Responding and Reflecting Historical lens

“those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” this is what stuck with me while reading the book. This book is a time capsule that allows us to learn an abnormal way of an abolitionist to manifest his thoughts about slavery.131 years after the book was written the book has evolved in message. At the time time it was a book intended to deliver a message. While it can also still teach a message, the book can now teach us about the past. Everything going on around Twain's life had a say in his writing. learning and making hypotheses about how his life affected huckleberry Finn has allowed me to understand twain's writing decisions. The relationship between Jim and Huck may not have been such a rare one. Because, many slaves raised the kids of their masters; parent like bonds was not such a rare occurrence but they were still talked to and treated like slaves. In a way Jim and Huck’s relationship was created to expose that blacks and whites could create that bond. In a way both Huck and Jim had similar backgrounds. Jim was an escape slave and Huck was abused by his father. Both characters came from a dark place. The historical lens not only about the book in general but about individual characters has allowed me to make connections from characters to  their actions. In addition to character development word chose was something that was explained through the historical lens. Now and back in 1884 this book brought much controversy towards its message. History worked as a double bladed sword for this book. in one corner we have the message that twain is trying to bring across and in the other corner we have the heavy weight his word chose had. Word choice and character development was the tools that twain used to deliver a message. Twain being an abolitionist wanted to teach America that they were wrong. He decided to educate americans through a peculiar way. Instead of telling them they were wrong, twain decided to show how blacks and whites could live together through the use of a fictional text.