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Finn

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Dec 01, 2016
BRUTALLY EXCELLENT! UNFORTUNATELY, IT VIOLATES TWAIN`S BASIC PREMISE OF A POOR, IGNORANT WHITE BOY, RAISED IN A STRICTLY RACIST SOCIETY AND KNOWING NOTHING ELSE, DECLARING HIMSELF WILLING TO GO TO HELL TO HELP A BLACK SLAVE 'STEAL' JIM`S FAMILY INTO FREEDOM. THIS POWERFUL DECLARATION OF FRIENDSHIP AND LOYALTY (HUCK`S CHOOSING THE MORALLY RIGHT OVER WHAT HE HAS BEEN SCHOOLED IS "THE WAY OF THE LORD") LOSES ALL MEANING IF HUCK`S MOTHER WAS BLACK.