Older books should continue to be celebrated
In 1884, Mark Twain wrote, “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn,” a classic in the American literary canon revolving around Huckleberry “Huck” Finn. Huck befriends a former slave, Jim, and the two go on adventures through the nineteenth century southern antebellum. Jim is, at many times, characterized as an unintelligent, uneducated and comedic character. Twain often…