In his review of Mark Twain's The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Gregory Fowler uses examples from both the book and Mark Twain's own life to discuss of the different ways in which racism has transformed. Instead of analyzing The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn in a critical and unique way, Gregory Fowler critically analyzes parts of the book and its effects to prove the different ways in which the slaver is transformed through the use of allusions, d examples and anecdotes. Fowler's opening paragraph consists of an exemplification. this immediately supports his opening sentence. He uses Mark Twain's experience at Versailles, recounted in The Innocents Abroad, to prove that people tend to focus on what the "good past" is, while the past that made people ashamed is either avoided, or put in a bad light. the past looks good. In addition to Versailles, Fowler uses the example of the Holocaust museum to illustrate his thinking. To illustrate his defense of issues related to race, Fowler uses the stories of Mark Twain and Malcolm X, explaining how their backgrounds created racism based on the obstacles they faced in their lives. Fowler illustrates Twain's life as an ordinary American boy growing up in the early 1800s, in which feeling superior to African Americans was considered a normal thing, and shows this obstacle as something difficult to overcome. overcome. The example of Malcolm Regardless, these examples show that overcoming racism is much harder than it seems, on both sides. Similarly, Gregory Fowler also uses allusions to prove his thesis. At the beginning of the essay he alludes to several...... middle of article ......wler uses critically analyzed examples from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and its effects on the audience in order to demonstrate the different ways in which slavery had transformed through the use of examples, allusions, and other rhetorical devices. This is proven by the use of many other examples in addition to The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and even by the use of excerpts from the book, the sole purpose of which is to justify Fowler's thesis. The use of anecdotes, examples, and allusions was used more to support Fowler's point of view than to analyze the book. Although labeled as criticism, Fowler's article on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn reads more like an essay using examples from the book to support his point. in Journal of American & Comparative Cultures, Spring 2001, pp... 49-58.