The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThis fictional and satirical sequel to Mark Twain's 1876 novel is equally popular, although for most it is for different reasons. The number of times the “n-word” is used is between 160 and 213 [2]. Since the 1950s, black parents and some white supporters have called the book racist. As for my opinion on this, I never understood why it was bad. Of course, this may seem racist to us, but in today's context, there's really nothing wrong. It was controversial, as for the story itself, it's a classic in itself. The protagonist, narrator, and main character, Huckleberry Finn, is the town's thirteen-year-old drunken son. Despite his lack of education, he can be intelligent, very thoughtful and able to form his own opinion. Even with that, he still gets a lot of his influence from the next character he has to talk about. Tom Sawyer serves as a foil or contrasting character to Huckleberry. His ideas for adventures usually come from the books he reads and he is rebellious against authority. Even with this, his novel showed that he...