http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/huck-finn Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:32:10 -0400 Wed, 21 Oct 2026 18:32:10 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/872/mark-twains-portrayal-of-family-and-relationships-in-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn By Heather M. Shrum - Whether real or symbolic, the family and the relationships within family units are a frequent theme in Mark Twain’s classic Adventures of Huckleberry Finn. Because there are many parallels between the characters and events within Huck Finn and the events and individuals surrounding Twain’s life, an examination of the biographical and historical context surrounding the novel’s composition reveals that Twain was influenced both socially and personally by the declining moral and social conditions of the family in the late 1800s. The events of the period induced him to indirectly... Fri, 21 Mar 2014 09:16 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/872/mark-twains-portrayal-of-family-and-relationships-in-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn