The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
Marxist Lens
The writing piece “ The Form of Freedom in Huckleberry Finn ” by Alan Trachtenberg is merely the workings of the book being analyzed over the Marxist Lens by a man who is an English major and not like a philosopher that we would most think at this point. While this may not prove twice as effective in exploiting hints of societal power and marxism, he still provides some good detail in explaining the way that Marxism manages to “ infect “ Huck’s innocence. Trachtenberg is very critical in the comprehension factor, but these skills allow him to find loopholes to prove and explain why this is a book that people might look to for explanation of innocent freedom and uncorrupted simplicity.
Trachtenberg reports the piece from the public’s perspective as being “ Seemed to project an answerable image - an image of wise innocence in conflict and corruption “. This came from the perspective of Post WWII America, when citizens were struggling to find the ideal example of what freedom is, as most were in a philosophical state of mind. A commentator, Henry Nash Smith; said that the book’s most prominent theme was “ against stupid conformity and for the autonomy of the individual”. This can be largely exemplified through the main character himself, for trying to be a child while at the same time adapting to the civilized world. But the fact is crystal that we can’t be both at the same time. Jim is somewhat a ghostly portrayal of this statement. Despite his skin color, he doesn’t conform in the slightest to what society envisions he should be. Both Huck and Jim are explored as innocent characters in a turbulent time where racism still runs rampant and a strict society who is looking for children to mature. There could be a lesson to come out of this, that there is too many people in the world that grow up. We need to grow up but we still must mind to never lose childlike qualities such as imagination, otherwise we would become another dullard to society.
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