll take an ell” (88; ch.16), to “I thought he had a good heart in him and was a good man” (286; ch.42). Huck sees that the color of someone’s skin does not matter, but it is the quality of their heart and their personality that makes the person.