The Adventures of Huckleberry FinnThis fictional and satirical sequel to Mark Twain's 1876 novel is equally popular, though for the most part it's 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 sympathizers have called this book racist. As for my opinion on this, I never understood why it was bad. Sure, it may seem racist to us, but in the context of our time there's really nothing wrong with it. That was the controversy, as for the story itself, it's a classic in its own right. The protagonist, narrator, and titular character, Huckleberry Finn, is the town's drunken thirteen-year-old son. Despite his lack of education, he can be intelligent, very thoughtful, and able to form his own opinions. Even with that, it gets a lot of its influence from the next character to talk about. Tom Sawyer serves as a contrast, or contrast character, to Huckleberry. His ideas for adventures usually come from books he reads and he is rebellious against authority. Even with this, his novel proved that st...