http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/huckleberry-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 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:40:06 -0400 Thu, 18 Jun 2026 20:40:06 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1668/the-father-son-relationship-of-jim-and-huck-in-mark-twains-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn By Heather M. Shrum - Since its publication in 1884, Mark Twain’s Adventures of Huckleberry Finn has been construed to have numerous meanings, many of them controversial or unfounded, and the relationship of Huckleberry Finn and Jim in Twain’s book has not been exempt from this scrutiny and radical interpretation. Two scholars, Leslie Fiedler and Axel Nissen, have taken a drastic step in explaining the meaning and motives behind Huck and Jim’s relationship. In their controversial essays, Fiedler and Nissen advocate that Huck Finn and Jim develop a romantic relationship based on homosexual feelings... Sun, 16 Nov 2014 11:24 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1668/the-father-son-relationship-of-jim-and-huck-in-mark-twains-adventures-of-huckleberry-finn 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