Huck Finn fourth post

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn is considered by some to be “The Great American Novel.” Why would readers think that? What is it about this novel that is particularly American? Does it have to do with the subject matter, or the setting, or some quality of the story or the characters or the way the story is told? What about this novel is great, or even especially good? Why do we keep reading it after all these years, especially considering how different our current world is from the world of the novel?

What do you think? Is Huck Finn The Great American Novel? Why or why not? If not, do you have another candidate for The Great American Novel?

When you respond to this post, you don’t need to copy the questions from my post into your response. Make your response a mini-essay that explains itself and doesn’t need a list of questions to help it make sense.