In the mid- 1800"'"s the United States was deeply entrenched in a battle between North and South, urban life versus small town life, aristocrats versus the common man, man versus women and modern ideologies with ideologies long begotten. Mark Twain decided to set his piece of great American literature, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", in this time period. On the outside, "the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn", reads like a humorous book about the antics …showed first 75 words of 1373 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1373 total…Church. The Church abuse scandals brought up issues of religion and the immorality of these so called holy men. Greediness occurs in everyday. There are monopolies and there are even still con-artists, even though most of them work though the medium of electronics rather than acting. Mark's Twain's, The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, is a great American novel because it is a living book and we face the same issues the book deals with today.