Huck Finn..again

After reading Tom Sawyer for the third time in my academic career, I realized a couple of things. Firstly, I have no idea why such a complex novel was assigned to me in middle school, and secondly I never realized Twain had so many commentaries on social issues within his books. While I had always known the book to be controversial, I never realized that he was strongly opposed to racism and slavery as a whole. I believe that Twain used these texts to try to enlighten people/ readers not only on his opinion but perhaps to sway their opinions. After all, Twain was a big supporter of imperialism before he realized what the truth was and then vehemently opposed it. Huck Finn seems like an innocent story when you read it young, but as an adult you realize there is a whole lot more going on than you originally thought. I think this is a great book to keep in the course and should be essential to TCU Core Curriculum.