Visions of American Society in Literature American society is highly visible in numerous works in history, including everything from short stories to poems, to songs and movies. As we make our way through forms of art throughout history, we see several interpretations of what American society was like at the time of the completion of that piece of work. Values and ideals from American society in the past and today, including individualism, freedom, peer group …
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…especially this work by Mark Twain. I would suggest that adolescents going through their right of passage should study this book and see how Huck saw his world and compare it to how they should see their world in order to learn more about themselves and others. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography** * All references to this story were taken from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, written by Mark Twain, published in 1994 by Dover Publications, Inc in New York.